Miscellaneous Hacks - Dynamic Google Analytics

Dynamic Google Analytics

This is a very simple mod, it adds the ability to dynamically generate the code for Google Analytics.

Originally Posted by Logician

For visitors who didn't understand what the hack does:

It creates a google analytics section in your vb options page and when you enter analytics ID there, it automatically puts analytics code into your footer.

If you don't install this hack, you can do the same by copy/pasting google analytics code in your footer template.

Version History:
1.0 - Initial Release, using ga.js instead of urchin.js
1.0.1 - Removed vB 3.7 requirement

[Collussus]

Originally Posted by bdude

My most humble apologies for not fully testing this (I'm new to vB Development), you should see a new setting group called 'Google Analytics'

Now it works -clicks install-

EDIT:

Do you fill in the number with or without "UA-"?

[bdude]

Do you fill in the number with or without "UA-"?

With UA-

[Martell]

Thanks, useful product for analytics on Google.

[Collussus]

Originally Posted by bdude

With UA-

Doesn't seem to send the information to analytics for me... I'm pretty sure i get around 100 unique hits daily but it only shows 3, seems unlikely to me.

[rinkrat]

I turned it on so I guess I wait a few days and check the stats at Google.

[DrKNickel]

Looks nice but does it work?

[nitro]

Would this not be better in the global_complete hook location with something like:

PHP Code:

if ($vbulletin->options['ga_enable']) {

        $vbulletin->config['google_analytics']['replacementvariable'] = '</body>';
        $output = str_replace($vbulletin->config['google_analytics']['replacementvariable'],
        $code.$vbulletin->config['google_analytics']['replacementvariable'], $output);

} 


This way you are anchoring onto the closing body tag as google instructs and the global_complete location is a better place to do this, not just for vbulletin itself but other addons which may use alternative templates for headers. footers etc.

The google code could perhaps be an additional temple for eval in which case it would want a cache plugin. A textarea option to add scipts to exclude the code from maybe quite a desireable feature to add. Was just a few thoughts, nice hack still.

[bdude]

@nitro: Thanks for the suggestions, I am quite new to vB coding - and if I have any spare time, I will try and implement your suggestions.

[AndrewC1971]

do u have to put in the google analytics html

or just you Google Analytics UA number?

[tmiland]

Sweet!