New Google Analytics Code

I've put this here rather than troubleshooting because the new code is not officially part of vBSEO 'yet' (but I notice that it has been implemented on this forum) so is just a preemptive strike.

Since installing the new Analytics code I've noticed that the registration goal conversions are no longer tracking.

Anyone else tried installing the code and noticed this?

The new Analytics code will be implemented within the new version. However if you want to implement it right now please do the following :

You can modify functions_vbseo.php file for that.

Find

PHP Code:

$newtext = preg_replace('#(</body>)#is','
<script src="'.((($_SERVER['HTTPS'] && $_SERVER['HTTPS']!='off')||isset($_SERVER['HTTP_FRONT_END_HTTPS']))?'https://ssl':'http://www').'.google-analytics.com/urchin.js" type="text/javascript">
</script>
<script type="text/javascript">
_uacct = "'.VBSEO_ANALYTICS_CODE.'";
urchinTracker();
</script>
'.'\\1',$newtext,1); 


REPLACE WITH:

HTML Code:

                      $newtext = preg_replace('#(</body>)#is','
<script type="text/javascript">
var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www.");
document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src=\'" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js\' type=\'text/javascript\'%3E%3C/script%3E"));
</script> <script type="text/javascript">
var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("'.VBSEO_ANALYTICS_CODE.'");
pageTracker._initData();
pageTracker._trackPageview('.($track_url?"'$track_url'":"").');
</script>
'.'\\1',$newtext,1);

Hi Mert

I posted about it a few days ago (Google Analytics has a new tracker?) but I've found that since doing it it no longer tracks registrations (using the funnel).

Any ideas?

Originally Posted by Mert Gökçeimam

The new Analytics code will be implemented within the new version. However if you want to implement it right now please do the following :

You can modify functions_vbseo.php file for that.

Find

PHP Code:

$newtext = preg_replace('#(</body>)#is','
<script src="'.((($_SERVER['HTTPS'] && $_SERVER['HTTPS']!='off')||isset($_SERVER['HTTP_FRONT_END_HTTPS']))?'https://ssl':'http://www').'.google-analytics.com/urchin.js" type="text/javascript">
</script>
<script type="text/javascript">
_uacct = "'.VBSEO_ANALYTICS_CODE.'";
urchinTracker();
</script>
'.'\\1',$newtext,1); 


REPLACE WITH:

PHP Code:

            $newtext = preg_replace('#(</body>)#is','
<script type="text/javascript">
var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www.");
document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src=\'" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js\' type=\'text/javascript\'%3E%3C/script%3E"));
</script>
<script type="text/javascript">
var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("'.VBSEO_ANALYTICS_CODE.'");
pageTracker._initData();
pageTracker._trackPageview('.($track_url?"'$track_url'":"").');
</script>
'.'\\1',$newtext,1); 


Originally Posted by woostar

Hi Mert

I posted about it a few days ago (Google Analytics has a new tracker?) but I've found that since doing it it no longer tracks registrations (using the funnel).

Any ideas?

Hi -- I have replaced the old Analytics code with the new one, but I'm getting an error message ("Done, but with errors on page") on pages which are used for a user registration... apparently due to the Google Analytics script on the page.

Affected pages (scripts) are:

1) forum/register.php
2) forum/register.php?do=register
3) forum/register.php?do=addmember


Note: This problem only appears when viewing pages in Internet Explorer, in FireFox it doesn't show any errors.


UPDATE:

I can see the "urchinTracker" code below the new Analytics code on those pages used for the registration. Could that be the problem? I don't see any urchinTracker code on the other pages.

<script type="text/javascript">
var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www.");
document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E"));
</script>
<script type="text/javascript">
var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-XXXXXXX-1");
pageTracker._initData();
pageTracker._trackPageview();
</script>

<script type="text/javascript">
urchinTracker("/google-funnel/agreement.html")
</script>

Any help appreciated !!



UPDATE:

When I deleted the "urchinTracker" code from the scripts mentioned above all error messages disappeared. I think "pageTracker._trackPageview" inside the new Google Analytics code replaced the function of the old urchinTracker code and they can not be placed together on the same script page.

anybody else having problems with this?

i install the code change and i just get white pages on my site.

no problems here.

You seeing anything in your error.log file?

The urchinTracker(XX) code should be repalced with pageTracker._trackPageview(XX) in this case as well.

I was referring to Mert's code post, not the extra urchinTracker() stuff.

Nothing in the error log.

Looks like there are a couple of slashes missing there (vB parser removes them for some reason), here is the code:

HTML Code:

            $newtext = preg_replace('#(</body>)#is','
<script type="text/javascript">
var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www.");
document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src=\'" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js\' type=\'text/javascript\'%3E%3C/script%3E"));
</script>
<script type="text/javascript">
var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("'.VBSEO_ANALYTICS_CODE.'");
pageTracker._initData();
pageTracker._trackPageview('.($track_url?"'$track_url'":"").');
</script>
'.'\\1',$newtext,1);

Originally Posted by Oleg Ignatiuk

Looks like there are a couple of slashes missing there (vB parser removes them for some reason), here is the code:

HTML Code:

            $newtext = preg_replace('#(</body>)#is','
<script type="text/javascript">
var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www.");
document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src=\'" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js\' type=\'text/javascript\'%3E%3C/script%3E"));
</script>
<script type="text/javascript">
var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("'.VBSEO_ANALYTICS_CODE.'");
pageTracker._initData();
pageTracker._trackPageview('.($track_url?"'$track_url'":"").');
</script>
'.'\\1',$newtext,1);

The edit breaks page validation

Do you mean html validation (which page)?

Breaks validation at showthread pages

[Invalid] Markup Validation of http://www.ayyas.com/guncel-olaylar/22057-gene/ - W3C Markup Validator

If i use the old analytics code everything is ok

Please try to enclose js code in html comment:

HTML Code:

<script language="Javascript"><!--
...
//-->
</script>

I get a plank page after changing the code. Can you please exact post which code I should be replaced with which code?

The instruction is included in post#2 above: New Google Analytics Code