Installing Google Analytics in your ProStore Site

Written by Matt on July 1, 2008 – 10:24 am

The most recent update to Google Analytics has caused some confusion and frustration. But thankfully workable code has been devised and posted by users on the ProStores boards. This tutorial will lay out the steps to install the code. 1. Save a baseline for your Header, Footer, and Order Confirmation pages! 2. Remove the Google Analytic code if its installed 3. Open the Footer template and paste this code just before the </body> tag. Don’t forget to replace ACCOUNT NUMBER with your Google Analytics account number. Its usually in the format of UA-xxxxx-x. You can find it by going to google.com, signing in, clicking My Account, clicking Analytics, clicking Edit under the Settings column, and clicking Settings above and to the right of the dark grey “Main Website Profile Information” bar, on that page you will see your UA number.

ProStores Google Analytics Footer Code

4. Save and publish the Footer template and open the Order Confirmation template.

5. Copy and paste the code for the Order Confirm template in, remembering to replacing X-XXXXXXX with your UA number.

ProStores Google Analytics Order Confirm Template Code

6. Make sure that in your Google Analytics settings you have e-Commerce tracking turned on and the currency set to USD. 7. Purchase something from your site, the next day your purchase will show up. If you have any questions or problems please e-mail me at matt@onetakemedia.net. I’ll be happy to help.