Firebase Url Shotener
Firebase Dynamic Urls
Goal
Utilize a URL shortener on activations that use physical printed marketing collateral (especially QR codes)
Justification
Often times a URL needs to be updated and changed after physical collateral is printed because of typos, code changes, or miscommunications. Using a URL shotener allows us to update the url destination of the link without having to push code to production. The shortened URLs can also be much more human readable and shorter to type in.
How to create
go to the firebase console or directly to the URL creator in the firebase console (Check with Will if you have permissions issues)
Create a link, ensuring that the subdomain is link.illust.space. Its recommended to customize the `/path` for human readability
Continue through steps 2-4 in the creator
Step 2: Add you url (without utms) and add a human readable name so you can reference the link in the future
Step 3 & 4: Select "Open the deep link URL in a browser"
Step 5: add meta tags (recommended) and UTM parameters where appropriate. "Skip the app preview page" should be checked
To edit
Hover over the link and click the ... and click edit. Follow the "How to create" steps above
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