Setting Up and Using Google Analytics
- Sign-in to your netAdventist site.
- Select the Dashboard link at the bottom of the home page.
- Select the Settings tab at the top of the page.
- Choose the Google features from the left menu.
- Select the link Go to the google analytics website. You will be taken to the outside Google Analytics page. Use your Google email account if you aready have one and sign-in. If you don't have a Google account please follow the instructions to create one. You will be taken to your Analytics page where you can add a Web address for tracking your site.
- Select the add a website profile link.
- Add your site's URL (Web address) in the field provided and select Finish. You will return to your Analytics home page where you will see a script, starting with the words "script type." Highlight all the text in this field and copy this code with either ctrl "C" or by right-clicking with your mouse and then selecting Copy.
- Now return to your Settings/Google features page in your netAdventist site.
- Place your curser in the provided field and paste the copied code with ctrl "V" or by right-clicking on your mouse and selecting Paste. Now click on Save. By adding the script to this field you will be tracking all visits to your site.
- You can also add the Google Analytics script to a Web page on your site to collect data for that particular page. To do this, go to you page you wish to track under Content Pages in the Website pages tab. Select Edit to edit your page content. Then select HTML in the Editor toolbox.
- A dialog box will open showing the html script for your page. Put your curser on the very top line and press enter. In that space paste your script into the box, then click the Update button at the bottom of the screen.
- To view your analytical data return to your Google Analytics page and view the data there. This can also be done by returning to the Settings tab and selecting Google features, then clicking on the View website traffic on Google Analytics link.