[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?

[A Former User]

@MarximusMG not needed in your case.
Thanks to the Google PageSpeed module for NGINX, you can simply load Analytics over your PageSpeed config:

Insert Google Analytics

[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:

20 Ways To Use Google Analytics Custom Dimensions | Bounteous

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