Google Analytics Registration Goal Plugin

Google Analytics Registration Goal Plugin
This plugin adds unique page names to the steps of the registration process so you can track registration as a Goal utilizing Google Analytics.

History
Jan 29, 2006
-- v1.0.1 Beta 2 Release. Removes duplicate goal URL and updates step counts.

Jan 28, 2006
-- v1.0.1 Beta 1 Release. Adds modifications for COPPA and Deny registration for users under 13

Nov 27, 2005
-- Initial Beta Release

Requirements
You must have a Google Analytics account

This does not work if you have turned on URL rewrites via .htaccess with programs such as subdreamer and vb seo.

If you use this plugin, click Install

[Jacqueline]

Originally Posted by RetroDreams

Pardon me for being stupid, but can you please answer this:

http://www.example.com/funnel_register/signup.html

I should change example.com to my domain, correct? Also, if my forums are not in the domain root, I should also add the subfolder, correct?

For the first question, Yes. You should change example.com to your domain.

For the second, you should not add the subfolder. It may work if you do, but Google's instructions say to show it this way so it looks like it is off the root of your domain.

[kall]

http://www.example.com/funnel_register/signup.html

Just like that? or do we need our /forums/ directory in that path too?

Also, some of the plugins seem to be disabled by default, is that correct?

[Jacqueline]

Originally Posted by kall

Quote:
http://www.example.com/funnel_register/signup.html Just like that? or do we need our /forums/ directory in that path too?

Just like that is correct. Replace www.example.com with your domain name. You do not need to put your forum directory, and Google's instructions are to show the funnel as coming off your root. I expect it would work if you included your forums directory as this is basically just a made-up path for reporting purposes, but I haven't tried it.

Originally Posted by kall

Also, some of the plugins seem to be disabled by default, is that correct?

Yes. I currently have two plugins disabled while under beta. They hook into additional areas that may be used based on your registration configuration. If you do a test registration on your system and view the source of each registration page, you can verify that a funnel_register shows on each page. As long as it does, you can safely delete the two disabled ones. If you find any pages missing one, then most likely we'll need to enable one or both of the disabled plugins.

[thebassman]

I can't seem to get it to work. It installed fine, but I get the error message from Google: "Goal Creation failed. Please verify and try again. If you continue to have problems, please contact our support team." Here's a screen shot of what I see... maybe I missed something?

[Jacqueline]

I don't see anything wrong in your screenshot. Double check the portion of your http://www.example.com/funnel_register/pagename.html on each line and make sure there are no typos hiding. I do not believe it actually checks to see if the pages exist when you make the goal.

[thebassman]

Hmmm... no typos. Should the page http://www.photographycorner.com/fun...e_account.html actually go somewhere?

[Jacqueline]

No, the page is made up specifically for registration.

[thebassman]

Hmmm... any other ideas why it's not working then? :speechless:

[Jacqueline]

Originally Posted by thebassman

Hmmm... any other ideas why it's not working then? :speechless:

I'm looking at Google right now. There are some more settings further down the page. What settings do you have here?

Goal
(see above)

Case sensitive

Match type

Goal value

[thebassman]

Goal
(see above): (not editable) http://www.photographycorner.com/fun...e_account.html Registration

Case sensitive: checked

Match type: Head Match

Goal value: blank/$1