Hi John,
I've been trying to get it to log something to GA for about a week now
with no luck, on a different machine with a different tracking code.
Just in case there is something odd about that particular setup, I
grabbed a new tracking code for this dev server and am repeating the
test there. Here's the page I'm using for the new test:
http://dev.corefive.net/jquery/gaTracker.html
The plugin should ignore the first two links, but tag the rest, as
well as make one call for the initial page load. Like I said, as far
as I can tell, it's doing everything it's supposed to, but as of yet,
no results are showing up in Google Analytics. Maybe I'll see some
activity in a couple of days once this new setup gets rolling. I'd
also love to hear from anyone who tries this on one of their own
sites, and whether or not they see anything show up in GA.
Thanks!
Jason
On Oct 25, 9:19 pm, "John Resig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Very cool! This seems quite useful. Do you have any examples it in action?
>
> --John
>
> On 10/25/07, jason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
>
> > I've been working on a jQuery plugin to simplify the process of adding
> > Google Analytics tracking to a page. The bulk of the code came
> > together pretty quickly, but I've run into a strange snag that's kept
> > me from finishing it off.
>
> > Here's what the plugin is intended to do:
>
> > - Determine whether to include the SSL or non-SSL version of the GA
> > script.
>
> > - Include the GA script (currently urchin.js, soon to be replaced by
> > ga.js) from within try/catch to help suppress any issues GA may have
> > from time to time.
>
> > - Set the _uacct variable to your GA tracking code.
>
> > - Call the urchinTracker() function once for the initial page load.
>
> > - Examine all of the links on the page and attach onclick events to:
> > - External links.
> > - Mailto links.
> > - Downloads.
>
> > - Call urchinTracker() when these links are clicked, prefixing them
> > appropriately.
>
> > In addition to the tracking code, the prefixes used for each of the
> > link types above, as well as the extensions considered "downloadable
> > files" are configurable by the user.
>
> > Using tools like Firebug and Live HTTP Headers in Firefox, I have
> > pretty much determined that all of the above is indeed happening
> > exactly as intended. I see the requests for urchin.js and _utm.gif go
> > out to Google on the initial page load, and another request for
> > _utm.gif for each click, and Google responds with a 200 OK. The
> > appropriate cookies get set, etc. I haven't picked apart every single
> > item in the query string attached to each call, but the few pieces I
> > understand well enough to verify appear to be correct. Yet, the hits
> > don't appear in my GA account.
>
> > I posted to the Analytics Troubleshooting group and got a few replies,
> > but it's still a mystery to me. I think this would be a pretty handy
> > plugin, so I'm hoping someone out there can figure out what's going
> > on, or at least confirm with their own GA accounts whether tracking is
> > working or not for them. If you are interested, you can grab the
> > plugin here:
>
> > http://dev.corefive.net/jquery/jquery.gaTracker.js
>
> > It requires jQuery 1.2 or higher for the cross-domain $.getScript()
> > call. Usage is simply:
>
> > $.gaTracker('UA-XXXXX-XX');
>
> > Or you can specify options like so:
>
> > $.gaTracker(
> > 'UA-XXXXX-XX',
> > {
> > external: '/external/',
> > mailto: '/mailto/',
> > download: '/downloads/',
> > extensions: [
> > 'pdf','doc','xls','csv','jpg','gif', 'mp3',
> > 'swf','txt','ppt','zip','gz','dmg','xml'
> > ]
> > }
> > );
>
> > Suggestions appreciated!
>
> > Thanks,
> > Jason
