1. hopekiah
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Greetings,
I'm trying to get Google Analytics working on this Joomla 3.1.5 site, using Renovate:
http://www.newmexicoactor.net

Google's universal tracking code didn't work when pasted into custom code field in renovate template
<s-cript>
(function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){
(i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),
m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)
})(window,document,'script','//http://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga');

ga('create', 'UA-47479657-1', 'newmexicoactor.net');
ga('send', 'pageview');

</script>

I then deleted this code and tried the classic google analytics code which didn't work when pasted into custom code field in renovate template:
<s-cript type="text/j-avascript">

var _gaq = _gaq || [];
_gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-47479657-2']);
_gaq.push(['_trackPageview']);

(function() {
var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/j-avascript'; ga.async = true;
ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.http://google-analytics.com/ga.js';
var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s);
})();

</script>


Any ideas?
-Hope
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Hi Hope

Rather than using the 'Custom Code' field may I suggest pasting your code directly in to the templates index.php. This way you can control exactly where you wish to paste your code. The index.php can be found in the root of your templates folder (../templates/[YourTemplate]/index.php).

Ciarán
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Thanks for getting back to me on the weekend, Ciarán,
I thought of this solution and came close to doing it. I've done it before and then lost the code when I updated the template. My client lost their analytics for quite a while before we caught it.
Incidentally, the instructions from Google say that the code can go anywhere on the page.
Maybe I will try creating the php page Google suggests as another alternative.
In any case I will make a note in my client file with the solution.
thanks
Hope
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