Why only dynamic codes can be edited
A static code is the data. The dots spell out the web address or the text directly, so changing it means a different pattern, and a different pattern means a new print run.
A dynamic code spells out a short link on qrdot.org. The destination sits behind that link in your account. Edit the destination and the same dots lead somewhere new. Nothing on paper has to change.
How to change the destination
- 1
Open the code
Sign in and pick the code from your dashboard. Search by name if you have many.
- 2
Edit content and design
Replace the link, upload a new PDF, or change the text on the page.
- 3
Save
The change is live within seconds. Scan the printed code once to confirm it opens the new content.
There is no limit on how often you edit. Scan statistics carry on from the old destination, so you keep one history for the printed code.
What you can change, and what stays fixed
- Website code
- Can change
- The destination address
- Stays fixed
- The short link in the pattern
- PDF code
- Can change
- The file, title and description
- Stays fixed
- The short link in the pattern
- Contact card
- Can change
- Name, phone, email, photo, address
- Stays fixed
- The short link in the pattern
- Links or social page
- Can change
- Buttons, profiles, title, text
- Stays fixed
- The short link in the pattern
- Look of the code
- Can change
- Colors, logo, frame for new downloads
- Stays fixed
- Copies already printed
| Can change | Stays fixed | |
|---|---|---|
| Website code | The destination address | The short link in the pattern |
| PDF code | The file, title and description | The short link in the pattern |
| Contact card | Name, phone, email, photo, address | The short link in the pattern |
| Links or social page | Buttons, profiles, title, text | The short link in the pattern |
| Look of the code | Colors, logo, frame for new downloads | Copies already printed |
The design row trips people up. Changing the colors or logo in the designer updates the file you download next. Codes already on paper keep the look they were printed with, and they still work, because the link inside them is the same.
Typical edits
- Seasonal menu: upload the winter PDF in place of the summer one. Table codes stay where they are.
- Typo in the address: 2,000 flyers point to a page that does not exist. Correct the link and the flyers work again.
- A page that moved: the website was rebuilt and old addresses broke. Point the code at the new one.
- A promotion that ended: send scanners to the current offer instead of an expired one.
Pausing instead of editing
Sometimes a code should stop for a while, not go somewhere else. Pause it from its page in the dashboard and scanners see a short "inactive" notice. Resume it and it opens the content again, with no change to the print.
For a stop on a known date, set an end date instead. The rules for dates and scan counts are on the scan limit page.