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I recently had some labels made with QR codes that are supposed to link to my website but I didn't realize that squarespace only allows URLs with lowercase letters, and the QR codes were made using Capital letters.
 
Here's an example:
 
Capital (as it was in the spreadsheet):                                  
https://www.holmeswatercolors.com/authenticity/p/656A7949V73930YT
 
Lowercase (as I should have had it in the spreadsheet):        
https://www.holmeswatercolors.com/authenticity/p/656a7949v73930yt

I entered the 301 rerouting code under the advanced tab but it doesn't reroute when I scan the QR code.

If you scan the QR code you can see that it doesn't redirect. Is there a way to do this using the labels I already have created? Is there any way to manually code a Squarespace URL using capital letters?

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I recently had some labels made with QR codes that are supposed to link to my website but I didn't realize that squarespace only allows URLs with lowercase letters, and the QR codes were made using Capital letters.
I provided the company that made the labels with a spreadsheet of serial numbers to associate with the QR codes but I didn't realize that it would be a huge problem to have the letters in CAPS instead of lowercase. I am now unable to create the URL associated with the QR codes in squarespace so my labels are effectively useless, and they weren't cheap..
 
Here's an example:
 
Capital (as it was in the spreadsheet):                                  
https://www.holmeswatercolors.com/authenticity/p/656A7949V73930YT
 
Lowercase (as I should have had it in the spreadsheet):        
https://www.holmeswatercolors.com/authenticity/p/656a7949v73930yt

I entered the 301 rerouting code under the advanced tab but it doesn't reroute when I scan the QR code.

If you scan the QR code you can see that it doesn't redirect. Is there a way to do this using the labels I already have created? Is there any way to manually code a Squarespace URL using capital letters?

Thanks!

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33 minutes ago, holmeswatercolors said:

I entered the 301 rerouting code under the advanced tab but it doesn't reroute when I scan the QR code.

The redirect is not working. Please provide a screenshot of the URL mappings panel so we can see the instruction.

Edited by paul2009

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The syntax is incorrect. It should look like this (you may need to scroll horizontally to see the full line of text below):

/authenticity/p/656A7949V73930YT -> /authenticity/p/656a7949v73930yt 301

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Edited by paul2009

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