Add onclick to "external link" menu links
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- Phil Raymond
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I need to add the following code to all "external link" menu links in order to track google analytics across multiple domains:
onclick="pageTracker._link(this.href); return false;"
I've been trying for hours. There is 1 extension, but it hasn't been supported for a few years.
I don't mind hacking the core files. I tried hacking modules/mod_mainmenu/helper.php, but it seems the Modulus template is overriding it and I can't figure out where. I'm on Joomla 1.5.
Any ideas?
Thanks very much,
Phil - Last Edit: 13 years 5 months ago by Phil Raymond.
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- Phil Raymond
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I know this is not a common issue I'm dealing with here, but does anyone have any ideas of where I might start?
Thanks,
Phil
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- Phil Raymond
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Sorry for the bump, but I still haven't solved this. I think the RT forum is the best place for me to ask, since I'll need to hack a RT file.
Phil
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- Phil Raymond
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- Sorry, I've been trying it on my own for days, but I can't get it.
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- Phil Raymond
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- Bump (paying customer for a few years now).
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- Henning
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I fear I cant really help you.
1. the overrides for modules are in the "html"-folder of the template. Check RokNav for this
2. I could think of using ReReplacer from nonumber.nl for this.
A very Handy component ...
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- Phil Raymond
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Thanks for the help. ReReplacer looks useful, but for anyone else trying to do the same thing, I actually did a hack instead. I hacked templates/rt_modules_j15/html/mod_roknavmenu/themes/gantry_fusion/layout.php (Joomla 1.5.23) and changed this line:
<a <?php if($item->hasLinkClasses()):?>class="<?php echo $item->getLinkClasses().$activeToTop;?>"<?php endif;?> <?php if($item->hasLink()):?>href="<?php echo $item->getLink();?>"<?php endif;?> <?php if($item->hasTarget()):?>target="<?php echo $item->getTarget();?>"<?php endif;?> <?php if ($item->hasAttribute('onclick')): ?>onclick="<?php echo $item->getAttribute('onclick'); ?>"<?php endif; ?><?php if ($item->hasLinkAttribs()): ?> <?php echo $item->getLinkAttribs(); ?><?php endif; ?>>
to this:
<a <?php if($item->hasLinkClasses()):?>class="<?php echo $item->getLinkClasses().$activeToTop;?>"<?php endif;?> <?php if($item->hasLink()):?>href="<?php echo $item->getLink();?>"<?php endif;?> <?php if($item->hasTarget()):?>onclick="pageTracker._link(this.href); return false;"<?php endif;?> <?php if ($item->hasAttribute('onclick')): ?>onclick="<?php echo $item->getAttribute('onclick'); ?>"<?php endif; ?><?php if ($item->hasLinkAttribs()): ?> <?php echo $item->getLinkAttribs(); ?><?php endif; ?>>
The part I changed was this:
target="<?php echo $item->getTarget();?>"
to this (note I was using the old analytics code):
onclick="pageTracker._link(this.href); return false;"
and then I set my external link in the Joomla menu manager to open in a 'New Window with Browser Navigation'. Kind of a weird workaround, but it worked great.
(And then after all of this work, I abandoned trying to get cross-domain tracking working, but the above method does work).
Phil
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- Henning
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Thanks for posting this. Looks like valid solution to me. Your are not hacking the module or the J-core. You have modified the override – that's the way to tackle things like this
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