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Good morning

I have been using the google analytics action to add the analytics id to my clients page.

When I go look at the “views” in google it shows that its not getting any hits.

ALso, when I go back to the file I look under the action and nothing is listed. so I manually go back and add the code to each page.

In addition in another site, after putting in the UA code I check w google and see if they see the code - and it says it was not entered.

Thank you for your help with fixing both.

Thanks,

Julie

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Hi Julie,

what you describe here is confusing me.

First step: Log in the clients server and check if you find a file called google1234something.html. If yes, everything OK - if no:

Select the main folder (the first one) in Freeway and apply via Page → Folder Actions → Google Analytics. Insert UA Code. Remove the action from the single pages.

Upload and check the server again. You should find this google.html page.

All you now have to do is to wait until google analytics tracks the pages. I can’t remember how long this lasts, but I think 24 hours.

To check the state, call google, check in the account, choose analytics and check there the sysmbols:

yellow triangle: not yet detected
clock: collecting datas
check mark green: all OK

So I suppose: Wait and have a cup of tea.

Thomas

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Thomas is right in that it takes up to 24 hours for both the stats and the code snippet that FW adds to make the connection. It’s never instantaneous with Google and that’s OK due to the scale of the engine itself.

I have come across this same issue, as far as the missing code snippet goes, and I had to make sure that there wasn’t a conflicting action in place. For instance I use ExpressionEngine and when I use the EE Resources Action on the site folder and the GA action together, the EE Action takes precedence over the GA to the point that it doesn’t even put the GA code in there. Frustrating indeed.

What you will have to do is either check to make sure when you publish the pages that the code is indeed in there and previous versions have the code at the bottom of the page and now the new action version puts the code near the top.

If that continues to not show up I would write a support ticket to Softpress about it and see if they can help you out as I too would enjoy a fix for that.

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Thank you Dan and Thomas.

When I get my baby pb pro17 back I will look at all what you said.

I did the analytics originally last Tuesday and it is still showing the clock and I know tere have been several people on the site.

And if I cant get it straightened out I will issue a ticket.

It is so fustraiting
As of this am the one site was showing the clock the other the warning sign…
I will keep you posted when I look at all and try your suggestions.

Thank you

Julie

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On Sep 23, 2010, at 19:14, Dan J email@hidden wrote:

Thomas is right in that it takes up to 24 hours for both the stats and the code snippet that FW adds to make the connection. It’s never instantaneous with Google and that’s OK due to the scale of the engine itself.

I have come across this same issue, as far as the missing code snippet goes, and I had to make sure that there wasn’t a conflicting action in place. For instance I use ExpressionEngine and when I use the EE Resources Action on the site folder and the GA action together, the EE Action takes precedence over the GA to the point that it doesn’t even put the GA code in there. Frustrating indeed.

What you will have to do is either check to make sure when you publish the pages that the code is indeed in there and previous versions have the code at the bottom of the page and now the new action version puts the code near the top.

If that continues to not show up I would write a support ticket to Softpress about it and see if they can help you out as I too would enjoy a fix for that.

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Thomas,

I am back on my computer.

I did not find that.
now do you mean the master page folder? When I put GA on that - it only puts it on the first page.

or the site folder?

Thank you!

Julie
On Sep 23, 2010, at 11:43 AM, Thomas Kimmich wrote:

Hi Julie,

what you describe here is confusing me.

First step: Log in the clients server and check if you find a file called google1234something.html. If yes, everything OK - if no:

Select the main folder (the first one) in Freeway and apply via Page → Folder Actions → Google Analytics. Insert UA Code. Remove the action from the single pages.

Upload and check the server again. You should find this google.html page.

All you now have to do is to wait until google analytics tracks the pages. I can’t remember how long this lasts, but I think 24 hours.

To check the state, call google, check in the account, choose analytics and check there the sysmbols:

yellow triangle: not yet detected
clock: collecting datas
check mark green: all OK

So I suppose: Wait and have a cup of tea.

Thomas

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Hi Julie,

site folder, that contains all your pages.

Thomas

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… and choose page → folder action.

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Thomas,

I have uploaded and looked in the Cpanel (public_html) for a google.html file and found nothing.

Looking at the view source code:

this is the only google reference I see.

<script type="text/javascript">
var _gaq = _gaq || [];
_gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-18565442-1']);
_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';
	(document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0] || document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0]).appendChild(ga);
})();
</script>
</body>
</html>

Julie
On Sep 24, 2010, at 3:05 PM, Thomas Kimmich wrote:

… and choose page → folder action.

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What Freeway Version you use?

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5.5

I also sent a support tix to Softpress per DanJ’s suggestion

Julie
On Sep 24, 2010, at 3:34 PM, Thomas Kimmich wrote:

What Freeway Version you use?

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That’s really funny, but it seems to be correct.

Is this code added in all pages? I hope yes.

To give freeway a ticket is not too bad. It’s a long time ago when I installed GA, so this made me a bit unsure, on how to do.

I’m sure it was the former way to add an extra google.html but this ever worked without any problems.

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no it does not.

5.4.2 works wonderful w GA. IT is the 5.5
Julie

On Sep 24, 2010, at 3:50 PM, Thomas Kimmich wrote:

That’s really funny, but it seems to be correct.

Is this code added in all pages? I hope yes.

To give freeway a ticket is not too bad. It’s a long time ago when I installed GA, so this made me a bit unsure, on how to do.

I’m sure it was the former way to add an extra google.html but this ever worked without any problems.

Thomas

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This from the FW reference PDF

To apply it to a folder, select the folder in the Site
panel, click on the plus symbol in the bottom left of the
Actions palette and choose
Google Analytics.

Never actually used it myself.

David

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I tried that too… still no file… softpress and those gurus will figure it out!

Julie
On Sep 24, 2010, at 4:07 PM, DeltaDave wrote:

This from the FW reference PDF

To apply it to a folder, select the folder in the Site
panel, click on the plus symbol in the bottom left of the
Actions palette and choose
Google Analytics.

Never actually used it myself.

David

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if you do not want to wait, try this:

Remove Action.

add:

to your pages.

Do this by:

page → HTML Mark Up and choose

before

Change

var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker(“UA-xxxxxx-x”);

and fill “UA-” with the correct code and reup.

It would be interesting if this works.

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I will try it when I get home and report back. Thank you

J

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On Sep 24, 2010, at 18:03, Thomas Kimmich email@hidden wrote:

if you do not want to wait, try this:

Remove Action.

add:

to your pages.

Do this by:

page → HTML Mark Up and choose

before

Change

var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker(“UA-xxxxxx-x”);

and fill “UA-” with the correct code and reup.

It would be interesting if this works.

Thomas

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Google say that the minimum code required for the new Asynchronous system is the following

<script type="text/javascript">

var _gaq = _gaq || [];
_gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-XXXXX-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>

Which can be inserted before (before end head) - which has certain advantages apparently.

See Set up (web) - Analytics Help

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Hi Dave,

but that’s exactly the code, Freeway pushes out via action but won’t will work.

The code snippet I provided here, I found on the german GA page. I’m not sure about this, it’s confusing me - but one of the infos is wrong.

But there’s no damage in trying both methods - the reason why I’m curious 'bout this.

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Hi Thomas

I must admit I haven’t seen a URL to the page/site in question to look for myself.

But Google say to place the code before end head - rather than Julie’s page where it is before end body.

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Google used to say before end body, because that way you would only
catch full page loads, rather than partial requests. Now they say
before /head and it’s not clear why. Maybe they are worried about
tangling with other code in the page.

Walter

On Sep 24, 2010, at 8:25 PM, DeltaDave wrote:

Hi Thomas

I must admit I haven’t seen a URL to the page/site in question to
look for myself.

But Google say to place the code before end head - rather than
Julie’s page where it is before end body.

D

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