How to force every page to load a certain javascript file?

Question

I've created a pretty basic system here at work that does what Google analytics does (extremely simplistic in comparison) and it works quite well, but like Google Analytics it requires each page to reference a JavaScript file. Is there any way to make all of our pages that are served from IIS reference this Javascript file? I would like to capture these stats for every page.

Any ideas?

Thanks

Answer 1

This depends on how you build your web site, but most people do this by adding the reference to their templates, layouts, master pages, or whatever term is used in your development platform.

You don't want every page tracked, e.g., pages returning data such as JSON or XML should not be meddled with. This is why it is better to have explicit control over which pages get the analytics javascript added to them.

Answer 2

If you're dealing with static HTML files your best bet seems to be this previous question.

If you have an ASP site going, and you already have a header or layout file, I'd recommend putting it in there.

Answer 3

Hmm, it looks like you are looking for this.