Bug in Virtual Page view javascript
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I am trying to learn the basics of tracking outbound links with this javascript code set up on
this url
http://queenofhats.com/links.php
I think I have a bug in my javascript that tracks clicks on an outbound link.
When A person clicks on the "Portland Maine" link, in theory it should create a virtual pageload of a page called "portland_maine".
I have clicked on the link, but when I filter on "portland" in the Top Content section of Google Analyitcs, there are is no record of the click.
So I think my javascript code has a bug.
Any comment on the javascript would be most welcome.
I just noticed that I have \ before /links.
Is the "" the source of the problem?
Thanks!!
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Hi Guillaume:
I made the correction you suggested. See code below. I believe that because there is PHP on the page, that I Must keep the / before the ' marks. Correct?
I think that If I remove the / marks, that the web page will not render correctly in PHP becuase the ' mark is special character in php.
When I look in Google anlaytics under "portland" I see no page views.
So can you suggest what I need to change?
a href="http://www.portlandmaine.com" target="_blank" onclick= _gaq.push(['_trackPageview','/links/portland_maine']);">http://www.portlandmaine.com
Thanks!!
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HI Guillaume:
Thanks very much for going to my web site and identifying the key point that I now have the new async version of GA on my site. So I have to use the new version of page tracking.
Good catch!
Merci
Dan
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Hi Dan,
Yes, you're partially right, the "" is part of the problem, but there is also something else. I went and took a look at your website and you seem to be using the asynchronous version of Google Analytics code so the pageTracker won't work for you.
If you were still using the old version of Google Analytics, the code should be :
Now, with the new version of Google Analytics tracking code :
Best regards,
Guillaume Voyer.
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