How to Generate QR Codes

This article explains how you can use QR codes to increase sales, and how to create (or in some cases, download) for your fundraiser.

What is a QR Code?

A QR Code is a barcode of sorts that directs you to a URL. The below example will take you to our Trellis website. Try it out by opening your smartphone's camera, and aiming it at the QR code, and then you will see a webpage link open up.

Can Trellis Generate a QR Code?

There are a few places where Trellis pre-generates a QR code for a page. This includes:

• For the main fundraising page: these can be found under Fundraiser Settings > Social Sharing
• For silent auction items: these can only be found on the silent auction item print out sheet.
• For Fund a Need donations: this QR code is found on the Simple Fund a Need Live Event View.

We do not have a QR code generation feature outside of these instances.

How to generate a QR code for the Trellis page?

It's easy to generate QR codes for free using 3rd Party generators.

The easiest tool you can use the Google Chrome's built-in QR code generator. 

1. Open the webpage using Google Chrome.
2. Right click on the page. 
3. Select "Create QR Code for this Page"
4. A QR code appears in the webpage that you can copy or download.

If using a 3rd Party Generator:

1. Navigate to the page you want to direct your donors to
2. Copy and paste the URL of that page into a QR code generator