Flowcode Onboarding: Managing your Flowcode

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Congratulations on making your first Flowcode! You’re one step closer to being a QR-code expert. In this self onboarding post we’ll walk you through how to manage your Flowcode in the code overview page.

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How do I get to the"Code Overview"page?

Upon logging into your Flowcode account, you’ll be brought to your Flowcode dashboard. Click on the Flowcode you’d like to manage. This will direct you to its specific code Overview page.

Once here, you have the ability to change the scan destination of your code, edit how it looks, and more!

Now we’ll walk you through each of the dropdowns and what capabilities they have:

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Download

The ‘Download’ dropdown is where you’ll discover how to print, download, and bring your Flowcode into the real world.

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Just the code

If you’re interested in adding your Flowcode QR-code to your assets, you can download it directly from the code overview page. Under the ‘Download’ dropdown, click on ‘Just the code’. This will prompt you to select which file format you’d like to download the code as:

PNG: 300 DPI transparent. High quality file with a transparent background. Typically used the most in web, design and print materials. The image can be easily placed over a background of a picture, block of color or pattern.

JPG: your basic image file type. Flowcode JPEG comes with white background, not a transparent background like with a PNG. Quality is significantly lower than PNG files.

SVG: (Scalable Vector Graphic) for placement on high-resolution artwork intended. When using your Flowcode for printing on merchandise and other mediums, printers may request this file type because it allows you to open in Adobe Illustrator and interact with individual layers. Not suitable for photos as they are meant for dealing with figures, lines, etc. for print and merchandise.

Transparent background: (PNG, SVG, and PDF)

For print materials, such as flyers, business cards, or brochures, we recommend PNG files. For larger assets, like billboards or banners, an SVG would be the best option. If you’re ever unsure, ask your printing partner which file type they need.

The code will automatically save to your device upon clicking ‘Download’. You can then access it from your device’s ‘Downloads’ folder.

Learn more about printing best practices in our Flowcode Onboarding: Printing your Flowcode post.

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Code in template

Within the ‘Download’ dropdown, you also have the option to download a ‘Code in template’. This will first prompt you to choose what kind of template you’d like to customize. They’re organized by format (postcards, table tents, and coasters) and category (Events/Entertainment, Healthcare/Wellness, and Real Estate).

Click on the template you’d like to customize. From there, you’ll be able to select different aspects of the design like size, text, and images. It’ll automatically apply the Flowcode whose code overview page you just came from, but you can select a different code if you’d like.

If the item is available to print through the Flowcode Print Store, the option to ‘Order a print’ will appear in blue. Otherwise, you also have the options to download, email, or print the template yourself.

Have questions about downloading or printing out your Flowcode QR-code? Check out our Flowcode Onboarding: Printing your Flowcode post or email [email protected].

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Settings

The ‘Settings’ dropdown is where you’ll find all the design-related Flowcode management tools. Quickly change the color of your code to match your new branding, save your design as a template to apply to future codes, easily duplicate your code, and more.

Edit code design

There are plenty of reasons you might want to edit the design of your Flowcode. You may want to change its shape, add in your custom hex color or logo, or even apply one of our premade templates for upcoming holidays and celebrations. Whatever the reason, you’ll have access to all the design options you had when you first created the code!

The scan destination and data will remain constant. They will not change or be impacted by editing the design of the code.

Save code design

If you create a design that you’re particularly proud of and want to apply to future codes, you can save it. After clicking ‘Save code design’, you’ll be prompted to give the design template a name. Hit ‘Save’ to finish saving the design.

When creating or editing the design of codes in the future, you’ll be able to access this saved design under the ‘A saved design’ dropdown. This is the same place your Pro or Pro+ custom code templates will live.

Duplicate code

Easily and automatically duplicate your code’s design and scan destination. Upon clicking ‘Duplicate code’, you’ll be asked to name your new code. This new code will live and can be found in your Flowcode Dashboard.

Delete code

Beware that deleting a Flowcode will permanently remove it from your account. You will not be able to unarchive it. Once a code is deleted, its scan destination will cease to exist and it will scan to a page saying the code was deleted by its owner.

If you accidentally delete a code, email [email protected] to help you restore it. Please include the email address associated with the Flowcode account the code was in and either a picture of the code or the name of the code.

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Send

Share your Flowcode externally with the ‘Send’ capability. You can send the code to up to five emails at a time. Designated recipients will receive an email with the code.

Print

The ‘Print’ dropdown is where you’ll be able to navigate to our template and print stores, supplying you with all you need to get your Flowcodes into the physical world.

Get it printed

Clicking ‘Get it printed’ will redirect you to the template store. Refer to the download template section above for more information on the template store.

Print it yourself

Clicking ‘Print it yourself’ will automatically pull up your computer’s printing settings and print from your own printer.

Code Details

Beside the preview of the Flowcode, you’ll be able to view information about the code, including its scan destination, date created, code link, and folder (if it’s located in one within your dashboard).

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Code Link

This is the redirect URL used to redirect your audience from scanning the code to the scan destination. Beware that clicking on it will bring you to the code’s scan destination and register as a scan in your data.

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Edit code details

First and foremost, you can edit the name of the Flowcode.

Second, as mentioned in Flowcode Onboarding: Creating your first Flowcode, all Flowcodes are dynamic. This means that you can update their scan destination at any point and as often as you’d like. Changing a Flowcode QR-code’s scan destination can be done within the ‘Edit code details’ section of the code Overview page.

Click the dropdown next to Scan Destination’ to see all the same options that first appeared when creating the code (i.e., Website, File, SMS, etc).

Third, edit or adjust the code’s tags.

Fourth, with Pro+ or above, you can change the Flowcode’s redirect link. It’s best to apply your custom redirect when first creating the code. However, you can update the redirect subdomain for an existing Flowcode to use a different subdomain, although if this code has already been downloaded and/or printed, you will need to re-download and/or re-print it.

Changing the redirect for a Flowcode causes the encoding of its data pattern to change as well and therefore the code must be re-downloaded and/or re-reprinted when this happens. Otherwise those previously downloaded or printed instances of it will continue to go through the old redirect.Learn more about custom redirects here or email [email protected] with any questions.

The fifth, but the most important step, is to click the blackSave Changesbutton. This will update your code in real time. This means that all the materials you put out into the world that contained the code will now scan to the new scan destination.

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In the next post of the Flowcode Onboarding series, we’ll walk you through the importance of printing your code, how to print it, and overall best practices to seamlessly bridge the offline to online gap.

Ready for your next lesson? Learn how to print your Flowcode.