Simple Google Analytics - Support

I have installed SGA 1.2.6 in to my 1.5.1 zen cart and started an analytics account at google. How long does it take for stats to appear in analytics on a brand new account? Also, how do I test my side that the analytics code is work in on my pages? Can I use something like firebug in chrome (on a mac) to view? which pages should the analytics code be found on - all to just some? Thanks

Should be a few hours but may take 24. You can view the source code of your page to confirm the tracking code is there. If you want help, post your url here.

here is my site:

http://www.cottagewatersystems.com/

The GA code is installed. You should see data any time now.

Ok, thanks for the help. Is there anything special I need to do at the google side? I followed the instructions at the end of the read me and also used this article as a reference, although this article seems a little old (I picked it up from an old post in general questions) as Google has changed the look of the procedures, but I think I have covered off what is included in this article. Or could you point me to a newer one perhaps?
http://pro-webs.net/tutorials/setting-up-google-analytics-w-conversion-tracking-basic/

You do want to turn on ecommerce tracking for sure. While you're there, site search would be good to enable too (the query parameter is 'keyword'). Both are under the View Settings tab.

ok, thanks!

econcepts:

Jim,

Should be a few days here. For a release. There will be a few updates after that as well to migrate toward the actual "suite" we have put together.

Eric

Hello Eric,

I am about to install the module on a new site. Will upgrading from simple to universal be easy or shall I wait for the universal release for a 'fresh' install?

Thanks!

Hi Eric, I have an additional question. Apart from giving configuration access in the admin, what else does the module do exactly?

Thannaree:

Hello Eric,

I am about to install the module on a new site. Will upgrading from simple to universal be easy or shall I wait for the universal release for a 'fresh' install?

Thanks!

Universal Tracking Isn't Supported in Simple Google Analytics, try a forked version. Easy Google Analytics.
http://www.zen-cart.com/downloads.php?do=file&id=1827

Thanks for this. I'll try and add the code manually first .... if not successful I'll go with this one module.

Yes, this will be a very simple upgrade even if you have any other version installed. This update is a major release and does include a vast amount of new data provided by Google (and other tools) as well as includes Universal Analytic capability. This new version will give you access to a lot of tools which should help you truly understand what your analytics means and thus help you make more money from your site. Analytics is good, actionable analytics is better. :)

Please see my prior post below. The suite does have complete Universal Analytics built in. I've been running it on a few sites and it works extremely well (covers a few bugs that arose when the original module was updated by others to fit 1.5x etc... The later module versions (outside of the last version I wrote) have issues that cause them to not track conversion etc... accurately due to the way they were implemented.

Okay. When do you expect the suite to be available?

It is basically ready to go here. I am starting with the Google Analytics module as the first "plugin" for the suite. There are a number of others that are already being used on sites as well which will be released shortly after the initial framework release. If you want to PM me I will add the Universal Tracking bit to your current install and then when you upgrade to the full suite that will remain as is. Just let me know.

Eric, we have been hearing about this update you are going to put out for many months now where is it..... :)

It has been a complete re-write that is built into a new framework which has new update features and more. So it has been a big overhaul of original code (taking it out of the 'standard module' concept and more into a 'framework' concept which should help with all my mods in the future). I like to test on various sites before I release to public to make sure all is working and a few sites have been doing that the past few months. I think all looks good here and I will be officially releasing the first part of the plugin here it appears within the week (for sure.)

Once released there will be a number of updates (easily done from in the admin) based on new features we are adding to the current sites as well (but not quite ready for 'release' as of yet.) These are all plugins to the original code and again should easily be 'plug and play' type of deals.

Quick update for everyone. Made a few more updates to the new framework this weekend in preparation for release here sometime this week.

I have installed Simple Google Analytics tracking on my client's cart per the instructions but it is not tracking visitors to the cart.
Cart version is 1.3.9
Any ideas of what to try?

A few things to check:

1. Make sure that you have the proper tracking ID for analytics listed in the Admin. You'll find this tracking id in your Google Analytics account.

2. Make sure the tracking code is actually on the page (View Source to see if it is there.)

Do you have a URL I can look at? That might help determine if the code is in place and the tracking id is accurate.

Those would be the first two areas to look. If those don't work out we can check others options.