[Archivesspace_Users_Group] Google Analytics

[Custer, Mark]

I believe that this would only add the tracking code to the headers of the public interface pages (local/public/views), right?

In any event, just adding GA to the current public interface might not result in the best set of data, in my opinion, since component URLs are not tied to collections, collection URLs are not tied to repositories, etc.  Of course, there should be some good ways to get around this (better metadata!), and that will be part of the public redesign project.

For those of you already using GA on your public ASpace sites, what has been your experience?  Is anyone using Google Tag Manager with ASpace, tracking custom events, etc.?  Also, would you be willing to share any of your stats?

Mark



From: archivesspace_users_group-bounces at lyralists.lyrasis.org [mailto:archivesspace_users_group-bounces at lyralists.lyrasis.org] On Behalf Of Ben Goldman
Sent: Thursday, September 17, 2015 10:02 AM
To: Archivesspace Users Group
Subject: Re: [Archivesspace_Users_Group] Google Analytics

Hey Chris,

This is great. Can you confirm whether this is applicable to the staff interface too or are these instructions aimed at tracking usage in the public interface?

Thanks,
Ben

Ben Goldman
Digital Records Archivist &
Sally W. Kalin Early Career Librarian for Technological Innovations
Penn State University Libraries

________________________________
From: "Chris Fitzpatrick" <Chris.Fitzpatrick at lyrasis.org<mailto:Chris.Fitzpatrick at lyrasis.org>>
To: "Archivesspace Users Group (archivesspace_users_group at lyralists.lyrasis.org<mailto:archivesspace_users_group at lyralists.lyrasis.org>)" <archivesspace_users_group at lyralists.lyrasis.org<mailto:archivesspace_users_group at lyralists.lyrasis.org>>, "Aiden Faust" <afaust at ubalt.edu<mailto:afaust at ubalt.edu>>
Sent: Thursday, September 17, 2015 9:00:18 AM
Subject: [Archivesspace_Users_Group] Google Analytics






Hi,



There was a request on how to enable google analytics in ASpace. I was going to write a plugin for this, but it's actually so simple, it might be easiest just to use the local plugin instead of having a dedicated plugin.



Steps:

1) Enroll in Google Analytics, register your site ( you don't need to include the port number  in the URL ) , and get your tracking code ( it'll be a block of javascript )

2) Ensure that the local plugin is enabled in your config/config.rb ( it is by default )

3) add your tracking code to a file called plugins/local/public/views/layout_head.html.erb

4) Restart ASpace



Once the server restarts, you should start seeing traffic come in on the real time app window.



best, Chris.


Chris Fitzpatrick | Developer, ArchivesSpace
Skype: chrisfitzpat  | Phone: 918.236.6048
http://archivesspace.org/

_______________________________________________
Archivesspace_Users_Group mailing list
Archivesspace_Users_Group at lyralists.lyrasis.org<mailto:Archivesspace_Users_Group at lyralists.lyrasis.org>
http://lyralists.lyrasis.org/mailman/listinfo/archivesspace_users_group
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lyralists.lyrasis.org/pipermail/archivesspace_users_group/attachments/20150917/3aaf42a8/attachment.html>