Administrative and Maintenance Tools - Google Analytics Code Plugin

This is my first plugin mod so its beta.

Purpose:
The purpose of this is to make it easy to add or remove your Google Analytics code or similar footer code in your vBulletin 'footer' template. This is helpful when you need to revert your footer template and want to add back your google analytics or similar footer code with ease, or quickly update the extra footer code without having to enter your admin control panel ('ACP').

Steps:
I broke the steps down into 3 easy parts.

Part 1
* - Create a folder titled custom_plugins in your forum folder;
* - In this folder, create a file titled index.html and add some text, like 'Blank' or a period '.' for example;
* - Create a file titled footercode.html and paste your Google Analytics code in it;
* - Login to your vBulletin ACP

Part 2
* - Go into your 'Style Manager' under the 'Styles & Templates' menu;
* - Click the 'Go' button next to your top-level style
* - Scroll down and double-click on the 'footer' template;
* - Scroll to the bottom of the selected 'footer' template and enter '$footercode' as the last piece of code;
* - Repeat Part 2 for all styles whose 'footer' templates have been modified or whose 'footer' template is not inherited by the top-level 'footer' template modified above(most people will only have one top-level 'footer' template inherited by all subsidiary styles);

Part 3
* - Create a new plugin by looking for 'Add New Plugin' under the 'Plugins & Products' menu;
* - Select 'vBulletin' for the Product;
* - Select 'global_start' for the Hook Location;
* - Enter a title. I used 'Footer Code';
* - Insert the following code in the PHP field:

PHP Code:

$footercode = implode('', file('/enter/the/path/to/your/file.html')); 


***Be sure to update the above code with the actual path to the footercode.html file you created above***


Feel free to comment or critique. Support will be provided on vBulletin Domain Architects

[siliconfinance]

Originally Posted by KURTZ

i don't understand one thing, the $footercode must be placed after this (in the footer template)?

PHP Code:

<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
    // Main vBulletin Javascript Initialization
    vBulletin_init();
//-->
</script> 


also i put this code in the php field:

PHP Code:

$footercode = implode('', file('/board/custom_plugins/footercode.html')); 


but it doesn't run ...

The only thing that goes in the footer template is:

PHP Code:

$footercode 


The php field is located on the add new plugin page.

Does that make sense?

[River_rush]

thanks installed and working

[steven s]

Doesn't the ad_footer templates accomplish this except not requiring an external file?
And you still need to edit the footer template after reverting.

[Dean C]

Originally Posted by 1996 328ti

Doesn't the ad_footer templates accomplish this except not requiring an external file?
And you still need to edit the footer template after reverting.

Yep, but at the time of this mod, that hook wasn't available

[steven s]

Originally Posted by Dean C

Yep, but at the time of this mod, that hook wasn't available

Thanks. But it was included in 3.7, wasn't it?