Re: New tool: Goal tracking URL generator

The bookmarklet, simpler way:

http://test.webplatform.org/tracking/

Drag and drop the link to your browser's  bookmarks bar.

The code is deployed on test.webplatform.org, Beware, it WILL change soon enough.

Renoir 
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On 2013-10-08, at 10:17 PM, Renoir Boulanger <renoir@w3.org> wrote:

> Hey everybody,
> 
> Today I built a quick utility to generate URL specific to Piwik.
> 
> This small utility is referred to as "URL Generator utility".
> 
> I have the hopes to fulfill most of what is described in "What is missing" and "other things coming".
> 
> @David, Andre, I'd like to talk with you guys about what has been done and what it requires so I might find a way to connect them together. Without the need to use a Google docs form :)
> 
> 
> How it works:
> 
> 0. Assuming you are on a WPD page and you want to track visits
> 2. Enable the URL generator using the new bookmarklet  (see below for "Bookmarklet code")
> 3. The webpage adds a new form, you can adjust the parameters [attachment ad-hoc-form.png]
> 4. Required fields are pre-filled. Note that the campaign name is based on the domain name, adjust to suit your taste
> 5. Click Generate URL button
> 6. Copy the generated URL and optionally shorten it using your favourite URL shortener service
> 
> 
> What is missing:
> 
> 1. Ensure fields replaces spaces and remove accents in fields
> 2. Find other place where to enable (currently only in Blog, Docs sub domains)
> 3. Switch to create a timed cookie specific to an event 
> 4. Optional: Auto-shorten URL… and/or use our own shortener service?  (I found a few open source ones)
> 
> 
> Other things coming:
> 
> 1. Make a system that creates a cookie specific to an event, configurable via the URL Generator utility
> 2. Make a JavaScript goal conversion call to Piwik ("goal publisher")
> 3. Find a way to retrieve the username, send using the goal publisher
> 4. If goal conversion event is happening within a browser with the cookie specific to an event, send using the goal publisher
> 
> 
> Bookmarklet code:
> 1. Drag-drop any web address on your browser toolbar to make a bookmark
> 2. Change the URL [attachment bookmarklet-code.png] for the following, then save it.
> 
> javascript:var d=document,g=d.createElement("script"),s=d.getElementsByTagName("script")[0];g.type="text/javascript";g.defer=true;g.async=true;g.src="http://test.webplatform.org/tracking/manager.js";s.parentNode.insertBefore(g,s)
> 
> PS: I will find a way to make it drag droppable later, it is an encoding issue that I need to put more time than the 10 attempts I had so far :)
> 
> On a page within docs, blog (e.g. http://blog.webplatform.org/2013/08/web-platform-wednesday-week-16-left-over-fondue/) click the bookmarklet, something should appear. [1]
> 
> Note: The utility uses CORS specification and will only work under docs and blog subdomains.
> 
> Renoir 
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