DivaVocals:
Got it guess we're both confused.. lol
Okay for posterity sake.. Here's how I am using this module.. (so anyone following our comedy act here will be clear..:laugh:)
- I have do not have any of the other Zen Cart modules or plugins installed on this site..
- I have installed your Ecommerce tracking module as per the readme..
Everything works perfectly..
Well, it shouldn't be 'working perfectly' because with this setup, any page where you've manually added the Google tracking code will (in theory) be recording double page hits. Once from the ec_analytics module and another from your manually added tracking code.
Those instructions from Google can/should be ignored - The code snippet mentioned there is inserted into every page on the site via the ec_analytics javascript.
Yes, I know that the google page (correctly) states "Don’t mix up tracking code snippets from different properties, and don’t reuse the same tracking code snippet on multiple domains", which I guess could imply that the 'snippet' inserted by ec_analytics isn't going to contain the site specific information, BUT the only different thing from site to site is the GOOGLE_UA number which is the reason why ec_analytics module needs this to be set on a site to site basis.
The rest of the 'snippet' is identical across all sites.
I would suggest that you do a 'view source' on the site where you are using ec_analytics modules and the manually added tracking code, and you'll almost certainly find two instances of
<script> (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){
(i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),
m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)
})(window,document,'script','//www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga');
ga('create', 'UA-XXXXXXXX-X', 'auto');
There will be additional code after this (up to the closing /script tag) that will vary between the two implementations.
The manually added code will have:
ga('send', 'pageview');
</script>
The ec_analytics added code will have ```
ga('require', 'ec');
ga('require', 'displayfeatures');
ga('send', 'pageview');
</script>
.... and there will be even more additions with the ec_analytics added code on the product info and checkout pages.
It is important that you don't have two instances of this:
<script> (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){
(i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),
m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)
})(window,document,'script','//www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga');
ga('create', 'UA-XXXXXXXX-X', 'auto');
ga('send', 'pageview');
</script>
'cos in theory, Google will be recording a 'pageview' from each instance.
Cheers
RodG
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We are grateful for all his contributions to the Zen Cart community.
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