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Visitor Tracking Plug-in 4.0
1. Introduction
With this module, you can integrate Google Analytics and Ms Bing search engine to your dnn website easily, both module and skin object are supplied.
2. What's new in v4.0
2.1 Ms Bing search engine supported.
As we know bing.com, Microsoft’s new search engine, has launched. Surely you have already checked out the search results and checked positions of your favorite keywords. But have you also checked out all the tools Microsoft now offers webmasters to analyze their websites? In 4.0 ,we add a new feature to let you add your site to bing.com more easily.
2.2 Change module friendly name to avoid conflict with dnn standard module.
3. Upgrade discount
All modules from DnnModules.cn are customer-driven, v4.0 is the 12th generation of this product(v2.0/v2.2/v2.4/v2.5/v3.0/v3.1/v3.2/v3.3/v3.4/v3.5/v3.6/v4.0). We have received many suggestions from our customers since the first release. As a return to their favor, we carry a long term policy as to offer 100% upgrade discount to customers who bought the previous version.
We strongly recommend customers upgrade to this version.
4.Module admin screen shots
4.1 Google Analytics basic settings
4.2 Google Analytics advanced Settings
4.3 Google Analytics host Level Tracking Settings
4.4 Ms Bing search engine settings
Ms Bing search engine settings is simpler than Google Analytics settings, please expand “
How to use the bing webmaster tools to get info on your site“ section and follow its tips.
5. Module features
Host level tracking support
As we know, dnn supports multiple portals in one installation. You can configure tracking so that data from multiple website installations is aggregated in one reporting profile in your Analytics account.
For example,you have three independence portals(www.dnnmodules.cn,www.dnnskins.cn,www.dnnfree.cn) and you want to track visitor activity across those properties to your Google account "UA_12345_1" ,then you can input "UA_12345_1" in host track account textbox and select related portals in track portal list.
If you want track all your portals, simply check “Track all portals“ option.
Note, this track has no influence to your site tracking and it is only available to host account(super user).
Use the new Google Analytics tracking code(ga.js) instead the old urchin.js
Tracking a page in multiple accounts support
A single page may be significant to several accounts, enables you track a page in multiple Google Analytics accounts.
Customize Additional search engines
By default, Google Analytics recognizes many of the Internet's most common search engines, but you can easily customize this list by adding your own search engines.
Customize Data sample rate
Traffic too high? Need faster long term data trends? Simplify by specifying a sample size that's more manageable to analyze.
By default, Google Analytics tracks every visitor. If you would like to implement a sampling rate instead, you can enter your preferred rate. For example, enter 50 to set sample rate at 50%.
Restrict cookie data to a subdirectory
It enables you control where your Google Analytics first-party cookies are set to (in case you only own a subdirectory on your domain).
Control session timeout
By default, Google Analytics considers a session timeout to be 30 minutes, or 1800 seconds. You have the option to modify the number of seconds.For example ,input 3600 to set seesion timeout as 60 minutes.
Control campaign conversion timeout
Google Analytics credits a campaign if conversion happens within six months, but you can adapt the timeout to your unique business needs.
Control data collection settings
By default Google Analytics will track an optimal set of data elements, such as Flash versions and web browser information. You have the option to turn this detection off meet to your needs.
Rename page url support
If the URLs of your pages are long and cumbersome, or if the URL doesn't change as visitors navigate your site, you can rename the pagename as you see fit.
For example, if your original url in Google analytics report is "Modules/UltraFlashPlayer/tabid/12616/Default.aspx", you can simply rename it as "UltraFlashPlayer".
Note that this change will prevent the Site Overlay report from working properly, since the Analytics system will no longer be able to associate the pageviews in your reports with the actual link structure within the HTML on your site. For more detail, please see http://www.google.com/support/googleanalytics/bin/answer.py?answer=55485&query=page&topic=&type=
Customer define segment support
In addition to segmenting users along pre-defined segments such as geographic region and language preference, Google Analytics allows you to define custom segments and analyze the behavior of each segment. For more detail about Google Analytics segment benefits, please visit http://www.google.com/support/analytics/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=27219.
You can segment by
: None, don’t segment. It is the default value.
: User roles, segment by user roles, we recommend this option.
: User Name, segment by user log name, select this option only when your site does not have too much register users(less than 30, I think). Too much users will make your segment fussy.
: User Display Name, segment by user display name. Once again, select this option only when your site doesn’t have too much register users.
Track subdomains in one profile
If you site cross more than one subdomains and you want to track them in one profile. For example, if you have three portals(help.dnnmodules.cn / sales.dnnmodules.cn/ www.dnnmodules.cn), and you want track these sites in one profile. You can specify primary domain like below.
Note, this function is not the same as host level tracking.
For more detail about track subdomains in one profile, please visit https://www.google.com/support/googleanalytics/bin/answer.py?answer=55524&topic=7295
SSL(Secure socket layer) support
SSL(secure cocket layer) is the most important feature introduces by DNN since 4.5.4. It can help you gaining the trust of online customers.It is vital for the success of e-commerce.For more detail ,please click here.
Automatic hide its container
Normally you don’t want your visitor see your module interface. now you can uncheck “Display container” option to achieve this.
Display Module On All Pages
Check this option to let Google track every page of your site .It's the same function as “Settings – Page Settings – Advanced Settings - Display module on all pages?” option.But it's more handy.
Can exclude site administrator / super user / specific roles/ specific users activity
Besides site administrator/super user, v3.2 also allows you exclude specific roles/users activities.
Can be used as module and skin object
You can use it like other modules. Or you can add it to your skin files as other skin objects.
Can exclude specify ip address
This feature enables you exclude specific ip address. Using comma to separate more than one ip address.For example ,input 192.168.1.7,192.168.1.8 to exclude both of these ip addess.Note, you can use regular expression to exclude a certain scope ip addess.For example,input 192.168.1.* to exclude ip address from 192.168.1.1 to 192.168.1.255.
Ms Bing search engine supported(new in v4.0)
Full localization support with dnn standard help
Multi-Portal Support
6.Use it as skin object
Use it as skin object is another way to get the same effect as module.
(1): Open your skin file(.ascx file),register it like other skin objects
. (2) Add it to skin , Like this
There are 23 properties (GoogleAccount/HostTrackAccount/HostTrackPortalId/SetAllowLinker/PrimaryDomain/Segment/ExcludeAdministrator/ExcludeSuperUser/
AdditionalSearchEngine/CampaignConversionTimeout/CompatibleUrchin/DataSamplingRate/RestrictCookieToSubdirectory/
SessionTimeout/UncheckBrowserInfo/UncheckBrowserTitle/UncheckCookieIntegrityChecking/UncheckFlashVersion/ExcludeRoles
/ExcludeUsers/ScriptPosition/ExcludeIp/UsePageTrackerVariable) corresponding the module functions. you can set as you like.
7.Faqs
Q. What Dnn version does this module support?
A. It works in dnn4.x and above.
Q. How to obtain the Google Analytics Account for my site?
A. Visit http://www.google.com/analytics.
Q. After installed this module, where can I find the Google Analytics charts?
A. You need visit http://www.google.cn/analytics/ ,log on with your Google Account to see the analytics charts.
Q.I have setup the module and Google analytics. It says ‘receiving data’ but when I click view reports, I only see zero visitor and zero everything. What could be happening?
A.Don’t worry about that. If it say “receiving data”, it means everything goes smooth. As for empty visitor data ,Google Analytics need one or two days to gather data and display it. Its statistics is not real time, but has one or two days delay. So ,just wait a few days to see what happened.
Q. I installed this module and set its Google analytics account, but can’t see its analytics script when log out, why?
A. Please make sure the view permission of this module is open for “All Users”. I have a customer set this module permission to “Administrator” only, result incorrect statistic.
Q. I choose segment, where can I see the segment results?
A. Log http://www.google.com/analytics ,you can view conversion behavior for each of your custom segments in the Marketing Optimization > Visitor Segment Performance > User-Defined report. Also, many other reports allow you to cross-analyze data according to visitor segment. To cross-analyze, click the Analysis Options button at the far left of any entry in most reports. Select User-Defined to view your custom segments.
Q. I choose segment by user roles, what’s the segment results if user belong multi-roles?
A. As we know, a user of dnn portal can belong to more than one roles. For example, if a user belong to Register Users/Vip Role/ Administrators, then he will be segment to Register Users | Vip Roles |Administrators (use “|” to separator roles).
Q. What about the anonymous users segment results?
A. They will be segment to Google standard user-defined type as “(not set)” .
Q. How can I use this module to track download of files(how many times a specific file on my site is downloaded)?
A. You can do it by make a little change , as followings.
(1) Add module to page, and input track account for your web site. Make sure you change "Basic Settings - Script Position" as "Top".
(2)Now module can track your page. For track download of files, you need make some change. You can find more information at http://www.google.com/support/analytics/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=55529. Note ,the example of Google use 'pageTracker._trackPageview' ,but if you use our module, you should change it as "pageTracker0._trackPageview" or check “Use pageTracker Variable “ option in “Advanced settings“.
8.Product License Details
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Lee A says... 5.0
Excellent. Does exactly what it claims.
Posted 12/22/2008
Kemper B says... 5.0
Thank you for answering my dumb questions and providing a module that's great to use.
Kemper
Posted 12/3/2008
Robert A says... 5.0
The best Analytics module bar none. A great update policy, friendly license and regular improvements make for a good experience.
Posted 11/27/2008
Chad Z says... 5.0
Absolutely one of the best and most used modules on our enterprise sites. Solid stability and feature rich. Terrific support from the developers. I have made suggestions to improve the module and they have responded quickly and professionally. Very highly recommended.
Posted 11/17/2007
Chad Z says... 5.0
Very easy to install and use. Excellent support. A must-have module!
Posted 11/1/2007
Dwight B says... 5.0
Simple - Accurate - No User Maintenance Needed.
Posted 10/8/2007
Thomas T says... 5.0
Works like a charm. Great support.
Posted 9/3/2007
Kenneth V says... 5.0
Works great. Took 5 minutes to set it up on my site. Nice concise documentation.
Posted 9/20/2007
David S says... 5.0
It's not everyday you find people like Xiao Qi. This guy "with out doubt" is the nicest person I have ever dealt with in customer support. I purchased his module Google Analytics 2.2 and installed it. My Google Analytics stats dropped to 1-3 unique visits per day from 30-60. I couldn't understand why. I blamed it on the module. The trouble, turns out was my mistake. I wrote Google, no help... I wrote Xiao Qi, he did not know why it was happening at first, but he was determined to find out. He took the time to view the source on every page of my website to find the fix! It turns out, when I pasted the Google Analytics account number into the module it was missing one number at the end.
This problem was my responsibility not his! Xiao Qi, I can't thank you enough for your support and I am sorry something so simple was overlooked. This module is a breeze to use and I highly recommend it...
David Smith
Posted 9/21/2007
Lee A says... 5.0
Did exactly what the description promise: easily integrated Google Analytics with my website and simple to set up. I can't comment on the support as I didn't need it.
Posted 9/22/2008
Marco K says... 5.0
Great product. Easy to setup, lots of nice feature. One suggestion: It would be handy if one could exclude certain pages from Analytics even when the option "display on all pages" is checked.
Posted 6/20/2008
mobasher m says... 5.0
Posted 4/16/2010
Leonard M says...  4.0
We had some difficulties installing this module initially. Xiao has worked with us to resolve all issues.
The module seems to work well. Google analytics takes a while to get used to if you are used to other web stats applications.
Leonard
Posted 3/13/2008
Marty H says... 5.0
a very usefull and easy module for DotNetNuke with Google Analytics
Posted 1/13/2009
Daniel D says... 5.0
Great mod. Requested some info on future additions. Developer got back to me very quickly. Simple to use. Very happy with this mod.
Posted 1/1/2008
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Q:
Long-time user of your Visitor Tracking Module. Do you have plans to upgrade the module to the most recent version of the GA tracking code? The code has changed to include Asynchronous tracking. This component is needed for us to adequately track our sites. Thanks in advance.
xiexie '谢谢'
Chad
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I apologize for my delay reply. I am out to a remote city where I have no way to access Internet these days.
Thanks for your long time support. We never stop the plan to upgrade this module but lack of idea for a long time. Asynchronous tracking? I am not aware of this before. Thanks for your suggestion, we will see it.
Please wait 1-2 weeks for the new version which support Asynchronous tracking. We are busying migrate our sites so we can't do it right now.
By the way, we just release a new module called Classified Pro which I like to recommend.
It let you create online store and publish classified information as easy asABC. Multiple user support and template based. Convert video to .flv/h264 format. Amason S3 integrated. Customize fields support and Paypal integrated. Trial version available.
View http://www.snowcovered.com/Snowcovered2/Default.aspx?tabid=242&PackageID=18545 for detail if you like.
Wish you have a nice weekend.
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Can you know the visitor ip, information some thing like ip lookup,more information about visitor.
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Google doesn't display visitor ip due to privacy policy. But it offers nearly all other information about visitors, like country/region/city/operation system/browser/connection speed/services provider/host name ..etc. Besides that ,you can see traffic source (from referring site/from search engines/or directly visit). You can also see which roles they belong by using "Segment" of our module.
Google Analytics is the most powerful tool for site tracking in the world. We strongly recommend take a look on it. Check http://www.google.com/analytics fore more detail.
Contact us if you need more information.Thanks.
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Can I track individual users? ie. THey log onto my website and I can track which users have streamed a particular video?
Thanks
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Yes, you can track individual users by select "User Name" in "Basic settings - Segment". But it is not a good idea if you have many registers because it will cause statistics list too long. In that case, choose "User Roles" as segment will be a better.
Besides that ,you need make some modification to track video streaming, check http://www.google.com/support/analytics/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=55529 for more detail.
Contact us if you need more detail. Thanks.
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Hello, I have Google Analytics code installed on our site but not entirely happy with the information I get back and I'm having trouble filtering out our internal IP addresses. I'm looking for a tracking module that would make Google Analytics work and also be able to track where users go on the site as well as what they click on and even when they click on certain images on the site and downloadable PDFs too. Basically, everything. :)
Will this module track individual clicks on certain images and downloadable PDFs? Do you have a sample of what the analytics view would be on a site with this installed.
Thanks so much, you have great reviews there so I'm sure it's a powerful module.
Brian
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Yes, module can track image(or pdf file) click as your wish. But you need make a little change. As following:
(1) Add module to page, and input track account for your web site. Make sure you change "Basic Settings - Script Position" as "Top".
(2)Now module can track your page. For track download of files, you need make some change. You can find more information at http://www.google.com/support/analytics/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=55529. Note ,the example of Google use 'pageTracker._trackPageview' ,but if you use our module, you should change it as "pageTracker0._trackPageview" or check “Use pageTracker Variable “ option in “Advanced settings“.
You can view above information in "Faqs" section at http://www.snowcovered.com/Snowcovered2/Default.aspx?tabid=242&mid=1397&PackageID=15455.
Best regards.
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Hi, great module - we've got it - but do you have plans to upgrade to the new asynchornus code? http://code.google.com/apis/analytics/docs/tracking/asyncTracking.html
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Sorry for my delay reply. I am in hospital in past months. I know there must be many unread mails but I have no way to view them and reply.
Your information is very helpful to us.Yes, we will add asynchronous tracking as soon as possible. You know we lack of ideas to improve this module for a long time.
Best regards.
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My goal is to run reports for traffic to each city Department.
For example I am trying to do this using advanced segments, custom segment, name contains Parks.
The results show mostly parks but still include other pages that do not have Parks in the URL path.
So I am stuck and can't run accurate reports.
Would your module help with this?
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Sorry, I think you need a customize module to do this. Because as far as I know ,there is no way to detemine to judge the "Park" property of a visitor. Other information, such as Country/browser, can be collected by Googe Analytics.
Thanks for your support.
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