AlpacaKeepYour herd prefix is a short farm code. AlpacaKeep stamps it on the animals you breed and uses it in your sale-page web addresses. The display prefix is an optional, prettier version shown to people. Both live in Settings → Farm profile.
The concept
Think of the herd prefix like a farm's brand on a tag. When you breed an animal on your farm, its name shows your prefix so buyers know where it came from.
The prefix has two jobs:
- It must work in a web address, so it is kept short and simple (a "URL-safe slug"). This version is used in the web address of each animal's sale page.
- It marks home-bred animals. Animals you bought or were given keep their own breeder's name instead, never yours.
Example. Say your prefix is gva. A cria born on your farm gets your prefix,
and its sale page lives at a web address that includes gva.
The display prefix
Sometimes the short code is not pretty. The display prefix lets you show a
nicer, human-readable version, typed exactly as you want it. So your code can
stay gva while animals display as "Gardena Valley Frosty." Setting a display
prefix is optional.
📷 Screenshot: Settings → Farm profile, with the Herd prefix and Display prefix boxes highlighted.
Watch out: changing the prefix
Watch out. Changing your herd prefix does not change the web addresses of sale pages that already exist. Those addresses are created once and stay put, so links you have already shared keep working. The new prefix applies going forward.
Good to know
Good to know. The herd prefix only goes on animals whose origin is Bred on my farm. Animals marked Acquired from another farm keep their breeder's name. See Origin: bred here or acquired?
Related
- Create your farm
- Set your units, date format, time zone, and currency