django_google_analytics

Django Google Analytics

Django template tag app for inserting google analytic code on a per site basis.

Copyright (C) 2011 Benjamin Wilbur

License

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.

• This codes underlying structure is largely based off Django's documentation at the following url.
  http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/howto/custom-template-tags/

Installation

• pip install django_google_analytics
• Ensure you have sites configured. https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.8/ref/contrib/sites/#enabling-the-sites-framework
• add analytics to your INSTALLED_APPS
• python manage.py migrate
• In the django admin interface visit the "Sites" page and add your google web property id for the site you wish to track.
• Add the following to your desired templates. {% load analytics %}
• at the very bottom of your head section add this {% analytics %}
• if you want to avoid counting logged in user visits surround the above line with the following {% if not user.is_staff %} {% endif %}
• Go to your google analytics control panel and refresh frantically to see if it is working