Re: Upcoming tool: Goal tracking URL generator

Hey gents,

Thanks for the reply fr0zenice, I actually made a attempt a few weeks ago [0] and forgot to follow up on it.

You are right, it fits the job. 

The feature I want to do is basically to streamline things (i.e. less manipulations).

Let's see later how we can make a small script that actually commit using your own github repo (i.e. oauth) and creates a pull request to the webplatform/Shortlinks repository. This way, we could only have to ask somebody with rights to the webplatform organization to merge the pull request and activate the link.

Let's put a hold on this thread for now, I archived it in the issue tracker and refer to this conversation [1]


  [0]: https://github.com/webplatform/Shortlinks/commit/3bba922e621d395a6e7303f7aced87e816cb6945#diff-191573281e4a376f2a0ec23e0fc45fec
  [0]: http://wpd.mx/example/
  [1]: http://project.webplatform.org/community/issues/6

Renoir 
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On 2013-10-09, at 1:55 PM, David Kirstein <frozenice@frozenice.de> wrote:

> Nice! Grab me on IRC or send a mail to talk.
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> As for the URL shortener, I support Patrick’s idea to do this via wpd.mx: We can easily put the logic behindwpd.mx on the WPD servers, the tech is described at http://frozenice.de/blog/how-the-wpd-mx-shortlink-service-works/ (it’s really not that complicated). We could then add a service for e.g. Wiki-Admins (permission check) to generate short URLs with random slugs (so they don’t disturb the keywords in the wpd.mx repo, or maybe add a namespace kinda thing, like wpd.mx/t/12qop9eukhuf [“t” for tracking]). No need for an extra 3rdparty software, we can easily put that together ourselves. :)
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> -fro ß you can call me that btw! It’s what signatures are for, really. ;)
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> From: Andre Jay Meissner [mailto:ameissne@adobe.com] 
> Sent: Mittwoch, 9. Oktober 2013 12:49
> To: Renoir Boulanger
> Cc: David Kirstein; Patrick D'Souza
> Subject: Re: Upcoming tool: Goal tracking URL generator
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> Happy to chat, just let me know where and when, Renoir. But I go by "Jay". And believe David prefers "frozenice". :)
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> Cheers,
> *Jay
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> Von: Renoir Boulanger <renoir@w3.org>
> Datum: KW 41 | Mittwoch, 9. Oktober 2013 04:18
> Cc: David Kirstein <frozenice@frozenice.de>, Patrick D'Souza <pdsouza@about.com>, Andre Jay Meissner <ameissne@adobe.com>
> Betreff: Re: Upcoming tool: Goal tracking URL generator
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> Sorry guys for double posting
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> I sent the previous using my mobile.me e-mail.
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> Can you ignore it, please :)
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> BTW, I sent to public-wpd-analytics as it is more fitting than the general public mailing-list.
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> Renoir 
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> On 2013-10-08, at 10:15 PM, Renoir Boulanger <renoirb@me.com> wrote:
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> Hey everybody,
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> Today I built a quick utility to generate URL specific to Piwik.
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> This small utility is referred to as "URL Generator utility".
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> I have the hopes to fulfill most of what is described in "What is missing" and "other things coming".
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> @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 :)
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> How it works:
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> 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
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> What is missing:
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> 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)
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> Other things coming:
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> 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
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> 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.
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> 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)
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> 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 :)
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> 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]
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> Note: The utility uses CORS specification and will only work under docs and blog subdomains.
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> Renoir Boulanger
> Frontend & Software developer
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> https://renoirboulanger.com/#is
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> <bookmarklet-code.png><adhoc-form.png>