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Posted to dev@directory.apache.org by Emmanuel Lecharny <el...@gmail.com> on 2007/09/11 00:47:38 UTC
Adding some google analytics to our downloads
Hi,
we can't currently use GA to count the number of server downloads,
because the link is on a dynamic server (a mirror).
We should create a page where we redirect to these dynamic pages, so
that we can have a GA count.
Who want to do that ?
Thanks !
--
Regards,
Cordialement,
Emmanuel Lécharny
www.iktek.com
Re: Adding some google analytics to our downloads
Posted by Alex Karasulu <ak...@apache.org>.
+1 yah with ya on this one.
On 9/10/07, Chris Custine <cc...@apache.org> wrote:
>
> +1 Sounds like a great idea!
>
> On 9/10/07, Emmanuel Lecharny <el...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > we can't currently use GA to count the number of server downloads,
> > because the link is on a dynamic server (a mirror).
> >
> > We should create a page where we redirect to these dynamic pages, so
> > that we can have a GA count.
> >
> > Who want to do that ?
> >
> > Thanks !
> >
> > --
> > Regards,
> > Cordialement,
> > Emmanuel Lécharny
> > www.iktek.com
> >
>
>
Re: Adding some google analytics to our downloads
Posted by Chris Custine <cc...@apache.org>.
+1 Sounds like a great idea!
On 9/10/07, Emmanuel Lecharny <el...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> we can't currently use GA to count the number of server downloads,
> because the link is on a dynamic server (a mirror).
>
> We should create a page where we redirect to these dynamic pages, so
> that we can have a GA count.
>
> Who want to do that ?
>
> Thanks !
>
> --
> Regards,
> Cordialement,
> Emmanuel Lécharny
> www.iktek.com
>
Re: Links to GPG signature (Was: Adding some google analytics to our downloads)
Posted by Emmanuel Lecharny <el...@gmail.com>.
Thanks Stefano !
I created a JIRA, this is really an important issue :
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DIR-223
On 9/12/07, Stefano Bagnara <ap...@bago.org> wrote:
> Not related to Google Analytics, but I cannot see anywhere a place where
> you suggest users to verify their downloads (and links to the PGP/MD5
> files) and maybe you can fix this while you're there.
>
> here is the text we use in Apache JAMES:
> --------------
> Use the links below to download the Apache JAMES Mail Server from one of
> our mirrors. You *must* verify the integrity of the downloaded files
> using signatures downloaded from our main distribution directory.
> ----------------------
> Then verify the integrity points to this paragraph:
> -------------------------
> Verify the integrity of the files
> It is essential that you verify the integrity of the downloaded files
> using the PGP or MD5 signatures. The PGP signatures can be verified
> using PGP or GPG. First download the KEYS as well as the asc signature
> file for the particular distribution. Make sure you get these files from
> the main distribution directory, rather than from a mirror. Then verify
> the signatures using % pgpk -a KEYS
> % pgpv james-version.tar.gz.asc
> or
> % pgp -ka KEYS
> % pgp james-version.tar.gz.asc
> or
> % gpg --import KEYS
> % gpg --verify james-version.tar.gz.asc
> -------------------------------
>
> Also make sure you provide the MD5 and PGP links to the official main
> ASF distribution site (www.apache.org/dist/).
>
> As far as I know ASF *requires* signing for releases and strongly
> suggest to "incentivate" users to verify downloads.
>
> HTH,
> Stefano
>
> Emmanuel Lecharny ha scritto:
> > This is perfect !
> >
> > let's see what will be the stats starting from today :)
> >
> > On 9/12/07, Pierre-Arnaud Marcelot <pa...@marcelot.net> wrote:
> >> Hey Guys,
> >>
> >> I've prepared a new download page that can be tracked by Google Analytics.
> >>
> >> I've re-used the cgi script of the Apache Download Mirrors, the one that is
> >> used at the moment to download releases.
> >> But I have used our website template...
> >> So now, we can track our visitors when they download something and the page
> >> they get when trying to download something looks exactly the same as our
> >> website.
> >>
> >> It's as easy to use as is the current download system.
> >> Before, to link a download, you would use this url:
> >> http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/directory/studio/stable/1.0.0/Apache_Directory_Studio_1.0.0_MacOSX.dmg
> >> Now, you could use this one:
> >> http://directory.apache.org/studio/download/download.cgi/directory/studio/stable/1.0.0/Apache_Directory_Studio_1.0.0_MacOSX.dmg
> >>
> >> (To view the last url properly, you may need to use the proxy
> >> 140.211.11.10:80, as the page may not be rsynced yet on the website
> >> mirrors).
> >>
> >> WDYT ?
> >>
> >> P-A
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On 9/11/07, Emmanuel Lecharny <el...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>> Thanks Stefano !
> >>>
> >>> We will try to add those scripts to our confluenc WIKI.
> >>>
> >>> On 9/11/07, Stefano Bagnara <ap...@bago.org> wrote:
> >>>> Emmanuel Lecharny ha scritto:
> >>>>> Hi,
> >>>>>
> >>>>> we can't currently use GA to count the number of server downloads,
> >>>>> because the link is on a dynamic server (a mirror).
> >>>>>
> >>>>> We should create a page where we redirect to these dynamic pages, so
> >>>>> that we can have a GA count.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Who want to do that ?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Thanks !
> >>>>
> >>>> In Apache JAMES I added a javascript tracking to the download links.
> >>>> As we generate the pages using maven I added it to our skin.
> >>>>
> >>>> Here is the javascript that automatically track every link to gz, bz2,
> >>>> zip, jar, asc, sar files. Please note that the trackDownloads methods
> >>>> include the JAMES specific way to find the common part of the path in
> >>>> mirror strings so that they are rewritten to
> >> /downloads/relativefilepaths.
> >>>> ---------------------
> >>>> <script type="text/javascript">
> >>>> if (document.getElementsByTagName) {
> >>>> var hrefs = document.getElementsByTagName('a');
> >>>> var extensions =
> >> ["gz","bz2","zip","jar","asc","sar"];
> >>>> for (var l = 0; l < hrefs.length; l++) {
> >>>> // 0+ is a workaround for download.cgi script by ASF that
> >>>> // is not happy with simple words in square brackets
> >>>> if (hrefs[0+l] != "") {
> >>>> var path = hrefs[0+l].pathname;
> >>>> var external = hrefs[0+l].hostname != location.host;
> >>>> if (external) {
> >>>> var splitted = path.split('.');
> >>>> var ext = splitted[0+splitted.length-1];
> >>>> for (var e = 0; e < extensions.length; e++) {
> >>>> if (extensions[0+e] == ext) {
> >>>>
> >> startListening(hrefs[0+l],"click",trackDownloads);
> >>>> }
> >>>> }
> >>>> }
> >>>> }
> >>>> }
> >>>> }
> >>>>
> >>>> function startListening (obj,evnt,func) {
> >>>> if (obj.addEventListener) {
> >>>> obj.addEventListener(evnt,func,false);
> >>>> } else if ( obj.attachEvent) {
> >>>> obj.attachEvent("on" + evnt,func);
> >>>> }
> >>>> }
> >>>>
> >>>> function trackDownloads (evnt) {
> >>>> var lnk;
> >>>> if (evnt.srcElement) {
> >>>> var elmnt = evnt.srcElement;
> >>>> while (elmnt.tagName != "A") {
> >>>> var newelmnt = elmnt.parentNode;
> >>>> elmnt = newelmnt;
> >>>> }
> >>>> lnk = elmnt.hostname + "/" + elmnt.pathname + elmnt.search;
> >>>> } else {
> >>>> lnk = this.hostname + this.pathname + this.search;
> >>>> }
> >>>>
> >>>> var pos = lnk.indexOf("/james/");
> >>>> if (pos != -1) {
> >>>> lnk = lnk.substr (pos+7);
> >>>> }
> >>>> lnk = "/downloads/"+lnk;
> >>>>
> >>>> if (typeof(urchinTracker) == "function") {
> >>>> urchinTracker(lnk);
> >>>> }
> >>>> }
> >>>> </script>
> >>>> ------------------------------------
> >>>>
> >>>> Hope this helps,
> >>>> Stefano
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> Regards,
> >>> Cordialement,
> >>> Emmanuel Lécharny
> >>> www.iktek.com
> >>>
> >>
> >
> >
>
>
>
--
Regards,
Cordialement,
Emmanuel Lécharny
www.iktek.com
Links to GPG signature (Was: Adding some google analytics to our
downloads)
Posted by Stefano Bagnara <ap...@bago.org>.
Not related to Google Analytics, but I cannot see anywhere a place where
you suggest users to verify their downloads (and links to the PGP/MD5
files) and maybe you can fix this while you're there.
here is the text we use in Apache JAMES:
--------------
Use the links below to download the Apache JAMES Mail Server from one of
our mirrors. You *must* verify the integrity of the downloaded files
using signatures downloaded from our main distribution directory.
----------------------
Then verify the integrity points to this paragraph:
-------------------------
Verify the integrity of the files
It is essential that you verify the integrity of the downloaded files
using the PGP or MD5 signatures. The PGP signatures can be verified
using PGP or GPG. First download the KEYS as well as the asc signature
file for the particular distribution. Make sure you get these files from
the main distribution directory, rather than from a mirror. Then verify
the signatures using % pgpk -a KEYS
% pgpv james-version.tar.gz.asc
or
% pgp -ka KEYS
% pgp james-version.tar.gz.asc
or
% gpg --import KEYS
% gpg --verify james-version.tar.gz.asc
-------------------------------
Also make sure you provide the MD5 and PGP links to the official main
ASF distribution site (www.apache.org/dist/).
As far as I know ASF *requires* signing for releases and strongly
suggest to "incentivate" users to verify downloads.
HTH,
Stefano
Emmanuel Lecharny ha scritto:
> This is perfect !
>
> let's see what will be the stats starting from today :)
>
> On 9/12/07, Pierre-Arnaud Marcelot <pa...@marcelot.net> wrote:
>> Hey Guys,
>>
>> I've prepared a new download page that can be tracked by Google Analytics.
>>
>> I've re-used the cgi script of the Apache Download Mirrors, the one that is
>> used at the moment to download releases.
>> But I have used our website template...
>> So now, we can track our visitors when they download something and the page
>> they get when trying to download something looks exactly the same as our
>> website.
>>
>> It's as easy to use as is the current download system.
>> Before, to link a download, you would use this url:
>> http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/directory/studio/stable/1.0.0/Apache_Directory_Studio_1.0.0_MacOSX.dmg
>> Now, you could use this one:
>> http://directory.apache.org/studio/download/download.cgi/directory/studio/stable/1.0.0/Apache_Directory_Studio_1.0.0_MacOSX.dmg
>>
>> (To view the last url properly, you may need to use the proxy
>> 140.211.11.10:80, as the page may not be rsynced yet on the website
>> mirrors).
>>
>> WDYT ?
>>
>> P-A
>>
>>
>>
>> On 9/11/07, Emmanuel Lecharny <el...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Thanks Stefano !
>>>
>>> We will try to add those scripts to our confluenc WIKI.
>>>
>>> On 9/11/07, Stefano Bagnara <ap...@bago.org> wrote:
>>>> Emmanuel Lecharny ha scritto:
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> we can't currently use GA to count the number of server downloads,
>>>>> because the link is on a dynamic server (a mirror).
>>>>>
>>>>> We should create a page where we redirect to these dynamic pages, so
>>>>> that we can have a GA count.
>>>>>
>>>>> Who want to do that ?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks !
>>>>
>>>> In Apache JAMES I added a javascript tracking to the download links.
>>>> As we generate the pages using maven I added it to our skin.
>>>>
>>>> Here is the javascript that automatically track every link to gz, bz2,
>>>> zip, jar, asc, sar files. Please note that the trackDownloads methods
>>>> include the JAMES specific way to find the common part of the path in
>>>> mirror strings so that they are rewritten to
>> /downloads/relativefilepaths.
>>>> ---------------------
>>>> <script type="text/javascript">
>>>> if (document.getElementsByTagName) {
>>>> var hrefs = document.getElementsByTagName('a');
>>>> var extensions =
>> ["gz","bz2","zip","jar","asc","sar"];
>>>> for (var l = 0; l < hrefs.length; l++) {
>>>> // 0+ is a workaround for download.cgi script by ASF that
>>>> // is not happy with simple words in square brackets
>>>> if (hrefs[0+l] != "") {
>>>> var path = hrefs[0+l].pathname;
>>>> var external = hrefs[0+l].hostname != location.host;
>>>> if (external) {
>>>> var splitted = path.split('.');
>>>> var ext = splitted[0+splitted.length-1];
>>>> for (var e = 0; e < extensions.length; e++) {
>>>> if (extensions[0+e] == ext) {
>>>>
>> startListening(hrefs[0+l],"click",trackDownloads);
>>>> }
>>>> }
>>>> }
>>>> }
>>>> }
>>>> }
>>>>
>>>> function startListening (obj,evnt,func) {
>>>> if (obj.addEventListener) {
>>>> obj.addEventListener(evnt,func,false);
>>>> } else if ( obj.attachEvent) {
>>>> obj.attachEvent("on" + evnt,func);
>>>> }
>>>> }
>>>>
>>>> function trackDownloads (evnt) {
>>>> var lnk;
>>>> if (evnt.srcElement) {
>>>> var elmnt = evnt.srcElement;
>>>> while (elmnt.tagName != "A") {
>>>> var newelmnt = elmnt.parentNode;
>>>> elmnt = newelmnt;
>>>> }
>>>> lnk = elmnt.hostname + "/" + elmnt.pathname + elmnt.search;
>>>> } else {
>>>> lnk = this.hostname + this.pathname + this.search;
>>>> }
>>>>
>>>> var pos = lnk.indexOf("/james/");
>>>> if (pos != -1) {
>>>> lnk = lnk.substr (pos+7);
>>>> }
>>>> lnk = "/downloads/"+lnk;
>>>>
>>>> if (typeof(urchinTracker) == "function") {
>>>> urchinTracker(lnk);
>>>> }
>>>> }
>>>> </script>
>>>> ------------------------------------
>>>>
>>>> Hope this helps,
>>>> Stefano
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Regards,
>>> Cordialement,
>>> Emmanuel Lécharny
>>> www.iktek.com
>>>
>>
>
>
Re: Adding some google analytics to our downloads
Posted by Emmanuel Lecharny <el...@gmail.com>.
This is perfect !
let's see what will be the stats starting from today :)
On 9/12/07, Pierre-Arnaud Marcelot <pa...@marcelot.net> wrote:
> Hey Guys,
>
> I've prepared a new download page that can be tracked by Google Analytics.
>
> I've re-used the cgi script of the Apache Download Mirrors, the one that is
> used at the moment to download releases.
> But I have used our website template...
> So now, we can track our visitors when they download something and the page
> they get when trying to download something looks exactly the same as our
> website.
>
> It's as easy to use as is the current download system.
> Before, to link a download, you would use this url:
> http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/directory/studio/stable/1.0.0/Apache_Directory_Studio_1.0.0_MacOSX.dmg
> Now, you could use this one:
> http://directory.apache.org/studio/download/download.cgi/directory/studio/stable/1.0.0/Apache_Directory_Studio_1.0.0_MacOSX.dmg
>
> (To view the last url properly, you may need to use the proxy
> 140.211.11.10:80, as the page may not be rsynced yet on the website
> mirrors).
>
> WDYT ?
>
> P-A
>
>
>
> On 9/11/07, Emmanuel Lecharny <el...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Thanks Stefano !
> >
> > We will try to add those scripts to our confluenc WIKI.
> >
> > On 9/11/07, Stefano Bagnara <ap...@bago.org> wrote:
> > > Emmanuel Lecharny ha scritto:
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > we can't currently use GA to count the number of server downloads,
> > > > because the link is on a dynamic server (a mirror).
> > > >
> > > > We should create a page where we redirect to these dynamic pages, so
> > > > that we can have a GA count.
> > > >
> > > > Who want to do that ?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks !
> > >
> > >
> > > In Apache JAMES I added a javascript tracking to the download links.
> > > As we generate the pages using maven I added it to our skin.
> > >
> > > Here is the javascript that automatically track every link to gz, bz2,
> > > zip, jar, asc, sar files. Please note that the trackDownloads methods
> > > include the JAMES specific way to find the common part of the path in
> > > mirror strings so that they are rewritten to
> /downloads/relativefilepaths.
> > >
> > > ---------------------
> > > <script type="text/javascript">
> > > if (document.getElementsByTagName) {
> > > var hrefs = document.getElementsByTagName('a');
> > > var extensions =
> ["gz","bz2","zip","jar","asc","sar"];
> > > for (var l = 0; l < hrefs.length; l++) {
> > > // 0+ is a workaround for download.cgi script by ASF that
> > > // is not happy with simple words in square brackets
> > > if (hrefs[0+l] != "") {
> > > var path = hrefs[0+l].pathname;
> > > var external = hrefs[0+l].hostname != location.host;
> > > if (external) {
> > > var splitted = path.split('.');
> > > var ext = splitted[0+splitted.length-1];
> > > for (var e = 0; e < extensions.length; e++) {
> > > if (extensions[0+e] == ext) {
> > >
> startListening(hrefs[0+l],"click",trackDownloads);
> > > }
> > > }
> > > }
> > > }
> > > }
> > > }
> > >
> > > function startListening (obj,evnt,func) {
> > > if (obj.addEventListener) {
> > > obj.addEventListener(evnt,func,false);
> > > } else if ( obj.attachEvent) {
> > > obj.attachEvent("on" + evnt,func);
> > > }
> > > }
> > >
> > > function trackDownloads (evnt) {
> > > var lnk;
> > > if (evnt.srcElement) {
> > > var elmnt = evnt.srcElement;
> > > while (elmnt.tagName != "A") {
> > > var newelmnt = elmnt.parentNode;
> > > elmnt = newelmnt;
> > > }
> > > lnk = elmnt.hostname + "/" + elmnt.pathname + elmnt.search;
> > > } else {
> > > lnk = this.hostname + this.pathname + this.search;
> > > }
> > >
> > > var pos = lnk.indexOf("/james/");
> > > if (pos != -1) {
> > > lnk = lnk.substr (pos+7);
> > > }
> > > lnk = "/downloads/"+lnk;
> > >
> > > if (typeof(urchinTracker) == "function") {
> > > urchinTracker(lnk);
> > > }
> > > }
> > > </script>
> > > ------------------------------------
> > >
> > > Hope this helps,
> > > Stefano
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Regards,
> > Cordialement,
> > Emmanuel Lécharny
> > www.iktek.com
> >
>
>
--
Regards,
Cordialement,
Emmanuel Lécharny
www.iktek.com
Re: Adding some google analytics to our downloads
Posted by Pierre-Arnaud Marcelot <pa...@marcelot.net>.
Hey Guys,
I've prepared a new download page that can be tracked by Google Analytics.
I've re-used the cgi script of the Apache Download Mirrors, the one that is
used at the moment to download releases.
But I have used our website template...
So now, we can track our visitors when they download something and the page
they get when trying to download something looks exactly the same as our
website.
It's as easy to use as is the current download system.
Before, to link a download, you would use this url:
http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/directory/studio/stable/1.0.0/Apache_Directory_Studio_1.0.0_MacOSX.dmg
Now, you could use this one:
http://directory.apache.org/studio/download/download.cgi/directory/studio/stable/1.0.0/Apache_Directory_Studio_1.0.0_MacOSX.dmg
(To view the last url properly, you may need to use the proxy
140.211.11.10:80, as the page may not be rsynced yet on the website
mirrors).
WDYT ?
P-A
On 9/11/07, Emmanuel Lecharny <el...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Thanks Stefano !
>
> We will try to add those scripts to our confluenc WIKI.
>
> On 9/11/07, Stefano Bagnara <ap...@bago.org> wrote:
> > Emmanuel Lecharny ha scritto:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > we can't currently use GA to count the number of server downloads,
> > > because the link is on a dynamic server (a mirror).
> > >
> > > We should create a page where we redirect to these dynamic pages, so
> > > that we can have a GA count.
> > >
> > > Who want to do that ?
> > >
> > > Thanks !
> >
> >
> > In Apache JAMES I added a javascript tracking to the download links.
> > As we generate the pages using maven I added it to our skin.
> >
> > Here is the javascript that automatically track every link to gz, bz2,
> > zip, jar, asc, sar files. Please note that the trackDownloads methods
> > include the JAMES specific way to find the common part of the path in
> > mirror strings so that they are rewritten to
> /downloads/relativefilepaths.
> >
> > ---------------------
> > <script type="text/javascript">
> > if (document.getElementsByTagName) {
> > var hrefs = document.getElementsByTagName('a');
> > var extensions = ["gz","bz2","zip","jar","asc","sar"];
> > for (var l = 0; l < hrefs.length; l++) {
> > // 0+ is a workaround for download.cgi script by ASF that
> > // is not happy with simple words in square brackets
> > if (hrefs[0+l] != "") {
> > var path = hrefs[0+l].pathname;
> > var external = hrefs[0+l].hostname != location.host;
> > if (external) {
> > var splitted = path.split('.');
> > var ext = splitted[0+splitted.length-1];
> > for (var e = 0; e < extensions.length; e++) {
> > if (extensions[0+e] == ext) {
> > startListening(hrefs[0+l],"click",trackDownloads);
> > }
> > }
> > }
> > }
> > }
> > }
> >
> > function startListening (obj,evnt,func) {
> > if (obj.addEventListener) {
> > obj.addEventListener(evnt,func,false);
> > } else if (obj.attachEvent) {
> > obj.attachEvent("on" + evnt,func);
> > }
> > }
> >
> > function trackDownloads (evnt) {
> > var lnk;
> > if (evnt.srcElement) {
> > var elmnt = evnt.srcElement;
> > while (elmnt.tagName != "A") {
> > var newelmnt = elmnt.parentNode;
> > elmnt = newelmnt;
> > }
> > lnk = elmnt.hostname + "/" + elmnt.pathname + elmnt.search;
> > } else {
> > lnk = this.hostname + this.pathname + this.search;
> > }
> >
> > var pos = lnk.indexOf("/james/");
> > if (pos != -1) {
> > lnk = lnk.substr(pos+7);
> > }
> > lnk = "/downloads/"+lnk;
> >
> > if (typeof(urchinTracker) == "function") {
> > urchinTracker(lnk);
> > }
> > }
> > </script>
> > ------------------------------------
> >
> > Hope this helps,
> > Stefano
> >
> >
>
>
> --
> Regards,
> Cordialement,
> Emmanuel Lécharny
> www.iktek.com
>
Re: Adding some google analytics to our downloads
Posted by Emmanuel Lecharny <el...@gmail.com>.
Thanks Stefano !
We will try to add those scripts to our confluenc WIKI.
On 9/11/07, Stefano Bagnara <ap...@bago.org> wrote:
> Emmanuel Lecharny ha scritto:
> > Hi,
> >
> > we can't currently use GA to count the number of server downloads,
> > because the link is on a dynamic server (a mirror).
> >
> > We should create a page where we redirect to these dynamic pages, so
> > that we can have a GA count.
> >
> > Who want to do that ?
> >
> > Thanks !
>
>
> In Apache JAMES I added a javascript tracking to the download links.
> As we generate the pages using maven I added it to our skin.
>
> Here is the javascript that automatically track every link to gz, bz2,
> zip, jar, asc, sar files. Please note that the trackDownloads methods
> include the JAMES specific way to find the common part of the path in
> mirror strings so that they are rewritten to /downloads/relativefilepaths.
>
> ---------------------
> <script type="text/javascript">
> if (document.getElementsByTagName) {
> var hrefs = document.getElementsByTagName('a');
> var extensions = ["gz","bz2","zip","jar","asc","sar"];
> for (var l = 0; l < hrefs.length; l++) {
> // 0+ is a workaround for download.cgi script by ASF that
> // is not happy with simple words in square brackets
> if (hrefs[0+l] != "") {
> var path = hrefs[0+l].pathname;
> var external = hrefs[0+l].hostname != location.host;
> if (external) {
> var splitted = path.split('.');
> var ext = splitted[0+splitted.length-1];
> for (var e = 0; e < extensions.length; e++) {
> if (extensions[0+e] == ext) {
> startListening(hrefs[0+l],"click",trackDownloads);
> }
> }
> }
> }
> }
> }
>
> function startListening (obj,evnt,func) {
> if (obj.addEventListener) {
> obj.addEventListener(evnt,func,false);
> } else if (obj.attachEvent) {
> obj.attachEvent("on" + evnt,func);
> }
> }
>
> function trackDownloads (evnt) {
> var lnk;
> if (evnt.srcElement) {
> var elmnt = evnt.srcElement;
> while (elmnt.tagName != "A") {
> var newelmnt = elmnt.parentNode;
> elmnt = newelmnt;
> }
> lnk = elmnt.hostname + "/" + elmnt.pathname + elmnt.search;
> } else {
> lnk = this.hostname + this.pathname + this.search;
> }
>
> var pos = lnk.indexOf("/james/");
> if (pos != -1) {
> lnk = lnk.substr(pos+7);
> }
> lnk = "/downloads/"+lnk;
>
> if (typeof(urchinTracker) == "function") {
> urchinTracker(lnk);
> }
> }
> </script>
> ------------------------------------
>
> Hope this helps,
> Stefano
>
>
--
Regards,
Cordialement,
Emmanuel Lécharny
www.iktek.com
Re: Adding some google analytics to our downloads
Posted by Stefano Bagnara <ap...@bago.org>.
Emmanuel Lecharny ha scritto:
> Hi,
>
> we can't currently use GA to count the number of server downloads,
> because the link is on a dynamic server (a mirror).
>
> We should create a page where we redirect to these dynamic pages, so
> that we can have a GA count.
>
> Who want to do that ?
>
> Thanks !
In Apache JAMES I added a javascript tracking to the download links.
As we generate the pages using maven I added it to our skin.
Here is the javascript that automatically track every link to gz, bz2,
zip, jar, asc, sar files. Please note that the trackDownloads methods
include the JAMES specific way to find the common part of the path in
mirror strings so that they are rewritten to /downloads/relativefilepaths.
---------------------
<script type="text/javascript">
if (document.getElementsByTagName) {
var hrefs = document.getElementsByTagName('a');
var extensions = ["gz","bz2","zip","jar","asc","sar"];
for (var l = 0; l < hrefs.length; l++) {
// 0+ is a workaround for download.cgi script by ASF that
// is not happy with simple words in square brackets
if (hrefs[0+l] != "") {
var path = hrefs[0+l].pathname;
var external = hrefs[0+l].hostname != location.host;
if (external) {
var splitted = path.split('.');
var ext = splitted[0+splitted.length-1];
for (var e = 0; e < extensions.length; e++) {
if (extensions[0+e] == ext) {
startListening(hrefs[0+l],"click",trackDownloads);
}
}
}
}
}
}
function startListening (obj,evnt,func) {
if (obj.addEventListener) {
obj.addEventListener(evnt,func,false);
} else if (obj.attachEvent) {
obj.attachEvent("on" + evnt,func);
}
}
function trackDownloads (evnt) {
var lnk;
if (evnt.srcElement) {
var elmnt = evnt.srcElement;
while (elmnt.tagName != "A") {
var newelmnt = elmnt.parentNode;
elmnt = newelmnt;
}
lnk = elmnt.hostname + "/" + elmnt.pathname + elmnt.search;
} else {
lnk = this.hostname + this.pathname + this.search;
}
var pos = lnk.indexOf("/james/");
if (pos != -1) {
lnk = lnk.substr(pos+7);
}
lnk = "/downloads/"+lnk;
if (typeof(urchinTracker) == "function") {
urchinTracker(lnk);
}
}
</script>
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Hope this helps,
Stefano