Adding Google Analytics to a Wiki - Revision history

Milllo at 00:02, 23 March 2022

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Milllo at 22:15, 22 February 2022

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Assume that a google analytics account is already set up and functioning for the standard html web page fronting your wiki and that the headscript extension is installed for your wiki software.
#Log into Google Analytics
#On the left side tab menu, lower corner, click the “Admin” button
#In the second column of the Admin menu, Click “Data Streams”
#Click the “>” at the end of the line for your stream
#In the “Tagging Instructions” section of the menu, expand the “Global site tag (gtag.js)” option
#Copy the text in the window and place it in your LocalSettings.php file for your wiki. The text will be similar to below, where G-01NDZHCJMM is a user specific code so yours will be different (In other words, do not use G-01NDZHCJMM)
<p><script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-01NDZHCJMM"></script></p>
<p><script></p>
<p>window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || [ ];</p>
<p>function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);}</p>
<p>gtag('js', new Date());</p>
<p>gtag('config', 'G-01NDZHCJMM');</p>
<p></script></p>

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 <p>gtag('config', 'G-01NDZHCJMM');</p>
 <p></script></p>
-#Check that the text is showing up on your wiki pages by right clicking a page and select "view page source". The text should be in the <head> section of the web page.
+#<li value="8">Check that the text is showing up on your wiki pages by right clicking a page and select "view page source". The text should be in the <head> section of the web page.</li>
 #Wait a few days for data to appear on your analytics page.

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-Assume that a google analytics account is already set up and functioning for the standard html web page fronting your wiki and that the headscript extension is installed for your wiki software.
+I tried following the mediawiki instructions for adding google analytics to my wiki but they did not work. After much trial and error, the following procedure was found to work fine:
 #Log into Google Analytics
 #On the left side tab menu, lower corner, click the “Admin” button
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 <p>gtag('config', 'G-01NDZHCJMM');</p>
 <p></script></p>