Google Analytics Demographic
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- sohopros
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Google has an area of statistics called Demographics and Interest Reports that requires a change on the url called by the js on the bottom of the page.
We are currently using the Gantry Feature to add the Google Analytics code our customers. As can be seen on the image below. My question is:
1 - Can we expect to have a Demographics and Interests url for Google Analytics on Rockettheme templates?
2 - If number one is affirmative, when can we expect this feature?
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- MrT
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How does the code need to be modified? Do you have a link to the google code? I can then ask the DEVS.
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- MrT
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btw - if you need to you can modify the code in
/libraries/gantry/features/analytics.php
But remember that any gantry updates will overwrite the file again.
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- sohopros
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Here are the links to the google references:
support.google.com/analytics/answer/2799357?hl=en&utm_id=ad
support.google.com/analytics/answer/2819948
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- MrT
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ok I added an "improvement" request for consideration by the DEVS in a future release (no promises though). In the mean time you can change the file I mentioned above.
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- sohopros
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- Since that file will be over-written by future releases, is there any advantage to doing that versus disabling the feature and putting the new GA code directly into the template until Gantry releases a compliant version?
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- MrT
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nope - doesn't matter which way you do it - either require a change to original templates files that would get overwritten by updates.
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- sohopros
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- We can also have the Google Analytics code in a Custom HTML module and publish analytics of the template. Would that be a recommended method?
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yes that would be a good way since you won't have to tamper with template files - good idea!
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- Cari Adamek
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I thought the module idea was great as well and tried it out with Google's remarketing tag. I put their code snippet in the Analytics position. Unfortunately, my good buddy Google (argh!) has a lot of restrictions and wants it placed immediately after the body tag without being in a div... etc etc
It would be wonderful if Gantry/RocketTheme templates could include a simple way to include Google's eccentric requirements as they do for Analytics. Their initial instructions just said, "To ensure that all the webpages on your site include the remarketing tag, you should insert the remarketing tag in one place, where it would automatically update all the webpages on your site. Typically you would do this within your webpage template." Well I did that! Then they said they couldn't find it.
They said to download their Tag Assistant to find out why they couldn't find my newly added tag. You can find it here: chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/tag-as...dddjlbokphdefk?hl=en And this said tool referred me to a whole laundry list of no-no's: support.google.com/tagassistant/answer/3...en&ref_topic=2947092
I don't see an easy way to place their code snippet "immediately after the opening body tag" and not inside a div using a module. I placed it between these two lines in my Gantry template index.php and it appears to be correct. It's only giving me a 'suggestion' for improvement but from my research, their 'suggestion' may be an anomaly that will go away in a few days.
<body <?php echo $gantry->displayBodyTag(); ?>> *** I PUT GOOGLE CODE SNIPPET HERE *** <?php /** Begin Drawer **/ if ($gantry->countModules('drawer')) : ?> - Last Edit: 10 years 9 months ago by Cari Adamek. Reason: typo
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