no "body" tag in view source after installing the Simple Google Analytics module

**notageek** · 1 May 2010, 06:16 AM

Hi. I had no validation errors before installing the Simple Google Analytics module. Now there is no </body> code and no </html> code on my home page "view source." My includes/templates/MYTEMPLATE/common/tpl_main_page.php does have the </body> tag right after the added Google Analytics code.

The tpl_main_page.php last lines are these:

<div id="bannerSix" class="banners"><?php echo zen_display_banner('static', $banner); ?></div>
<?php
}
}
?>

<?php
require($template->get_template_dir('.php',DIR_WS_TEMPLATE, $current_page_base,'google_analytics') . '/google_analytics.php');
?>
</body>

The W3C Validator correctly finds no </body> code, which really is absent from view source; and it also finds no </html> but that is not in the tpl_main_page.php template either.

Validation errors seem fairly easy to spot in define pages, but it is really puzzling why there is no </body> tag showing up on the view source. Is that normal?

I never thought to check for that previously, so I do not know if it ever was there in the source code of the web page when my page validated correctly. Should I be worried about this?

And what would be the Zen Cart source file for seeing the </html> tag?

My website is www.riverfrontsouth.com. I have turned the banner on and off and that makes no difference in the validation result.

Thanks for any ideas.

**notageek** · 15 May 2010, 06:20 PM

Hi.

I am still searching for information on what is causing these validation errors; the W3C site says there are 4 errors but it gives all of this information:

Line 447, Column 31: end tag for "body" omitted, but OMITTAG NO was specified

✉
You may have neglected to close an element, or perhaps you meant to "self-close" an element, that is, ending it with "/>" instead of ">".

Line 26, Column 1: start tag was here
<body id="indexHomeBody">
Line 447, Column 31: end tag for "html" omitted, but OMITTAG NO was specified

✉
You may have neglected to close an element, or perhaps you meant to "self-close" an element, that is, ending it with "/>" instead of ">".

Line 2, Column 1: start tag was here
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" dir="ltr" lang="en">
Line 447, Column 30: Premature end of data in tag body line 26

✉
Line 447, Column 30: Premature end of data in tag html line 2

I have compared my includes/templates/MYTEMPLATE/common/tpl_main_page.php file with another in this forum that is considered correct and there are no differences other than a couple of lines that wouldn't result in a non-closure of a tag.

I do not know what else to check that would lead to my </body> tag just not showing up in my view source when it is in the tpl_main_page file right after the google analytics command.

I am feeling I cannot register my site with Google without it validating correctly.

Any help would be appreciated.

Notageek

**notageek** · 15 May 2010, 07:58 PM

Maybe a clue to the missing </body> tag in the view source is found in the fact that all of my EZ Pages reflect the missing </body> error but are a bit simpler from the main page validation errors, stating as follows:

Line 428, Column 31: end tag for "body" omitted, but OMITTAG NO was specified

✉
You may have neglected to close an element, or perhaps you meant to "self-close" an element, that is, ending it with "/>" instead of ">".

Line 26, Column 1: start tag was here
<body id="pageBody">
Line 428, Column 31: end tag for "html" omitted, but OMITTAG NO was specified

✉
You may have neglected to close an element, or perhaps you meant to "self-close" an element, that is, ending it with "/>" instead of ">".

Line 2, Column 1: start tag was here
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" dir="ltr" lang="en">
Line 428, Column 30: Premature end of data in tag body line 26

✉
Line 428, Column 30: Premature end of data in tag html line 2

Thanks for any ideas on which php file to check.

**notageek** · 17 May 2010, 04:29 AM

I compared my view source file with one that had validated previously, which actually did show the </body> and </html> commands.

I took out the code for Google Analytics that the Simple Google Analytics instructions say to place just before the </body> tag in includes/templates/MYTEMPLATE/common/main_page_tpl.php, after experimenting with adding and taking away spaces between the code and the </body> tag.

When I removed the GA code, my home page passed the W3C Validation again and I could once again see the </body> and </html> codes.

I found a discussion line on Google where some people were discussing the missing </body> tag in a very general way. If I come up with an explanation I will post.

Is there some other way to use Google Analytics in Zen Cart that allows the </body> and </html> tags to show, or is this what happens with all the methods of adding Google Analytics to one's website?

**notageek** · 19 May 2010, 04:31 AM

I found the solution, and posted it in the Simple Google Analytics Support thread, at Post #1245. I'm not sure if the link will work but I think the link to that post is here: http://showthread.php?p=885774#post885774

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