Marqs & URL Matching

What is a Marq?

A Marq connects your existing guides to the exact web page where your team needs them. Each Marq has a URL pattern and one or more guide links. When someone visits a matching page, WingMarq automatically surfaces the attached guides.

Every page on a website

Enter a domain such as app.powerbi.com and the Marq appears on every page of that site. You can paste any address on the site instead; WingMarq keeps only the domain.

Subdomains are included: powerbi.com also matchesapp.powerbi.com and msit.powerbi.com.

Pages that start with an address

For one part of a site, paste the address from your browser, for example https://expenses.example.com/claims/. The Marq appears on that page and on every page whose address starts with it, whatever comes after (including query strings). A?query or #section in what you paste is left out.

Addresses must start with https:// — WingMarq only runs on secure pages.

Custom patterns

Marqs created earlier with a custom regular expression keep working. When you edit one, you can keep its pattern or switch it to one of the two options above.

When Marqs overlap

If two live Marqs match the same page, their guides appear together in one prompt. The older Marq supplies the title and button, and a link that appears in both is shown once. The editor warns you when a new Marq overlaps an existing one.

Best practices

• Start with every page on a website— it covers the most common case.
• Narrow with an address— when guides belong to one report or one part of a tool.
• One Marq per context— if a report has three how-to guides, put them in one Marq rather than three.
• Test an address first— Test a URL in the dashboard shows exactly which Marqs and guide links would appear on any address, using the extension's own matching. Then open the page with the extension to see it for real.