Better Analytics 3.1.1
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digitalpoint
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We'll see... still have a few ideas on stuff... but everything I've shown is running live on my site to make sure everything is working right.
Definitely spending way too much time on this I think. hah
Brent W
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ngannguyen
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Hi,
How to hide Analytics TAB at user's profile page ?
Thanks,
Ngan.
How to hide Analytics TAB at user's profile page ?
Thanks,
Ngan.
digitalpoint
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It's hidden by default. Take away permissions to see it from user groups.
digitalpoint
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Heatmaps so you can see what's going on broken down by the day of the week/hour of the day...
For example, sessions for the last 4 weeks:
Transactions for the last 4 weeks... you can see how PayPal issues IPN notifications for recurring subscriptions around 2-3am.
Emails being opened (incomplete data since it's only been tracking for half a week):
For people using AdSense or AdWords, it can break down earnings/spend by the hour (along with lots of other stuff).
For example, sessions for the last 4 weeks:
Transactions for the last 4 weeks... you can see how PayPal issues IPN notifications for recurring subscriptions around 2-3am.
Emails being opened (incomplete data since it's only been tracking for half a week):
For people using AdSense or AdWords, it can break down earnings/spend by the hour (along with lots of other stuff).
Gonanda
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I can't see "Analytics Heatmaps" in my ACP. Why?
Upcoming feature, I imagine.I can't see "Analytics Heatmaps" in my ACP. Why?
digitalpoint
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If you are super bored, you can watch how you can see data/events streaming across in real-time on the new version...
Like you can watch emails being sent/opened, what external links are being clicked, client-side JavaScript errors happening on your site, etc.
Like you can watch emails being sent/opened, what external links are being clicked, client-side JavaScript errors happening on your site, etc.
sbj
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Just to be sure, these are ALL options which we have to configure if we want to use your add-on with full utilization, right?
And in our ACP->Options->Statistics and Metrics we must enter our property ID and setup custom dimension indexes, right?
digitalpoint
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Added a few more things... When someone comes back to your site by clicking a link in an email that your forum sent them (for example a notice about someone replying to a watched thread), Google Analytics will now capture that as an "Email" channel for the source. For example:
Added the ability to trap client-side errors as events (JavaScript and/or AJAX errors).
I dumped the reliance on my API servers for API reporting (you can set up your own Google API project). I also ended up writing a new reporting class from scratch (rather than using the one Google supplies) so that you can do concurrent queries (ends up speeding up the member Analytics tab a ton since that data comes from 4 or 5 different queries... now they can run in parallel). Also made a custom OAuth2 receiver so you can OAuth against your own API project.
Also added a Setup test/integration tool that can utilize the Google API to check your account to make sure things are setup properly in your Analytics account as well as your settings in XenForo that apply.
So this started as a dumb little add-on that simply replaced the old Analytics code in XF with the new Universal Analytics. And now it's become a huge thing (Ecommerce tracking, massive event tracking, API integration with custom multi-threaded API class), ability to track page views on the backend for users who are blocking Analytics, Heatmap reporting, individual user reporting, ability to track things like when a user opened an email, etc, etc.
I have probably around 200 hours of development time sunk into this add-on at this point and in the end if gives me zero branding links and zero dollars. Well actually, that's not true, 1 person donated $5 once. But either way, 200 hours for $5 isn't the most awesome. lol There's a lot more cool stuff I want to add, but the $0.02 per hour development rate just isn't going to cut it. Long story short is this nothing is going to be taken away that was already available in it, but a few of the new advanced features will only partially work without a license. If you don't need/don't care about that stuff, then no biggie... it's still free.
The extra/special stuff:
Need to find someone who wants to try it out as a test... since so much has changed, want to have someone who's not me test it to see if they run into any issues (for example is the instructions easy enough for them to integrate the API stuff for reporting).
Added the ability to trap client-side errors as events (JavaScript and/or AJAX errors).
I dumped the reliance on my API servers for API reporting (you can set up your own Google API project). I also ended up writing a new reporting class from scratch (rather than using the one Google supplies) so that you can do concurrent queries (ends up speeding up the member Analytics tab a ton since that data comes from 4 or 5 different queries... now they can run in parallel). Also made a custom OAuth2 receiver so you can OAuth against your own API project.
Also added a Setup test/integration tool that can utilize the Google API to check your account to make sure things are setup properly in your Analytics account as well as your settings in XenForo that apply.
So this started as a dumb little add-on that simply replaced the old Analytics code in XF with the new Universal Analytics. And now it's become a huge thing (Ecommerce tracking, massive event tracking, API integration with custom multi-threaded API class), ability to track page views on the backend for users who are blocking Analytics, Heatmap reporting, individual user reporting, ability to track things like when a user opened an email, etc, etc.
I have probably around 200 hours of development time sunk into this add-on at this point and in the end if gives me zero branding links and zero dollars. Well actually, that's not true, 1 person donated $5 once. But either way, 200 hours for $5 isn't the most awesome. lol There's a lot more cool stuff I want to add, but the $0.02 per hour development rate just isn't going to cut it.
Long story short is this nothing is going to be taken away that was already available in it, but a few of the new advanced features will only partially work without a license. If you don't need/don't care about that stuff, then no biggie... it's still free.The extra/special stuff:
- Heatmaps work, but are limited to 4 metrics without a license.
- Not all event tracking options are available without a license (for example some of the more advanced stuff like knowing when users open their email or capturing client-side JavaScript).
- The ability to feed in page view data for users who are blocking Google Analytics on their end (it seems like this ends up being about 5% more visitors/page views at the end of the day) requires a license.
- Charts on member's profile tabs are limited to user's with user ID 100 or less (so you can see what it's like) without a license.
- The tricky multi-threaded API stuff... meaning backend reporting feeding of data is faster with a license.
It's running on https://www.digitalpoint.com and also installed it on https://inmateintake.com as a test last night.So, where is new version
Need to find someone who wants to try it out as a test... since so much has changed, want to have someone who's not me test it to see if they run into any issues (for example is the instructions easy enough for them to integrate the API stuff for reporting).
See screenshot above... a integration assistant/test is coming in the soon to be released version.
digitalpoint
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Added a new daily stat that allows you to see how many registered users are on your site each day who aren't reporting their traffic to Google Analytics...
lol... hi @Alfa1
Not that it particularly matters anymore, because now we can feed the page view data for those users in on our end automatically.
On a side note, I turned on the "Everyone" option there just for a minute to make sure it was work... page views just flooding into Analytics like mad the instant you flip the switch (can see the change on their Real-Time tab). Because that option basically tracks things like search engine spiders as normal sessions/page views. Not really recommended to do that, but useful if you need to do testing or something.
lol... hi @Alfa1
Not that it particularly matters anymore, because now we can feed the page view data for those users in on our end automatically.
On a side note, I turned on the "Everyone" option there just for a minute to make sure it was work... page views just flooding into Analytics like mad the instant you flip the switch (can see the change on their Real-Time tab). Because that option basically tracks things like search engine spiders as normal sessions/page views. Not really recommended to do that, but useful if you need to do testing or something.
digitalpoint
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Because I can't just leave it alone. lol
Added the ability for source/medium tagging (which is done automatically for links within emails sent out) to remain intact when the link is a redirect (for example the link for unread messages in threads or conversations). That will result in more accurate Acquisition source numbers...
Also added realtime event tracking for attachment views/downloads.
Which then lets you report on it however you want. For example if you wanted to know the top attachments being viewed/downloaded broken down by country:
Added the ability for source/medium tagging (which is done automatically for links within emails sent out) to remain intact when the link is a redirect (for example the link for unread messages in threads or conversations). That will result in more accurate Acquisition source numbers...
Also added realtime event tracking for attachment views/downloads.
Which then lets you report on it however you want. For example if you wanted to know the top attachments being viewed/downloaded broken down by country:
digitalpoint
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Sure... I'll send it to you.
digitalpoint
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digitalpoint updated Better Analytics with a new update entry:
Complete rewrite, plus a ton of new features...
Read the rest of this update entry...
Complete rewrite, plus a ton of new features...
Read the rest of this update entry...
thumped
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error when trying to Link/Authenticate Your Google Analytics Account:
Unknown Google API Error:
stdClass::__set_state(array(
'access_token' => 'xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx',
'token_type' => 'Bearer',
'expires_in' => 3600,
'refresh_token' => 'xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx',
))
(i've changed the token values, in case that wasn't obvious)
Unknown Google API Error:
stdClass::__set_state(array(
'access_token' => 'xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx',
'token_type' => 'Bearer',
'expires_in' => 3600,
'refresh_token' => 'xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx',
))
(i've changed the token values, in case that wasn't obvious)
digitalpoint
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Errr... blah... I uploaded the wrong version of the DigitalPointBetterAnalytics/ControllerAdmin/Analytics.php file...
In that file, if you change this:
to this:
That's what it was supposed to be... gonna build a new download archive (that's going to be the only change).
In that file, if you change this:
PHP:
if (empty($response->expires_at))
PHP:
if (empty($response->expires_in))That's what it was supposed to be... gonna build a new download archive (that's going to be the only change).
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