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Where to paste the Google Analytics Code?


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#1   scarletttam

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Posted 05 July 2012 - 03:07 PM

Hi,

I was trying to find the right spot to put my google analytics code. It says put the code onto every page that I want to track immediately before </head> tag . I want to track my product pages.

<script type="text/javascript">

  var _gaq = _gaq || [];
  _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-xxxxxxx-x']);
  _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']);

  (function() {
    var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true;
    ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js';
    var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s);
  })();

</script>

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Posted 05 July 2012 - 03:13 PM

What osCommerce version are you using?

#3   scarletttam

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Posted 05 July 2012 - 07:00 PM

@multimixer 2.3 :)

#4   Biancoblu

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Posted 05 July 2012 - 07:31 PM

I put mine in includes>footer.php, so it covers all pages.
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#5   scarletttam

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Posted 05 July 2012 - 08:08 PM

@Biancoblu Thank you so much. It worked :)

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Posted 05 July 2012 - 08:59 PM

you're welcome :)
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Posted 06 July 2012 - 05:39 AM

In version 2.3.1, you don't need to change any file, there is a module for that available, under admin>modules>header tags

Install the googe analytics module and then just type your google number into there