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4 Excellent Online Tools to Create QR Code Generator

Posted: 29 Sep 2011 08:15 PM PDT

QR Codes are barcodes type of patterns that see everywhere now a days, from web to business cards. QR Codes are very useful as all you are required to do is to scan a QR code with your smartphone and then you are then you are taken to the information that QR Code has, for instance, you are taken to a website or you get information about a person or a business. Well the best thing about them is the fact that creating QR Codes is very easy. Many websites are present out there that let you create one, so below are givem some great ones. Check them out.


ZXing Project QR Code Generator is very handy and simple. All you have to do is to select the kind of content you want your QR code to contain, any one of the following
  • A calendar event
  • Your contact information
  • A geographic location
  • An email address
  • A phone number
  • A short message to be sent by SMS
  • A block of text
  • A URL
  • Login information for a wireless network
After doing that, you have to type the information in the fields on page followed by clicking the Generate button in order to create your QR code.



Want more flexibility? Then check out QRStuff. This one is the most fully fledged QR code generators available out there. Still it is very handy. It has all the options given by ZXing Project generator, and some more features too like PayPal Buy Now Link, links to different social media services, a link to content in the Apple iTunes Store, and a link to a video on YouTube. It also has a URL shortener. And its best feature is its ability of changing the color of QR codes.

3. GOQR



GOQR is a basic tool but boasts some really awesome options that makes it deffierent from the rest. It you the ability of creating QR codes that contain text, a URL, a telephone number, and SMS message, or contact information only. As mentioned earlier, it has great options like the ability of changing the size of your QR codes. You also have the ability of changing the foreground and background color of your QR code and adding a margin around it.

Maestro is really good tool as creating a QR code with it is both easy and handy. Although it does not has many options for the type of content to include in a QR code, but still it is one of the easiest and most graphical QR code generator out there. It also lets you change the color of the QR code.

Maestro can be used for creating QR codes that contain:
  • Phone numbers
  • SMS messages
  • URLs
  • Map information
  • Contact information
  • Text
  • Calendar events
  • Links to content in the Android Market, BlackBerry App World, and the iTunes App Store
It also allows adding headings to your QR codes. It also creates a HTML image tag that you can embed in your website.

If you have a favorite QR code generator, then please share it with us in comments below!

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