[nodebb-plugin-google-analytics] Google Analytics for NodeBB

julian

I thought I made a topic for this, but perhaps it's disappeared... anyhow:

Google Analytics Plugin for NodeBB

Requires at least NodeBB v0.4.0

To install, just npm i nodebb-plugin-google-analytics, activate the plugin, and enter your tracking ID (e.g. UA-XXXXX-X)

Changelog

v0.3.1

Compatibility with NodeBB v0.4.0
Using universal analytics now (thanks to @bentael's suggestion)

v0.2.0-1

Removed server-side code, and now using client-side hooks to catch proper page loads
Analytics no longer reports +1 unique visitor every time you change pages (this led to some crazy high unique/visit counts, though!)

v0.1.0

Initial release

bentael

Yey! .

julian

v0.3.1 released, changelog in OP.

finid

@julian

This is nice, but...

But many users use Piwik Analytics instead of GA. But Piwik does not have a portable ID like GA. You have to copy and paste a JS code into the footer file of your theme.

Which brings up a suggestion. How about a global footer widget box that can be used to post ad codes to footer.tpl. Aside from Piwik, many people also use Quantcast for monitoring.

julian

@planner Looking forward to trying out Piwik analytics. We'll see what I can do with it. Global widget areas would deprecate both of them (or turn them into widget scripts)

anooxy

I get this error:

Uncaught SyntaxError: Invalid regular expression: /{0}/: Nothing to repeat

julian

@anooxy The latest version (0.3.1) is written for NodeBB v0.4.0 -- if you're on an earlier build, you'll have to use v0.2.0-1: npm install [email protected]

anooxy

@julian I'm on 0.3.2, which is the latest release in GitHub. I installed the version you said but the admin page for that plugin gives a 404 error.

julian

Can you send me the result of git rev-parse HEAD?

anooxy

@julian Here:

fdf0076f37955d33ee788484ed9a08e5a34baa96

julian

Hey @anooxy -- rolling my development environment back to that hash, and running the analytics plugin, I don't have any problems, and see no 404s. Make sure your plugin is the latest version, v0.3.1

Scuzz

Hey @julian has this been updated for the latest release client?

I am seeing this error after I have upgraded in the analytics control panel.

Missing Tracking Code
No valid tracking code found for property bitbangers.co.uk's default URL http://bitbangers.co.uk.    
Make sure your pages are tagged with a supported version of the tracking code.

tangibilizing

Is it working with latest nodebb- 0.5.0?

Hưng Thành Nguyễn

@tangibilizing yeah, it's working fine.

Baerrus

I wonder if g-analytics code executes synchronously before page is rendered or asynchronously after page is displayed to User? I would not want secondary functionality to slow down user experience. One of the best things about nodebb is how zippy fast it is. Having a big leg up in speed over legacy php scripts. Would not trade that for the world

julian

@Baerrus The analytics script is injected into the document head after the page has finished rendering, so it is at the end

MarximusMG

Is this still working without any issues in v0.9.3?

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@MarximusMG not needed in your case.
Thanks to the Google PageSpeed module for NGINX, you can simply load Analytics over your PageSpeed config:
https://developers.google.com/speed/pagespeed/module/filter-insert-ga

MarximusMG

@AOKP awesome, thanks for the link!

Amit yadav

Your Plugin works great.

It would be awesome if we can set custom dimension using this plugin,

I think this can be done with small changes,

if enabled we can pass value using variable which is sent with pageview,

ga('create', 'UA-12345-1', 'auto');
ga('set', 'dimension1', dimensionValue); // Set the custom dimension value
ga('send', 'pageview');

For Reference:
https://css-tricks.com/extending-google-analytics-on-css-tricks-with-custom-dimensions/

20 Ways to Use Google Analytics Custom Dimensions | Bounteous x Accolite

Twenty specific ways you can implement Google Analytics Custom Dimensions to get better insights out of your website tracking data.

(www.bounteous.com)

I am asking this because we use this to filter internal traffic from analytics and for other purpose also.