Adding tracking code to footer.

Nuke Soldier Joined: Jan 30, 2003 Posts: 34 Location: USA

Even though I have donated to Nukecops, I didn't know exactly where to post this, so here goes.

I've searched and read a lot of posts about javascript, but can't seem to get my problem licked using the methods suggested.

I want to include a tracking code in the footer section. Here is the code:

<script language="javascript">
var data, p;
var agt=navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase();
var img=escape("./buttons/b5.jpg");
document.cookie='__support_check=1';
p='http';
if((location.href.substr(0,6)=='https:')||(location.href.substr(0,6)=='HTTPS:')) {p='https';} data = '&agt=' + escape(agt) + '&img=' + img + '&r=' + escape(document.referrer) + '&aN=' + escape(navigator.appName) + '&lg=' + escape(navigator.systemLanguage) + '&OS=' + escape(navigator.platform) + '&aV=' + escape(navigator.appVersion);
if(navigator.appVersion.substring(0,1)>'3') {data = data + '&cd=' + screen.colorDepth + '&p=' + escape(screen.width+ 'x'+screen.height) + '&je=' + navigator.javaEnabled();};
document.write('<a href="http://www.outdoorscentral.com/stats/template.php?a=outdoorscentral">');
document.write('<img border=0 hspace=0 '+'vspace=0 src="http://www.outdoorscentral.com/stats/counter.php?a=outdoorscentral' + data + '"> </a>');
</script>
<noscript>
<a href="http://www.outdoorscentral.com/stats/template.php?a=outdoorscentral">
<img border=0 hspace=0 vspace=0 src="http://www.outdoorscentral.com/stats/counter.php?a=outdoorscentral"></a></noscript>

I have tried the admin footer and tried adding it to the footer file. Any help on this one would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks
Bill Shiver

General Joined: Mar 22, 2003 Posts: 5233 Location: USA

If you've read my many posts on this, then you know to use the $content = <<<_JAVASCRIPT_ tags correct? So embedding the JavaScript is not your problem, correct? So then is your problem just a matter of knowing what script to place it in? In other words, can you embed this code and make it work, just to know that you have the methodology down

Code:

$jscode = <<<_JAVASCRIPT_
<script>alert('Yes!');</script>
_JAVASCRIPT_;
echo $jscode;

If you can't get this to popup a js window then you are not embedding the code correctly. If you can, then you are embedding it correctly and it's a script placement issue.

Nuke Soldier Joined: Jan 30, 2003 Posts: 34 Location: USA

Raven, I cut out your sample and it pops up fine in an html doc, but I cannot get it to work in the footer of the nuke site. I know its something dumb, but it just doesn't work. I tried going into admin and inserting it into the footer box. No luck. I tried inserting it into the theme's footer html, and no luck.

I appreciate your help but I'm having no luck. Add that to the fact I'm a dummy and that about says it all.

Thanks
Bill

General Joined: Mar 22, 2003 Posts: 5233 Location: USA

Show me how you tried to insert it into the footer.

Nuke Soldier Joined: Jan 30, 2003 Posts: 34 Location: USA

Well, I cut out the code, opened admin and pasted the code into the footer no. 3 box. That did't work. I use NukeNews theme, so I opened the footer.html and pasted the code into that. All it did was show the code text at the bottom of the page. I apologize for being dense, but I'm pretty new at this.

Thanks again,

Bill

General Joined: Mar 22, 2003 Posts: 5233 Location: USA

Try modifying footer.php Wink

.

In general, if you are adding it to HTML, then you must wrap it in <? ?> because it is PHP code, not HTML.

Nuke Soldier Joined: Jan 30, 2003 Posts: 34 Location: USA

I've tried footer.php, footer.html, all the footers in the theme and the global footer. I've tried wrapping with <? ?> and when I do that it just shows the code printed in text on the page.

If I understand correctly, something like this should work.

<?
$jscode = <<<_JAVASCRIPT_
<script>MY Script Code Inserted Here</script>
_JAVASCRIPT_;
echo $jscode;
?>

By the way, I tried with with and without a return after JAVASCRIPT_, it didn't make a differece.

Thanks for your help on this, but its beginning to look like this code just won't work on the page.

Bill

General Joined: Mar 22, 2003 Posts: 5233 Location: USA

Yes it will. I tried it. I am going to post footer.php with some test code to prove it to you Wink

I'll be back .....

General Joined: Mar 22, 2003 Posts: 5233 Location: USA

Here is the test code added to function footmsg() in footer.php; it works perfectly.

Code: