With jAddAnalytics you will easily use Google Analytics with your Joomla website. This plugin automatically adds the needed Google Analytics code to all of your web site pages so you do not lose time and effort adding the code manually.

Once you have a Google Analytics account, all you need to do is to paste your unique analytics code in the plugin configuration. After that Google Analytics will start keeping track of your Joomla site traffic and you will be able to take advantage of all the features Google Analytics provides. Integrating Google Analytics with Joomla has never been easier!

On this page you will find detailed information about:

• jAddAnalytics Installation
• jAddAnalytics Configuration
• Additional Information

jAddAnalytics Installation

The SiteGround jAddAnalytics plugin can be installed in the same way as every standard Joomla extension.

First, the extension package should be downloaded on your local computer. In order to do this press the Download button above and follow the instructions.

If you are installing the extension to a Joomla 1.5 site go to Extensions -> Install/Uninstall page. If you are using the Joomla 2.5 (or the older 1.7/1.6) version click on the Extensions -> Extension Manager menu.

In this page, click on the Browse button and locate the extension package on your local hard drive. Then click the "Upload File & Install Button". The plugin will be installed and added to your Joomla application.

Last, go Extensions -> Plugin Manager page. On it locate the jAddAnalytics plugin and click on "enable" icon next to it. This will activate the plugin.

For more information on how to install the extension check our Joomla 1.5 and Joomla 2.5 tutorials depending on the version you are using.

jAddAnalytics Configuration

In order to open the configuration page for jAddAnalytics go to the Plugin Manager and click on the jAddAnalytics plugin in the table. Following this link will take you to a page where you can configure different aspects of the plugin behavior.

On the configuration page there are several settings that you can adjust to make the plugin fit your needs.

• Tracking Code ID - You obtain it from your Google Analytics panel. It is unique for your web site. Through it the Google Analytics engine will calculate the visits to your web site.
• Admin user tracking - You can disable the calculation of the hits to your web site's admin area. In this way only the unique and the returning web site visits will be counted and your own administration activity will not be added to the total number of visits.

Additional Information

The SiteGround jAddAnalytics plugin automatically adds the corresponding Google Analytics code before the HTML body closing tag in your web site's source code. An example code will look as follows:

Please note that the Google Analytics data is not updated in real time. You should allow up to several hours for the web site activity details to be calculated and visualized in your Google Analytics panel.

<!-- Google Analytics code starts. --> <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> <script type="text/javascript"> try { var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-15746342-1"); pageTracker._setDomainName("none"); pageTracker._setAllowLinker(true); pageTracker._trackPageview(); } catch(err) {}</script> <!-- Google Analytics code ends here. Adding closing </body> tag. -->