Setting up Google Analytics on your Tendenci site


Did you know that you can use Google Analytics with Tendenci for free? Not only is a Google Analytics account free but you can now add it to your website from the Tendenci console.

Google analytics urchinGoogle Analytics is a tool that lets you easily tell how many visitors you have, hits, what countries they are coming from, etc.

To set up Google Analytics on your Web site, follow these steps:
  1. Sign in to your Google account (or create a new one) here:  http://www.google.com/analytics/sign_up.html

  2. Set up your site profile:
    1. From the Analytics Settings page, click Add Website Profile
    2. Select Add a Profile for a new domain
    3. Enter the URL of the site you will be tracking, making sure to select either http:// (most common) or https:// (secure site) from the drop-down list
    4. Click Finish. The Tracking Status page appears, containing the tracking code necessary for the next steps *The tracking code for Google analytics is changing. Please use the 'New Tracking Code' code

  3. Add the Tracking Code to your website  
  1. On the Tendenci Admin Console (ex:yoursite.com/en) there is a section under Admin Links called Manage SEM
 
You can also access this page by going to yoursite.com/en/sem/manage/
 
2. Choose Option#2 Edit your Google Analytics code
 
3. Paste the new code in the window and click update
 

 
4. That's it. You're done!
    Now you can log-in and view traffic history in a number of different ways, work on your Web marketing optimization and even work with your AdSense accounts.

    Have questions?  Visit the Google Analytics Support page or contact us at (281) 497.6567.