RouteYou code

Table of contents

• Video tutorial
• What is a RouteYou code
• Where can you find this code? 
  • Via the share button
  • By the download and navigation options of a route
  • In the route guide
• How to use the code? 
• What do you do with it?

Video tutorial

📹 RouteYou codes to share information

What is a RouteYou code

A lot of web pages on RouteYou have a unique code = the RouteYou code. It is a short code such as "&rmkpkv" for example. It always starts with an "&" followed by a number of letters. The code includes a reference to the specific url of the page in question and allows it to be quickly found in our website.

This unique RouteYou code is a convenient alternative for those who prefer not to use a QR code. 

Where can you find this code? 

Via the share button

You can find the unique RouteYou code, like the QR-code, via the share button .

The share button can be found on:

•   the route page - view an example here
•   the location page - see an example here
•   the account page of a user or organization - view an example here
•   the group page - view an example here
•   a theme page - view an example here
•   a characteristic page - view an example here

By the download and navigation options of a route

You can also find the unique RouteYou code at the download  and navigation options on a route page. 

In the route guide

In the guide printout of a route, we include the unique RouteYou code in addition to the QR code. 

How to use the code? 

Through following steps, you can use the code to quickly search the site for the relevant page:

1. Go to the main menu via the button  at the top left of your screen
2. Scroll down until you see the 'Search in the site' search bar
3. Enter the unique RouteYou code here and press the button with the magnifying glass

The relevant page will now open directly. 

Read here how to quickly go from dekstop to smartphone using your RouteYou code.

What do you do with it?

Some applications

• You publish a magazine or brochure about a route/trail and you put the unique RouteYou code in it. A user can now enter that code on RouteYou and thus has direct digital access to the route on his/her smartphone.
• You make a brochure with lots of places of interest, but you can't put all the info in that brochure about those places of interest. Then put that info with the places of interest on the RouteYou website and use the unique RouteYou code of the group containing the collection of sights.
• You have an event where people would like more info about the route, stops,.... Or to be navigated along the route.
• You have a starting place where you wish to offer different routes so the user can choose from different options/distance.
• ...

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