Adding Google Analytics To Each Page

Mark Z · 05-31-2008, 01:31 AM

When REW created my site they set up my google analytics code somewhere in the site so I don't have to add it to every page, somehow it's just automatically added to every new page I make, but they only put the code in one time. I am in the process of creating a new site and was wondering if someone new where to add the analytics code so it works the same way and I don't have to worry about adding it to each page?

I'm also having another problem it says to add it immediately before the </body> tag in the html source code, so I do that and when get back in the regular viewing mode I can see the code which I shouldn't be able to see. Any idea what I could be doing wrong?

Web Agent · 05-31-2008, 05:03 AM

If you have CMS 2, click TOOLS on the navigation and there is a box there for your Google Analytics code.

Mark Z · 05-31-2008, 06:39 AM

I am using Joomla

RonnieG · 10:06 AM

Mark,
I wish we had discussed this further yesterday! I didn't realize the site was in Joomla! In Joomla, you can automatically put the Analytics code in every page by putting it in one place.

In /templates/<templatename>/index.php, put the GA code at the end, after the debug include statement and before the </body> tag, like this, changing the UA code to the one for your GA account:

<jdoc:include type="modules" name="debug" />

<script type="text/javascript">
var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www.");
document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E"));
</script>
<script type="text/javascript">
var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-999999-0");
pageTracker._initData();
pageTracker._trackPageview();
</script>

</body>
</html>

Since the template index.php file is called when constructing every page, the GA code will be on every page. The same technique and location works for HitTail and any other special code you need on every page.

This is template specific. There are Joomla mods that can be installed to make it template independent, but you and your website consultants would need to install and implement those from the administrator backend.

Mark Z · 05-31-2008, 10:15 AM

Is </body> the same as </p> because I don't have anything that says </body> and as far as the index page would this also be the home page? Sorry for silly questions but all this programing is new to me and my website designer is out of town until next week.

RonnieG · 05-31-2008, 10:51 AM

You will not find that file or be able to edit it in the Joomla CMS. You have to do it to the raw source in the server folder/file I mentioned. That means you need to make a backup of the file before you change anything, ftp the file from the server to your local disk, make the changes, then ftp the modified file back up to the server. If your ftp client supports direct editing on the server, like the one I use: WSftp Pro, then you can skip the download/upload steps, but still be sure to make a backup of the original file on the server in case it has to be restored later. If you don't have ftp access to the root directory of your Joomla site, your website's support/development folks will need to do this for you.

Daniel Gaitan · 05-31-2008, 07:34 PM

Any particular reason why your using Joomla?

Mark Z · 05-31-2008, 10:07 PM

Joomla is what the web designer chose to control the back office. And I have always heard Joomla is one of the best content management systems out there.

RonnieG · 06-01-2008, 10:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Daniel Gaitan

Any particular reason why your using Joomla?

Like most current CMS platforms, it is a great extensible platform for website designers and developers who have clients that maintain their own content. I use Joomla for my non-RE personal site. REW has spoiled me on CMS technologies, and the Joomla CMS has a huge base of open source and commercial templates, mods and plug-ins available from hundreds of developers. My Joomla genealogy site allows author/editor collaboration, has a roles-based security system, and integrates nicely with my SMS forum. In one of my earlier Joomla thread posts, I commented that the latest Joomla would be a great REW 3.0 platform, since it does have such a wealth of open source mods that could greatly enhance our REW environment, relatively easily for the REW developers, since Joomla and its various mods are PHP and MySQL based.

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