Create a QR code for a menu type

A menu-type code takes a guest straight into one menu — the wine list, the breakfast card, the cocktail list — without a landing page in between.

When to use it

• The bar counter, where guests want the drinks list and nothing else.
• The breakfast room, during breakfast service.
• A wine list code presented with the wine service.
• A restaurant with a single menu, where the home page adds a step for no benefit.

Generate it

1. Open QR generator.
2. Untick Home Page if you do not need it in this batch.
3. Tick the menu type you want. Menu archives are listed first, before the category archives.
4. Select Generate Codes.
5. Download the SVG for print.

If the menu type is not in the list

Menu archives appear only when that menu type publishes an archive of its own. When it does not, its categories are still listed, and on many sites a category archive is what guests actually read as "the menu".

So if a menu type is missing from the list:

• look for its categories further down the same list;
• generate the code for the category that represents the menu — often the first or the main one.

See Create a QR code for a category.

Verify the destination first

Before generating, open the menu in a private browser window and check:

• it is the right menu;
• it is complete and published;
• the category navigation reaches every section;
• the contact dock offers the destinations a guest will want next;
• it reads well on a phone.

A code is a commitment to that page. Fixing the page after printing is fine; fixing the address is not.

Configure the dock before printing

A guest who lands directly in one menu has skipped the home page, so the contact dock is their only way out. For any menu that will carry its own table code, check that its dock offers:

• the home page, if you want guests to be able to see the whole site;
• the two or three menus a guest is most likely to want next.

Durability

A menu-type code is durable as long as the menu type exists. It survives:

• adding, renaming and reordering categories;
• adding and removing dishes;
• price changes;
• layout changes.

It breaks if the menu type is retired or the site moves domain. That makes it a good choice for permanent table material, and a poor one for a seasonal menu.

Before printing

• [ ] The destination was opened and verified signed out.
• [ ] The menu is complete in every published language.
• [ ] The contact dock is configured for guests landing here directly.
• [ ] The correct language group was downloaded.
• [ ] SVG for print, PNG for screens.
• [ ] A printed proof was scanned at the table.