Using Google Analytics with Mediawiki

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Getting a Google Analytics account

• Get a free Google account
• Sign up for Google Analytics account
• You will get a javascript code that you need to include in each page that you want to track. The code must appear before the </body> tag. The code looks as follows:

<script src="http://www.google-analytics.com/urchin.js" type="text/javascript"> </script>
<script type="text/javascript"> _uacct = "UA-xxxxxx-x"; urchinTracker(); </script>

Configuring MediaWiki

• The installation of this code in MediaWiki is simple. Insert the code in your Monobook.php file. The location of Monobook.php file is as follows:

<you mediawiki installation dir>/skins/Monobook.php

• Open the file in a text editor (like vi) and scroll to the end of the file. Insert the code between the following lines:

<?php $this->html('reporttime') ?>

 </body>
</html>
<?php
       wfRestoreWarnings();
       }
}

• Your final code would look like this:

       </ul>
     </div>
   </div>
   <?php $this->html('reporttime') ?>
   <script src="http://www.google-analytics.com/urchin.js" type="text/javascript"> </script>
   <script type="text/javascript"> _uacct = "UA-XXXXXX-X"; urchinTracker(); </script>
 </body>
</html>
<?php
       wfRestoreWarnings();
       }
}
?>