Easy vCard Documentation

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Contacts

In the WordPress backend, you can create people under “Easy vCard” and edit the entries directly.

• “Add new person” button
  You can use the button to create a new person. When you click the button, a new line will be added.
• Image
  You can use the editing pen to add an image and either select it from the media library or upload it as a new file.
• Personal data
  Click in the table cells to enter personal data. If you leave a field, the value is saved – a green frame appears briefly.
• Location
  Here you can assign a location. The locations should be defined beforehand via “Easy vCard > Locations”. Adding locations is explained in the next section.
• Slug
  Here you can adjust the slug of each person. When a vCard is created, a slug is automatically generated. When using a short URL, the slug appears after the slash: sub.domain.de/slug The slug can be, for example, the name of an employee, a number or initials.
• Link
  Displays the link to the respective vCard.
• QR-Code
  Displays the link as a QR code. By clicking on the QR code, an svg file of the QR code can be downloaded.

Locations

You can create locations in the WordPress backend. You can then assign these in the overview of your created people. This means that the address and contact details for a location only need to be entered once.

• “Add new location” button
  You can use the button to add a new location (office or company location). When you click the button, a new line will be added.
• Image
  The location image is optional. It can only be displayed in the web view of the vCard. Use the image to display a logo next to the person’s profile picture, for example.
• Location
  This name is used to assign the name to a person. The name of the location does not appear in the vCard.
• Location information
  Click in the table cells to enter location information. If you leave a field, the value is saved – a green frame appears briefly.

Settings

On the settings page, you can define the web view of the vCard, an alternative domain, and options for the vCard itself.

General

• Image for vCard
  Choose whether to display the image of the person or location in the vCard.
• Image for web view
  Choose whether to display the image of the person, location, or both in the vCard’s web view.
• Download Button Text
  This is the label of the button that can be used to download the vCard.
• CSS for web view
  The web view of the vCard can be freely designed with your own CSS. Simply enter your CSS here.
• Always show the web view of the vCard
  By default, the vCard is immediately transferred to your smartphone’s system for display when it is called up. If you would like the web view of the vCard to always be visible instead, check this option.
• Use a different domain for the vCards
  By default, the vCards are provided via a relatively long URL for technical reasons. If you want to use a short URL, another domain or your own subdomain for your vCards, select this option and enter this domain in the “New domain” field. With short URLs, the generated QR code is less complex and can therefore be displayed smaller and scanned better.
• Contents of the .htaccess file
  To use a different domain for the vCards, you must create a .htaccess file on this domain. Here you can see the contents of the .htaccess file. Once you have saved, the field will be updated. Copy the contents into a file, name it .htaccess and upload it to the URL specified under “New Domain”. The vCard link and QR code will now lead to this domain and will automatically be redirected to the correct vCard.

Import

• Upload: The csv file must meet the minimum requirements for a normal csv file. The content should be a comma-separated list of personal data. The column names are specified in the first line. Upload a .csv file using the file field.
• Mapping: You can then map the columns of your csv to the columns of the vCard. Unmapped fields are ignored for existing vCards and are empty for new vCards.

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