Extension talk:Google Analytics Links

Any Questions?

Yes, I searched around the mediawiki manual to find out what is meant by Syntax. I'm afraid I don't understand. I've never installed an extension before. I can copy the php to a new file in the extensions folder and I can change local settings. But what is Syntax and what do I do with it?

Also, where do I encode the Google tracking string? You refer to it in some comments at the end of your explanation but I don't see where it goes.

Can you help?


 * It's an example of how you might use the extension, with example values for the extension's options.

Rewriting all external urls?
This extension is a nice idea, but the power of analytics is not really used, if you don't rewrite all links. So you have to go and look for every single external link, then change the code on each and every one of them. Is there a way to do this maybe in a way so it handles all external urls? Simon Moon 02:08, 29 July 2007 (UTC)
 * This extension solves problems primarily with links to files (and external links in certain cases) - What it does is give Google (urchinTracker) a directory(folder) to assign the link to. I.E.  A page won't be loaded that's running urchin.js, so the only way to track the link is to manually call urchinTracker; and assign the hit to a particular folder (or page or whatever).  I wrote one for full MW site integration if that's what you're looking for:  Extension:Google Analytics Integration --Tim Laqua 03:22, 29 July 2007 (UTC)