QRCode Plant

• QR codes can be inserted into any content
• Supports different data types:
  • Joomla! article
  • Calendar event
  • Contact (vCard and MECARD formats)
  • Email
  • Geo location
  • Phone
  • Plain text
  • SMS
  • Link
  • WI-FI network
  • YouTube
• Possible to set custom size for QR code images
• Supports 4 levels of error correlation

Documentation & Samples

[qrcode type="plain" size="200"]QRCode Plant[/qrcode]

• correction

  correction parameter is used to specify error correction level. Possible to use the next values:
  

  • L
  • M
  • Q
  • H

  Samples

  1. Set correction error level to H value.
     
     

     [qrcode type="plain" correction="H"]QRCode Plant[/qrcode]
     

     

• size

  size parameter is used to specify size of a QR code image. The plugin creates square images so it is necessary to enter only one dimension and it will be used as width and height. The parameter accepts an integer number as a value.
  
  Samples

  1. Set size to 270 pixels.
     
     

     [qrcode type="plain" size="270"]QRCode Plant[/qrcode]
     

     

• type

  type parameter is used to specify a data type. Possible to use the next values:
  

  • article - to encode a link to an article in a QR code
  • event - to encode calendar event in a QR code
  • contact - to encode contact details in a QR code
  • email - to encode an email in a QR code
  • geo - to encode a geo location in a QR code
  • phone - to encode a phone number in a QR code
  • plain - to encode a plain text in a QR code
  • sms - to encode an SMS in a QR code
  • link - to encode a link in a QR code
  • wifi - to encode a Wi-Fi network in a QR code
  • youtube - to encode a link to a YouTube video in a QR code

  Samples

  1. Encode an email in a QR code.
     
     

     [qrcode type="email"]test@domain.com[/qrcode]
     

     

Joomla! article

1. Encode a link to the article with ID = 5.
   
   

   [qrcode type="article" id="5"]
   

   or
   

   [qrcode type="article"]5[/qrcode]
   

Calendar event

• name

  name parameter is used to specify event name.
  
  Samples

  1. [qrcode type="event" name="Sample event" start="2013-01-10 10:30" end="2013-02-04 11:00" location="New York" description="Description of the event" size="150"][/qrcode]
     

     

  2. [qrcode type="event" allday="1" start="2013-01-10" end="2013-02-04" location="New York"  size="150"]Sample event[/qrcode]
     

     

• allday

  allday parameter is used to specify all day event. Possible to use 1 or 0 value.

• start

  start parameter is used to specify start date of event.

• end

  end parameter is used to specify end date of event.

• description

  description parameter is used to specify event description.

• location

  location parameter is used to specify event location.

Contact details

• encoding

  encoding parameter is used to specify contact details format. The parameter accepts vcard and mecard values.
  
  Samples

  1. Encode contact details in vCard format.
     
     

     [qrcode type="contact" encoding="vcard" firstname="John" lastname="Smith" company="J-Plant" site="http://www.j-plant.com" size="150"]
     J-Plant contact
     [/qrcode]
     

     
  2. Encode contact details in MECARD format.
     
     

     [qrcode type="contact" encoding="mecard" company="J-Plant" firstname="John" lastname="Smith" site="http://www.j-plant.com" size="150"][/qrcode]
     

     

• firstname

  firstname parameter is used to specify a first name.

• lastname

  lastname parameter is used to specify a last name.

• company

  company parameter is used to specify a company name.

• phone

  phone parameter is used to specify a phone number.

• mobile

  mobile parameter is used to specify a mobile phone number.

• email

  email parameter is used to specify an email.

• address

  address parameter is used to specify an address line 1.

• address2

  address2 parameter is used to specify an address line 2.

• site

  site parameter is used to specify a site.

• memo

  memo parameter is used to specify comments to a contact.

1. Encode contact details
   
   

   [qrcode type="contact" encoding="vcard" company="ACME, Inc" phone="+111-555-1212" email="test@domain.com" address="100 Waters Edge,Baytown,LA,30314,United States of America" site="http://www.test.com" note="sample contact"]
   Test contact
   [/qrcode]
   

   

Email

1. Encode an email.
   
   

   [qrcode type="email"]test@domain.com[/qrcode]
   

   

Geo location

• longtitude

  longtitude parameter is used to specify a longtitude of a geo location.

• latitude

  latitude parameter is used to specify a latitude of a geo location.

1. Encode a geo location.
   
   

   [qrcode type="geo" longtitude="14.420460" latitude="50.087811"][/qrcode]
   

   or
   

   [qrcode type="geo"]14.420460;50.087811[/qrcode]
   

   

Phone number

1. Encode a phone number.
   
   

   [qrcode type="phone"]+420-5-55-55-55-55[/qrcode]
   

   

Plain text

1. Encode a text.
   
   

   [qrcode type="plain"]QRCode Plant[/qrcode]
   

   

SMS

1. Encode an sms.
   
   

   [qrcode type="sms" phone="+420-5-55-55-55-55"]Call me please[/qrcode]
   

   

Link

1. Encode a link.
   
   

   [qrcode type="link"]http://www.j-plant.com[/qrcode]
   

   
2. Encode a link of the current page.
   
   

   [qrcode type="link"][/qrcode]
   

   

Wi-Fi network

• net

  net parameter is used to specify network type. Possible to use the next values:
  

  • wep - to specify WEF network type
  • wpa - to specify WPA/WPA2 network type
  • nopass - to specify no encryption network type

• pass

  pass parameter is used to specify a password to a Wi-Fi connection.

1. Encode Wi-Fi credentials.
   
   

   [qrcode type="wifi" net="wpa" pass="123456"]Wi-Fi HotSpot[/qrcode]
   

   

YouTube

• linkType

  linkType parameter is used to specify link type. Possible to use the next values:
  

  • mobile - to specify mobile link type
  • desktop - to specify desktop link type

1. Encode a link to a YouTube video.
   
   

   [qrcode type="youtube" linkType="mobile"]cAufYW9SBm8[/qrcode]