On Sat, Feb 9, 2013 at 1:44 PM, Nicholas Kwiatkowski <nicho...@spoon.as>wrote:
> We can use the same tracking code that the OO came up with for those > download links. Do you want to work on making the changes needed for the > SDK installer? I would use this framework : > > https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/other/flashTrackingSetupFlex > (I've used that in quite a few of project I've developed. You just > send > it the fake url that we will track.) > > Sure, let me know what url I should call. > As far as option #2. There is no dependence on Infra... Only on us to > download the logs and process them. I'll probably end up grabbing them > since Dec when we released 4.9 just to see how many downloads we've had so > far. > > That would be fantastic! Thanks, Om > -Nick > > On Sat, Feb 9, 2013 at 3:42 PM, Om <bigosma...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Feb 9, 2013 9:26 AM, "Nicholas Kwiatkowski" <nicho...@spoon.as> > wrote: > > > > > > So, pretty much we have two options : > > > > > > - Add javascript to all the download links to send tracking data to > > > Google. Also, add additional code to do google tracking within the SDK > > > installer. That would require a new release of the installer, but > > > shouldn't be a big deal to do. > > > > I think this is the best option. This way, we have more control. > > > > > - Figure out a way to parse the webserver logs for the > > > single-mirror-url.cgi file. The web server logs are currently split up > > > between two clusters. Each cluster is generating about 3GB worth of > logs > > > per day (~250MB zipped up) -- for all the projects (ALL hits to http > are > > > stuffed into a single log file per cluster, rotated daily). We would > > need > > > to figure out a way to parse and present that data. I could do it on > > > occasion, but having an automated way would be even nicer... > > > > > > > Sounds like a bit of a hassle to me. Moreover, I would like to reduce the > > dependency in Infra as much as possible. > > How would this work for the source and manual binary downloads? > > > > Thanks, > > Om > > > > > What are your thoughts? > > > > > > -Nick > > > > > > On Sat, Feb 9, 2013 at 12:05 PM, Lee Burrows > > > <subscripti...@leeburrows.com>wrote: > > > > > > > Couldn't the installer use URLLoader or Loader to access some URL on > > the > > > > server, triggering a page hit? > > > > > > > > > > > > On 09/02/2013 16:50, Om wrote: > > > > > > > >> I was thinking about this. I wanted to have a hidden html component > in > > the > > > >> Installer that would call a special page which simply calls the js > > > >> function > > > >> on load. This page would be called only from the Installer. > > > >> > > > >> Or, we could have the installer call the functions manually as well. > > This > > > >> way we can track download start, complete, abort, etc. > > > >> > > > >> But, if we want to track how many people download the installer, the > > > >> source > > > >> and binary kits manually, we will need to track them as custom > events. > > > >> > > > >> Thanks, > > > >> Om > > > >> On Feb 9, 2013 6:51 AM, "Nicholas Kwiatkowski" <nicho...@spoon.as> > > wrote: > > > >> > > > >> I don't think we will be able to use JavaScript to be able to catch > > all > > > >>> the > > > >>> downloads (or even a large portion of them). Since most of the > > downloads > > > >>> come from the Installer, we can't depend on people hitting them > with > > > >>> JavaScript. Still looking at other ways to see what we can do. I > > don't > > > >>> think it will be integrated into the Google stats. > > > >>> > > > >>> -Nick > > > >>> > > > >>> On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 2:58 PM, Om <bigosma...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >>> > > > >>> Nick, > > > >>>> > > > >>>> Now that we have basic tracking enabled on our site, I would like > to > > > >>>> > > > >>> start > > > >>> > > > >>>> tracking the number of times the installer and more importantly > the > > > >>>> > > > >>> number > > > >>> > > > >>>> of times the sdk is downloaded. > > > >>>> > > > >>>> I am not sure how to integrate custom javascript with our CMS. > Can > > you > > > >>>> please give me some pointers as to how to do this? > > > >>>> > > > >>>> Here is some literature about GA's custom event tracking [1] > > > >>>> > > > >>>> Thanks, > > > >>>> Om > > > >>>> > > > >>>> [1] > > > >>>> > > > >>>> > > > >>>> > > https://developers.google.com/**analytics/devguides/**collection/gajs/ > > > >>> **eventTrackerGuide< > > > > > https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/gajs/eventTrackerGuide > > > > > > >>> > > > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Lee Burrows > > > > ActionScripter > > > > > > > > > > >
