Adding Google Analytics to XSites
Document 7022
Revised 8/25/2008 LD1


Google Analytics is Google's premiere web statistics and tracking tool. While your XSite already contains its very own web statistics, some more advanced XSite users prefer Google's more powerful tool as it can also help you relate your web traffic to your site's goals and purposes.

NOTE: Google Analytics is a third party tool and is beyond the control of a la mode. As such, our technicians will not be able to provide support for this process.

This document explains how to add Google Analytics into an XSite.

  
 

 

In order to add Google Analytics to your XSite, you must first sign up for a free Google Analytics account. If you do not already have an Analytics account, go to http://www.google.com/analytics/sign_up.html and create a free account. Then, once you have your Analytics account, you can add it to your XSite.

  1. Log into your Google Analytics account and click the Edit link in the Settings column beside your Website Profile.
  2. In the screen that appears, click Check Status to the upper right corner of the screen.
  3. Select and copy the code provided in the New Tracking Code box.


  4. Now, log into your XSite admin account and click XSite in the top toolbar.
  5. Once the XSite Wizard loads, click Site Footer in the Content pane on the left.
  6. Check the box to Include a custom footer and then click Customize.
  7. In the editor, click the HTML mode button at the bottom of the editor.


  8. At the end of any existing code in your footer, paste the code you copied (use Ctrl + V on the keyboard) from Google Analytics and click Update.
  9. Finally, click Save in the Site Footer step to save your changes.

After a few days of data collection, log into Google Analytics to review your web statistics.