Google Analytics

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hephaestoskin Reply #1, 15 years, 5 months ago

I recently switched to Revo (last night) and I am having trouble finding a Google Analytics plugin. I refresh my pages so often when developing that I really need a plugin (like in Evo) that comments out the analytics code/tag when logged into the manager. Am I simply missing it or does it not exist?

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charliez Reply #2, 15 years, 5 months ago

I usually create a TV that I put in my templates
and in the TV I either place the GA code or a chunks that
has on it the GA code.

That way it is always in all the pages, without needing a plugin.

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acidic Reply #3, 15 years, 5 months ago

I’ve been looking into wanting this as well. As my testing and dev makes my GA numbers way off. in my searching the forums http://modxcms.com/forums/index.php/topic,61561.0.html has been the best thing i’ve seen in my search. I’m going to go try it out now and see if it does the trick for me. I just call a chunk in my template for my GA code. I do miss the evo GA plugin.

-edit
Here is what i used and is working for me. i had a chunk called GAnalytics with my ga code. In my template i had [[!Get_Analytics]] I figure this way i could always tweak with my GA code and not have to worry about messing up the snippet. perhaps less over head when logged in this way?

<?php
// snippet
// Gets the analytics if the person is not logged in
// Must call un-cached.
// [[!Get_Analytics]]
	
	$output = '';
$viewer_logged_in = false;
	
	$viewer = $modx->user;
	if( $viewer->get('id') != null )
		$viewer_logged_in = true;
	if($viewer_logged_in == false)
	{
		$output = '[[$GAnalytics]]';
	}
	else
	{
		$output = 'You Are Logged In';
	}
	
	return $output;

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charliez Reply #4, 15 years, 5 months ago

Good idea, even though I think there is a parameter that can be used
in the GA code to not count the hits and clicks that come from your
IP/machine. I dont have that info handy, I will try to search for it
when I have time...

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hephaestoskin Reply #5, 15 years, 5 months ago

This is PERFECT! Thank you SOOOOO much! Sorry I didn’t respond earlier, things are crazy, but thanks so much! Maybe you should submit this as a snippet to the Extras? I’m going to edit the snippet so a parameter, the account number, can be passed to the snippet and inserted into standard analytics code. No need for the chunk that way.

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hephaestoskin Reply #6, 15 years, 5 months ago

Actually, maybe I can alter the Evo plugin and bring it in line with Revo. It’s pretty simple and a good project to learn on... I’m proficient in ModX, just not coding plugins and snippets.

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BobRay Reply #7, 15 years, 5 months ago

This single-line snippet should do it if your Manager username is admin (change the string if not):

<?php
return $modx->user->get('username') == 'admin' ?  'You are logged in.'  :  $modx->getChunk('GAnalytics') ;

It’s a little shorter and faster, and will still work if there are users logging in to the front end.

If you have multiple administrators, this should work:

<?php
return $modx->user->isMember('Administrator') ?  'You are logged in.'  :  $modx->getChunk('GAnalytics') ;

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Henrik Nielsen Reply #8, 15 years, 5 months ago

@BobRay:

As the way I see it, your solution are the most elegant and functional!

But it seems to be that it only works in the standard context (web) - if I am in a installation with multiply contexts (and logged in as at admin in the manager), it’s output the Analytics code - or are I’m missing something?

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BobRay Reply #9, 15 years, 5 months ago

Quote from: Henrik at May 14, 2011, 01:55 PM

@BobRay:

As the way I see it, your solution are the most elegant and functional!

But it seems to be that it only works in the standard context (web) - if I am in a installation with multiply contexts (and logged in as at admin in the manager), it’s output the Analytics code - or are I’m missing something?

It should work in any context as long as your are either logged in in the front end as the admin or logged in in the Manager as the admin and previewing from there.

If you want to turn off GA when *anyone* is logged in to any context, you’d do this:

return $modx->user->hasSessionContext($modx->context->get('key')) ?  'You are logged in.'  :  $modx->getChunk('GAnalytics') ;

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Henrik Nielsen Reply #10, 15 years, 5 months ago

@BobRay: Thanks for your reply!
I don’t get it: I have a installation on Revo 2.10 RC 4 where there are 4 contexts - all are different domains.tld. All of them have the same context settings in the Access Permissions tab:
Usergroup: (anonymous) - Authority: 9999 - Access policy: Load only
Usergroup: Administrator - Authority: 0 - Access policy: Administrator

I have not messed with other permission settings, and I am the only with access to the manager.

But still the snippet only works on the default context (web), do you - or anybody else - have any clues on this?

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