Google analytics integration

[qdaemon_fr]

Hi

This would be a pleasent feature for forme which are
Using GA for pc access. This Will givre thé opportunity to
Keep consistent data beetween before and after forumrunner .

Don't Forget an optionnal param to add to visited URL. This
Could allow to make différence beetween pc and forumrunner
Accesses.

Thanks
Julien

[ClemsonJeeper]

Not sure what you're asking for.

All forum runner requests go through <forumroot>/forumrunner/request.php so you should be able to look at the analytics for that URL and see how many people are using Forum Runner, etc.

[Kyle]

Not sure what you're asking for.

All forum runner requests go through <forumroot>/forumrunner/request.php so you should be able to look at the analytics for that URL and see how many people are using Forum Runner, etc.

The problem is, analytics doesn't track anything without the GA javascript invocation code, so hits to all of the forumrunner plugin files won't be included in GA.

[ClemsonJeeper]

The problem is, analytics doesn't track anything without the GA javascript invocation code, so hits to all of the forumrunner plugin files won't be included in GA.

Ah, well that really wouldn't work either because there isn't a full (read: javascript) browser fetching the Forum Runner plugin API either. It is a simple HTTP data connection. So it wouldn't invoke the analytics javascript in the first place, unfortunately.

[Kyle]

Yeah, I figured as much. It took me a while to realize why I hadn't seen an increase in the amount of iPhone users on our site after we launched the app.

I have seen os x installers and stuff use Google Analytics before, so I figured I'd poke around a bit, and apparently you can actually do GA invocation without javascript, via the Google iOS/Android SDK:

http://code.google.com/mobile/analytics/docs/

I don't know how feasible this is, but I know that our site would love to have mobile usage included in GA since it's what we use for most of our marketing material.

[mysticg]

This would be very impressive if it could be done.

[Hugh]

I'd love to add my voice to this one - we use google analytics, and I'd love to see data coming in from people using ForumRunner...