I had read somewhere and have now forgotten that upgrading to the new asynchronous code will not enable one to track actual clicks for downloading items when user stays on the same page and that for tracking that you need to use the old version of GA code.
My question is, is that still the case and does anyone have any other reasons for not upgrading to use the newer asynchronous tracking?
thanks
Hmm...are you sure the "old" version of GA automatically tracked downloads? AFAIK GA never automatically tracked download links, that you always had to attach GA code (like a _trackEvent call) to your links yourself. But in any case, it's pretty easy to do it yourself, so it's really not a big deal. Plus, you get lots of benefits upgrading, and one day it may not even be an option to stick with the old version...
If you have jQuery you can for example do this:
// file types you want to consider a download
var downloadFileTypes = ['pdf','doc','docx','mp4'];
$(document).ready(function() {
$('a').filter(function() {
var ext = $(this).attr('href').split('.').pop().toLowerCase();
return ( $.inArray(ext, downloadFileTypes )>-1 );
})
.click(function() {
_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Downloads', $(this).attr('href')]);
});
});
If you do not have a framework like jQuery, you can still do this easy enough with .getElementsByTagName() and using regular loops and conditions instead of the jQuery conveniences like .filter and .inArray
edit: Some things to note about that example:
the jQuery code was an example to hook the GA code to standard links pointing to the file types you specify in downloadFiletypes. It will only apply to links that exist at the time the code is executed. If you have links that may be dynamically generated on the page later, consider looking into .on() instead of .click()
you will need to make tweaks to matching links you want to consider downloads if they do not point to regular files with extensions. For instance, some websites have a controller script that expects a parameter with an ID and it dynamically serves up a pdf or whatever..if your files are like this, you will have to alter the logic to look for that instead.
Related
I am trying to show an alert when the form is submitted.
I added this code to "Additional Settings" on Contact Form 7 plugin (Version 4.2.2)
on_submit:"alert('Submitted');"
Nothing appears.
No errors nor warnings at console
No errors nor warnings at firebug
I guess no Javascript conflict since Contact Form 7 succesfully
sends emails
I am sure that form is "submitted" because i can see Contact
Form 7 form validation errors
Any ideas how to solve or debug further this issue?
It is not easy to take a guess without seeing the source code but I feel happy today.
Is your form working at all?
If not, it is probable that Contact Form 7’s JavaScript is not functioning on your site.
I’ll show you a few possible causes for this.
JavaScript file is not loaded
This is the cause that I’ve been seeing the most recently. This is due to your template, which is missing calling functions for queuing JavaScript. The functions required are wp_head() and wp_footer(), and they are in header.php and footer.php, respectively, in most correct themes.
Conflicts with other JavaScript
Many plugins and themes load their own JavaScript. Some of them may have been created incorrectly and therefore conflict with other plugins. In most cases, you can find JavaScript errors with Firebug, an add-on for Firefox, when such conflicts occur.
HTML structure is not valid
Like other JavaScript, Contact Form 7’s JavaScript traverses and manipulates the structure of HTML. Therefore, if the original HTML structure is not valid, it will fail to work. You can check whether your HTML is valid or not with an HTML validator. I recommend the W3C Markup Validation Service for use in such a case.
My advice is to use CF 7 default way of implementing your idea - we'll call it:
"1. Best option".
At WP Dashboard, go to Contact (CF7) and choose your form and go to the tab called "Additional Settings".
There, you can add similar code like this:
on_sent_ok: "alert('sent ok');"
on_submit: "alert('submit');"
If you set on_sent_ok: followed by a one-line JavaScript code, you can tell the contact form the code that should be performed when the mail is sent successfully. Likewise, with on_submit:, you can tell the code that should be performed when the form submitted regardless of the outcome.
On both of the actions, you can use every kind of JS code like you would in your .js file:
on_sent_ok: "some js code here"
You can use it to call functions like this:
on_sent_ok: "your_function();"
Or write some code (this one redirects to thank you page):
on_sent_ok: "document.location='/thank-you-page/';"
2. And another option is to handle it with jQuery:
Contact Form 7 is keen to emit a number of Javascript events that bubble up to the document object. In version 4.2 they can be found in contact-form-7/includes/js/scripts.js. If you're using jQuery you can access those events like this:
$(document).on('spam.wpcf7', function () {
console.log('submit.wpcf7 was triggered!');
});
$(document).on('invalid.wpcf7', function () {
console.log('invalid.wpcf7 was triggered!');
});
$(document).on('mailsent.wpcf7', function () {
console.log('mailsent.wpcf7 was triggered!');
});
$(document).on('mailfailed.wpcf7', function () {
console.log('mailfailed.wpcf7 was triggered!');
});
EDIT:
Some of these jQuery options are used but somehow deprecated so if you encounter problems, try using eg. 'wpcf7:mailsent' instead of 'mailsent.wpcf7'.
The same format goes for other option, actually all the options are observable in the mentioned file:
wp-content/plugins/contact-form-7/includes/js/script.js
do you have any link for us to further check this? It's pretty hard like this.
But: "I am sure that form is "submitted" because i can see Contact Form 7 form validation errors" -> is it server-validation or frontend-validation? Maybe it is NOT send?
All the best
I think something is blocking your popup.
Try debugging using "console.log", so you can eliminate this as a potential issue:
on_submit:"console.log('Submitted');"
I am a newbie to JQM (I use 1.4.5) and my webapp (asp.net C# apache Cordova) contains many separate pages of .cshtml (single-page template) only. I am testing my webapp on a Samsung Galaxy Grand using Android 4.2.2
A.
I am not sure about my understanding of 'linking pages', even after reading all the JQM docs on this and also after reading up many, many posts on this topic about passing querystring values to another page; mainly because I find that ALMOST ALL the examples are directed towards providing answers for internal pages (Multi-Page template) within a single html page.
So I request some of you JQM experts to confirm or correct the following understanding of mine....
From the JQM docs I understood that
I could use in any link (e.g button), href="page2.cshtml?par1=1&par2=2"; and JQM will automatically use Ajax for this link to work.
I also understood that use of querystring is always allowed in such cases of different html pages of the same domain and it will work via Ajax automatically ; so long as the attr such as rel="external", data-ajax="false" etc. are not used in the same link.
but querystrings are not allowed in case of the internal pages (multi-page template) only....;
and if I need to use the above href to link to a page in another domain e.g. www.anotherdomain.com/page2.cshtml?par1=1&par2=2, then I need to use rel="external".
Are all my above points (that reflect my understanding) CORRECT? KIndly confirm ro please correct me ...
B.
In my app, I find that most of the links work according to my understanding as above, to connect to different pages in the same domain; and I assume it happens via Ajax. Is it correct? I am also able to use the querystring params in page2 ( i.e. To-Page).
But in one case, though it works, in the To-Page the Panel features do not operate correctly, unless I introduce rel="external' in the href link !!! I suppose it means it IS NOT AJAX anymore? Also I am unable to find the reason..
Further independent of the above topic, I face another issue. The loading time (i.e. Time taken to display the To-Page) varies.
Mostly it is OK, but at times the loading-circle goes on forever.... and I presume it has crashed....??? then If I go back using the back button and come forward again, many times it loads immediately...!!!!!
Any thoughts or suggestions.....?
Thanks in anticipation...
Ratna
Before you can worry about how to pass attributes from one page to another you need to understand the difference between multi-page and multi-HTML templates.
Multi HTML page template
Smaller and lighter, each data-role=”page” is inside a separate HTML file and page structure is much more modular.
Can become even smaller if every subsequent HTML page is stripped from HEAD content, or anything that isn’t data-role=”page” div. Unfortunately in this case fallback if JavaScript is not supported is out of question.
DOM size is relatively small, only first page is permanently loaded into the DOM, any other page will also be loaded into the DOM but at the same time it will also be removed when not used actively, basically each time you move from it.
Better fallback if JavaScript is not supported. Works great in desktop browsers after a page refresh, mainly because every HTML page has an existing HEAD content. This also allows your app to behave like normal web app mainly because AJAX can be turned off.
Multipage template
Since all pages are already loaded, no additional requests are generated for navigating between pages.
First load is slower as the file size is larger, but subsequent page navigation is fast, thus making transitions much more smooth. Almost native-like smooth, emphasize on almost.
Suitable for relatively smaller applications and situations where you know the capabilities of your target platforms including presence of JavaScript support, thus making it a great solution for a hybrid app. It works much better as a Phonegap app then multi HTML template.
The “page” data-role element is required.
More about this topic can be found here: Multipage template vs Multi HTML template in jQuery Mobile
Now let's talk about how to properly pass data between jQuery Mobile pages.
jQuery Mobile uses AJAX by default
You can turn off AJAX using rel="external"
If you turn off AJAX you will lose almost everything good about jQuery Mobile, including animations. So if you don't want AJAX page handling better find some other responsive framework like Bootstrap or Foundation.
If you don't want to use AJAX you can still use querystrings but inside a href or via changePage function.
Better querystrings alternatives:
Global object.
If you're using AJAX you can simply use a global object(s) to store all of your data.
Something like this:
// Store object
var storeObject = {
parameter1: null,
parameter2 : null
}
Access data from the previous page
Again if you're using AJAX you don't need to pass any data because all that data is till in the DOM.
// Store object
$(document).on('pagebeforeshow', '#second', function(e, data){
alert("My name is " + data.prevPage.find('#test-input').val());
});
Localstorage or Sessionstorage
This solution will work no matter if you use AJAX or not.
$(document).on('pagebeforeshow', '#index', function(){
$(document).on('click', '#change-page-button', function(){
// store some data
if(typeof(Storage)!=="undefined") {
localStorage.firstname="Dragan";
localStorage.lastname="Gaic";
}
// Change page
$.mobile.changePage("#second");
});
});
$(document).on('pagebeforeshow', '#second', function(){
alert('My name is ' + localStorage.firstname + ' ' + localStorage.lastname);
// Lets change localStorage data before we go to the next page
localStorage.firstname="NewFirstNeme";
localStorage.lastname="NewLastName";
});
$(document).on('pagebeforeshow', '#third', function(){
alert('My name is ' + localStorage.firstname + ' ' + localStorage.lastname);
});
Send data through changePage function or via href
// Send
$.mobile.changePage('page2.html', { dataUrl : "page2.html?paremeter=123", data : { 'paremeter' : '123' }, reloadPage : true, changeHash : true});
or
Send parameter
receive that same data:
$(document).on('pagebeforeshow', "#index", function (event, data) {
var parameters = $(this).data("url").split("?")[1];;
parameter = parameters.replace("parameter=","");
alert(parameter);
});
If you need more information about this solutions including working examples find them here: Passing data between jQuery Mobile pages
Several methods mentioned here are deprecated (still usable) in the version 1.4. Though you don't need to worry about that, almost everything here will be unusable in version 1.5. This new version will overhaul jQuery Mobile from the bottom to the top.
Update
Yes, you can use any such link and jQuery Mobile will use AJAX. If you take a look at my previous examples you will find a working one.
If you want AJAX you CAN'T use rel="external", data-ajax="false" though stringquerys will work in bot cases.
Correct they will only work in multi-HTML template. Though there used to be a 3rd party plugin that allowed this to work with multi-page template but I don't think it works with newer jQuery Mobile versions.
Correct, if you want to link external page you need to use rel="external".
My supervisor just handed me a pile of JSON files from a freelancer which we are going to use to make multiple (similar) websites. Lucky me, I'll get to be the one updating the content and css for the different versions.
This is my first time working with JSON, so while I can't be sure that this is a poorly designed template, the fact that the css is very messy (in order to change the color of buttons throughout the site from yellow to orange, at least 15 different classes need to be adjusted, which seems to me to defeat the whole purpose of css...) doesn't give me hope.
I've brute-forced my way through the first two different sites, but since it looks like we'll be doing a lot more of them, I'm looking for ways to streamline the process (in particular making sure to change the content in all the places the content needs changing, which is a lot of files, with different content for different versions).
I'm personally old-school enough to like awk (well, that, and it's what I'm most used to programming in), so my backup plan is to just set up an awk/batch script or two which will take in a "these are the bits of info that go in these specific places" file and update all the relevant files. However, I'm sure there's a better way to do this, which is why I'm turning to y'all.
Is there anything that already exists for streamlining processes like these? Or a coding system/language that's well-suited to this project? A GUI which I can connect to bits of text that need changing?
Ideally, I'd like to set up something that even a monkey (or a non-caffeinated me) could use as often as needed. I'm already going to have to dive into the source code to clean it up (because, gasp, we might need to be able to have more than 5 people on the "our team" page, for example - without bad css/html workarounds), so making other tweaks that'll help with the content update process can happen en route.
I have recently used underscore to render templates from JSON. this is a front end tool, but you could automate it with some backend tools (a simple cURL or file_get_content in php will do).
Here is a link to a tutorial
your template will be a JavaScript template in your html file:
<div id="rendered"></div>
<script type="text/template" class="template">
<%- rc.listTitle %>
</script>
and in your JavaScript code you load:
<script type="text/javascript">
// When rending an underscore template, we want top-level
// variables to be referenced as part of an object. For
// technical reasons (scope-chain search), this speeds up
// rendering; however, more importantly, this also allows our
// templates to look / feel more like our server-side
// templates that use the rc (Request Context / Colletion) in
// order to render their markup.
_.templateSettings.variable = "rc";
// Grab the HTML out of our template tag and pre-compile it.
var template = _.template(
$( "script.template" ).html()
);
// Define our render data (to be put into the "rc" variable).
var templateData = {
listTitle: "Olympic Volleyball Players",
};
// Render the underscore template and inject it after the div rendered
// in our current DOM.
$( "#rendered" ).after(
template( templateData )
);
</script>
I'm doing this:
google.earth.fetchKml(ge, slopehref, function(kmlObject){
if (kmlObject){
ge.getFeatures().appendChild(kmlObject);
// GroundOverlay's still not rendered
}
});
So I know when the kml file is loaded but then it takes a few seconds to load the GroundOverlays. I want to get a callback when the GroundOverlays have rendered. I have been looking for google.earth.addEventListener eventids that might fire when network activity has stopped but I can't find anything about it.
Unfortunately this is not possible, there is no way to do this in the current Api. The best you could do is to put a feature request in for this functionality to be added:
http://code.google.com/p/earth-api-samples/issues/list
There is a similar request already in there as well if you wanted to 'star' it:
http://code.google.com/p/earth-api-samples/issues/detail?id=5
Basically the issue im having is I have a custom theme, and I need to use $scripts to call the analytics code at the top (the link tracking settings) however this also loads loads of other cr*p js files I dont need or want.
All I want is the analytics stuff the module places in $scripts.
So can I somehow either:
A) Load only the analytics code via $scripts (.info file?)
B) Create a new region in .info file (e.g. $analytics) and call that via the template. But then how do I get the analytics code to output to this new region instead of $scripts?
Any help would be most appreciated.
A.
I would be wary of not outputting $scripts. The files that are output are needed for your other modules to work properly. If you want to reduce the scripts which are output then turn off modules that you don't need.
I agree that disabling the $scripts variable (or cleaning it out) will have some "undesired results". I can think of about half a dozen modules that I use on every build that have required js files.
Maybe you should look into the Google Analytic Module which uses the $footer variable instead of the $scripts.
http://drupal.org/project/google_analytics
I also use this module on all my builds as it provides some very easy integration of Drupal into GA including downloads, user roles, etc. (out of the box)
p.s.
Remember Drupal has a pretty good Performance settings that allow for the cache as well as consolidation css/js.
My final builds have 1 line of markup that calls ALL of my css for that page and one line that does the same for my js. It's been shown that consolidating your asset files into one large file rather then many small ones is a huge performance saver, more so then the size of the end file itself.