Question

How can I get the value of the href attribute in a link to populate the _link() target url value using jquery?

This is the normal code:

<a href="http://www.mydomain.com/gallery/" onclick="_gaq.push(['_link', 'http://www.mydomain.com/gallery']); return false;">Gallery</a>

There are many links that need to be updated in this fashion.

Answer 1

You can create a class for the links you would like to run _gaq.push for and then use jQuery live() to bind the click event to them.

Give your links a class like gaq:

<a class="gaq" href="http://www.mydomain.com/gallery/">Gallery</a>

And use jQuery live() to give all links with this class the ability to run the push function on click.

$('.gaq').live('click', function() {
    _gaq.push(['_link', $(this).attr("href")]);
    return false;
});