Write before registering statistics

[nrep]

It would be very useful to see statistics on how many registrations and posts have have processed via the write before registering registration method. At the moment, I have no idea how effective it is.(but would guess it's useful).

@Mouth has previously mentioned that other add-ons can extend this method, so would also be useful to see which add-on/product was used.

 

[briansol]

further, track it with GA funnel code

 

[nrep]

further, track it with GA funnel code

I'm not sure how I'd set that up - is there an intermediate URL that would only appear for this? The GA instructions for funnel say:

Use an app screen name string or a web page URL for each step. For example, use My Screen for an app and /thankyou.html instead of www.example.com/thankyou.html for a web page.

 

[briansol]

there's a flow like
landing page -> make a post -> register -> complete registration (perhaps a sub funnel itself) -> thread view

that can be tracked and captured with ga.push events

 

[nrep]

I can't see a way to get that working unfortunately, as it goes strait from a post/thread reply > /register/ - so there's no way to tell if they replied to a post or just clicked the register button, at least as far as I can tell.

 

[Hoffi]

further, track it with GA funnel code

In times of GDPR and CCPA an alternative is better. Many pages are no longer using GA.
I would also aprreciate a solution here. No need for a high detail level.

 

[ivp]

In our case 98% of such messages are spam:

SELECT COUNT(*) FROM xf_pre_reg_action

vs.

SELECT COUNT(*) FROM xf_pre_reg_action WHERE action_data LIKE "%http%"

Meaning 2% of users did not register even they posted a message.

Not sure how to pull number of users that did register this way.

 

[briansol]

I ended up disabling it as well.

Adds page bloat/js to guests. turning it off ensured i met LCP.

 

[Mendalla]

I ended up disabling it as well.

Never turned it on. Given the number of spam registration attempts we get as is, it would just exacerbate things. Plus I know at least one banned user who would be trying to use it. As far as I can tell, it would be a make work project for the staff more than anything.

If I did though, I would definitely want to be able to pull stats on it to see if I was actually getting any real registrations out of it.

 

[Festinger]

Vote from me too!

 

[Mendalla]

Vote from me too!

Thanks for reminding me to actually vote on it.