QR barcodes

From podhawk

QR barcodes are a type of two-dimensional barcodes - examples. Many Smart phones have applications which can read QR codes. If the code is a website address, the phone's browser will open automatically at that web page. If the QR code is the web address of an mp3 file, such as a podcast, the phone will automatically download it. A good scanner is i-nigma which is available for many mobile phones.

PodHawk uses the Google Chart API to generate the QR codes which link to the audio/video podcast files. The barcode downloads asynchronously and displays on the screen when a user clicks on "Download to your SmartPhone" below the normal download link.

To include QR barcodes on your site:

• you must have PodHawk 1.71 or later
• you must replace the file posting_download_link.tpl in your theme directory with the new file in PodHawk 1.71
• you must amend your index.tpl file. Find the bit which reads

  {include file='posting_download_link.tpl'}

  . Replace it with

  {include file='posting_download_link.tpl' barcode=true}

  .