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Support => Administration => Topic started by: Dennis on November 27, 2009, 23:32:01

Title: Google analyses not working
Post by: Dennis on November 27, 2009, 23:32:01

Greetings

Soon after I installed Elxis I added my Google tracking code but, it isn’t tracking anything and my visitors stats are down for 99%!

Any reason it doesn’t work?

Regards
Dennis
Title: Re: Google analyses not working
Post by: ks-net on November 28, 2009, 01:49:35
make sure that your tracking code is just above </body> tag..
Title: Re: Google analyses not working
Post by: Dennis on November 28, 2009, 02:07:06
Do I have to add the tracking cote too? Why isn’t that mentioned where I add my code ID?
In which file do  add the code?
Title: Re: Google analyses not working
Post by: ks-net on November 28, 2009, 02:53:22
Are you using a module? or trying to add it manually?



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Do I have to add the tracking cote too? Why isn’t that mentioned where I add my code ID?
In which file do  add the code?

it is obvious that elxis can not tell you where somebody wants you to add a custom code?

in other words=> the person who offer the code has to tell you where to put it!

Ps. do not mix the ID with tracking-code
Title: Re: Google analyses not working
Post by: Dennis on November 28, 2009, 03:05:27
Well, I wonder why offering an add-on to just add your tracking code ID but also need 
to put the whole code into a file??

Many cms offer this same feature but, without adding the tracking code into a file as it is
the purpose (I assume) to just add the ID and bingo, go to google and watch your stats!
Title: Re: Google analyses not working
Post by: ks-net on November 28, 2009, 03:16:27

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Greetings

Soon after I installed Elxis I added my Google tracking code but, it isn’t tracking anything and my visitors stats are down for 99%!

Any reason it doesn’t work?

Regards
Dennis

playback your question!

what-where-how are you trying to do!

i am trying to guess what are you looking for..! 
i can not play bingo!


and you nat not see stats right away.. you have to wait a couple of days..

ANY ONE THAT ASKING FOR HELP HAVE TO BE CLEAR...

what have you installed-where-how-and what is actually your problem

in every new post you say something new..

1- trackind code
2-id code
3- addon module

i am not the god to read your mind!
Title: Re: Google analyses not working
Post by: Dennis on November 28, 2009, 03:33:59

First off, I am referring to my code ID and the title of this post tells which module I am referring too but,

Administration > Modules > Site Modules > click on > Module Google Analytics > and add your tracking ID into > AnalyticsCode:

in > Pages / Items  > choose “All” (on right hand site)

In my ignorance (trusting without double checking) I assumed this would just work! but is does not.

So my question is, into which file do I add the tracking code including my tracking ID so google will track the traffic?
Title: Re: Google analyses not working
Post by: ks-net on November 28, 2009, 03:56:27
post title(and firsts post)  not referring to a module.. but in google analytics in general!

there are 3 ways to add google analytics at you site...

1- manually add the tracking code to your index of your tpl  before </body> tag
2 -making your own module and manually add the tracking code , the same way as we do with google-adsense => http://wiki.elxis.org/wiki/Google_AdSense_custom_module
3 by using google analytics module .. installing - adding your tracking id and publishing it in a position that exist in your tpl.


that is module is on beta stage, second it is not an official release from elxis-team so it is not offered by elxis but from a third-part company, and last as you see in elxis downloads it is not yet verified.. of cource this not means that it is not working.


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In my ignorance (trusting without double checking) I assumed this would just work! but is does not.
i dont know what you mean here... didn't you checked analytics-control-panel that the tracker works?

is the tracker recognized?
Title: Re: Google analyses not working
Post by: Dennis on November 28, 2009, 04:17:29
Thank you,

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In my ignorance (trusting without double checking) I assumed this would just work! but is does not.
i dont know what you mean here... didn't you checked analytics-control-panel that the tracker works?

is the tracker recognized?

This is a 10 months old site which I changed the CMS as the one I used didn’t work out as expected,
therefore the google tracking code was fully functional before and I have two other CMS sites with this
same function, just added the code ID and bingo, it worked from day one.

Therefore I didn’t check if it did work or not, just assumed it would work.
Title: Re: Google analyses not working
Post by: Dennis on November 28, 2009, 04:26:22
Just one more, where will I find this file?

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1- manually add the tracking code to your index of your tpl  before </body> tag
Title: Re: Google analyses not working
Post by: ks-net on November 28, 2009, 04:28:30
this the index.php file inside your template folder

templates/your-template-name/index.php
Title: Re: Google analyses not working
Post by: ks-net on November 28, 2009, 04:33:29
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same function, just added the code ID and bingo, it worked from day one.

Therefore I didn’t check if it did work or not, just assumed it would work.
if you used the module from elxis-downloads you have to publish it in position that exists in your tpl for example "left"

personally i never used a module for analytics... i always add it at the very bottom of the page before </body> manually!
it is only one time copy-paste!