How do I let a user add Google Analytics to a page deep within a site?

Question

Each user on my site has a "section" of their own at a part like /user/20

I want each user to be able to specify a Google Analytics code, e.g. UA-12345-6 and have that Google Analytics code placed at the foot of every page. That is fine and I can do that no problem.

How will each user set up their Google Analytics code though? When they are asked to put in the URL of the site, I'd like them to be able to put in the domain name of my site, i.e. www.mydomain.com , not the specific url i.e. www.mydomain.com/user/20

If they put in just the domain, they won't be able to verify that the tracking is working as Analytics will check that domain and not find their code. Is the only way to do this to get them to enter the url as their specific path to their section?

Answer 1

FIrst, load you analytics code:

<script type="text/javascript">
                var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www.");
                document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E"));
                </script>

Then track the pageview

<script type="text/javascript">
var tracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-XXXX-X");
tracker._setCookiePath("/your/path/here/");
tracker._trackPageview();
</script>