Complete package to use google analytics in your rails application. It supports recording to google analytics:
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for normal web browsers (javascript)
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for mobile handsets (gif)
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programmatically (events)
Add to your Gemfile:
gem 'garails'
and run ‘bundle install’.
Then create a config/initializers/garails.rb with the following content:
Garails.ga_account = 'UA-12345678-9' # Garails.ga_cookie_domain = '.mydomain.com' # Garails.ga_hostname = 'www.mydomain.com'
Add to your layout (usually app/views/layouts/application.html.erb) in the head section:
<html>
<head>
<title>My App</title>
...
<%= google_analytics_tracking_javascript %>
</head>
<body>
...
In your layout for mobile handsets without Javascript support, add at the very bottom of the body the following:
<%= utm_tag %>
In your view or controller you can record events by using:
ga_event(category, action, label, value)
See code.google.com/apis/analytics/docs/tracking/eventTrackerGuide.html for details. label and value are optional.