Good day,
I just signed up with PPC myshopping.com.au and used a modified Yahoo! data feed to supply our shop catalog.
MyShopping.com.au suggests to install a modified tracking code into our Checkout Success page in order to send a cookie back to their site so lead conversions are trackable.
The raw code supplied by MyShopping.com.au contains variables required by them and looks like this:
Their instructions are:<img height=0 width=0 src="https://www.myshopping.com.au/sale.asp?mid=MY_ID&amount=<? echo $TotalSalesValue ?>&order=<? echo $OrderNumber ?>">
I want to assign the order total (excluding shipping cost) to their required variable $TotalSalesValue and the actual order ID to their variable $OrderNumber.The code should be placed between the <body> tags, You should NOT place the code in the header or footer of your page.
My questions:
1. Which ZC variables should I use?
2. into which file should I insert the code to assign the variables (eg $TotalSalesValue = $what_ever_it_may_be)?
3. into which checkout_success file and where should I insert their raw code?
ZC 1.3.8.a with loads of add-ons
Cold Steel template (modified)
Thanks in advance
Results 1 to 6 of 6
Hybrid View
-
17 Feb 2010, 02:26 AM #1
Deceased
- Join Date
- Nov 2007
- Location
- Sunny Coast, Australia
- Posts
- 3,378
- Plugin Contributions
- 9
PPC tracking code - where to insert in Checkout Success page?
Last edited by frank18; 17 Feb 2010 at 02:29 AM.
-
17 Feb 2010, 08:38 AM #2
Deceased
- Join Date
- Nov 2007
- Location
- Sunny Coast, Australia
- Posts
- 3,378
- Plugin Contributions
- 9
Re: PPC tracking code - where to insert in Checkout Success page?
Made some progress:
1. In the MyShopping.com.au code I simply replaced $OrderNumber with $zv_orders_id
2. inserted their code into includes/templates/MY_TEMPLATE/templates/tpl_checkout_success_default.php just before the last </div> to read now:
Did a test run and the order number shows up in the source of the checkout success file.<!--bof -myshopping tracking-->
<img height=0 width=0 src="https://www.myshopping.com.au/sale.asp?mid=MY_ID&amount=<? echo $TotalSalesValue ?>&order=<? echo $zv_orders_id ?>">
<!--eof -myshopping tracking-->
</div>
Still struggling to find the variable containing the subtotal of a new order.
Anyone please?
-
17 Feb 2010, 11:13 AM #3
Deceased
- Join Date
- Nov 2007
- Location
- Sunny Coast, Australia
- Posts
- 3,378
- Plugin Contributions
- 9
Re: PPC tracking code - where to insert in Checkout Success page?
success!!
here is my code for www.myshopping.com.au
where xxxx needs to be replaced by the real merchant id<!--bof -myshopping tracking-->
<img height=0 width=0 src="https://www.myshopping.com.au/sale.asp?mid=xxxx&amount=<?php echo $order_summary['commissionable_order'] ?>&order=<?php echo $zv_orders_id ?>">
<!--eof -myshopping tracking-->
checked at their site and the sale has registered.
-
17 Feb 2010, 11:33 AM #4
Totally Zenned
- Join Date
- Jun 2005
- Location
- Cumbria, UK
- Posts
- 10,267
- Plugin Contributions
- 3
Re: PPC tracking code - where to insert in Checkout Success page?
There is a better method...
Tracking codes should be inserted into the footer, and then this should be saved in a folder named checkout_success
Their "advice":
...does not apply, because in zencart, the footer template is encased inside the <body> tags anyway...The code should be placed between the <body> tags, You should NOT place the code in the header or footer of your page.
Go grab a copy of this file:
includes/templates/template_default/common/tpl_footer.php
Open it for editing using a plain text editor.
Insert your tracking code at the bottom of the file. (You need to determine whether you need <php? and ?> (opening and closing php tags). If the tracking code is not php, then just insert it after the footer's closing php tag.
After you have inserted it into your local copy of tpl_footer.php, SAVE the file on your local machine.
On your SERVER, create the following folder:
includes/templates/YOUR_TEMPLATE/checkout_success/
Then, ftp your new tpl_footer.php to that folder, so you get:
includes/templates/YOUR_TEMPLATE/checkout_success/tpl_footer.php20 years a Zencart User
-
17 Feb 2010, 12:03 PM #5
Deceased
- Join Date
- Nov 2007
- Location
- Sunny Coast, Australia
- Posts
- 3,378
- Plugin Contributions
- 9
Re: PPC tracking code - where to insert in Checkout Success page?
thanks schoolboy, I'll play with that tomorrow and then let them know so they can advise fellow zenners for the future
-
23 Feb 2010, 01:21 PM #6
Deceased
- Join Date
- Nov 2007
- Location
- Sunny Coast, Australia
- Posts
- 3,378
- Plugin Contributions
- 9
Re: PPC tracking code - where to insert in Checkout Success page?
Didn't make any difference at all. So I left it as per above - without the need of creating yet another sub-folder.There is a better method...
Tracking codes should be inserted into the footer, and then this should be saved in a folder named checkout_success
Similar Threads
-
How do I put a Google tracking code in my checkout-success file?
By kevinmc3 in forum Templates, Stylesheets, Page LayoutReplies: 10Last Post: 25 Jul 2008, 07:52 PM -
Sales tracking code for checkout success, please help!
By boinkit in forum General QuestionsReplies: 0Last Post: 6 Mar 2008, 06:08 PM -
where is the checkout success page??
By humbll in forum General QuestionsReplies: 4Last Post: 11 Oct 2007, 03:00 AM -
Tracking Code on Checkout Page
By BigMacYin in forum Managing Customers and OrdersReplies: 0Last Post: 2 May 2007, 04:23 PM
