Installing Analytics on a WordPress blog?

[Todd_]

Thanks, the plugin looks promising. I will have to wait til tomorrow, b/c I am at home on an old PC atm. My ftp client, passwords, etc. are on my Mac at work.

[Bloggeries]

If you are familiar with FTP you could download the file footer.php and insert it there before the </body>. It will take 24-48 hours before you start seeing stats in analytics.

I just visited your site and it doesn't look like a sponsored theme with footer projection so try what I suggested up top and let us know. That is exactly what I did . If not footer you can use sidebar.php it's up to you. You just want to put it on a page that is "sitewide" meaning on every page of your blog.

Rob

Originally Posted by Todd_

No. If I am understanding you correctly...I go to the theme editor, click on footer.php, and there's barely anything there. It's just a couple of lines, between div tags.

I notice in the index.php file there's a reference to "get footer" right before div, body, and html tags.

Srry, I'm kinda dense...pretty unfamiliar with code.

[Todd_]

Originally Posted by Bloggeries

If you are familiar with FTP you could download the file footer.php and insert it there before the </body>. It will take 24-48 hours before you start seeing stats in analytics.

I just visited your site and it doesn't look like a sponsored theme with footer projection so try what I suggested up top and let us know. That is exactly what I did . If not footer you can use sidebar.php it's up to you. You just want to put it on a page that is "sitewide" meaning on every page of your blog.

Rob

I'm still not getting it, Rob. I can edit the footer.php and sidebar.php files right from the WordPress Theme Editor, without having to download them, right? And when I look at those files in the Theme Editor, there is no </body> tag in either.

[Bloggeries]

I'm assuming there is no body because it's an editor. Add the code at the bottom of the page in the editor. Than load your blog. Does the file look the same?

If it doesn't show up just leave it and check your analytics in 24-48 hours

Please let us know what happens when you just throw it into the editor at the bottom. I always use notepad to edit these files

Rob

Originally Posted by Todd_

I'm still not getting it, Rob. I can edit the footer.php and sidebar.php files right from the WordPress Theme Editor, without having to download them, right? And when I look at those files in the Theme Editor, there is no </body> tag in either.

[Todd_]

Originally Posted by Bloggeries

I'm assuming there is no body because it's an editor. Add the code at the bottom of the page in the editor. Than load your blog. Does the file look the same?

If it doesn't show up just leave it and check your analytics in 24-48 hours

Please let us know what happens when you just throw it into the editor at the bottom. I always use notepad to edit these files

Rob

Thanks, Rob! I just went ahead and threw it in at the bottom of the footer.php file using the Theme Editor. Very bottom, AFTER the </div> tag. Seems OK, and I went and viewed the source for several pages and it's showing up, so I think all is well, with no ftp and no plugins! I'll wait til tomorrow and see if GA is picking it up. Thanks again!

[Bloggeries]

I think that should do it! Glad you got it worked out and be sure to let us know when your GA go live.

Cheers,
Rob

Originally Posted by Todd_

Thanks, Rob! I just went ahead and threw it in at the bottom of the footer.php file using the Theme Editor. Very bottom, AFTER the </div> tag. Seems OK, and I went and viewed the source for several pages and it's showing up, so I think all is well, with no ftp and no plugins! I'll wait til tomorrow and see if GA is picking it up. Thanks again!

[KiDQUiCK]

hey Todd,
There is a BODY tag in your code... on your home page BODY opens on line 24 and closes around 246. I'm not familiar with WordPress but where ever it lets you edit your footer code using the WP backend that should be fine for inserting Google Analytics code or any other stats package for that matter. Once inserted, it will be "global".

Maybe this link will help?
Add Link To A Custom WordPress Footer

Cheers,
KiDQUiCK

[Houdy]

Todd, KiDQUiCK is correct you can add the analytics code in the footer of a WP blog. Never had much luck with that Semiologic plugin though.

Hey KiDQUiCK thanks for posting the link to my blog Mate!

[Todd_]

Thanks for the help, everyone! I have Analytics data this morning, so all seems to be working!

I guess the body tags just don't show up in the WP editor, as a couple of you have mentioned.

[KiDQUiCK]

You're very welcome Houdy! Looks like the situation was win-win. I love happy endings... :P

KiDQUiCK