Question

My company uses layout.phtml which is being shared by all the pages in the website,where I have inserted the basic Google Analytics code . Now I want to insert the Ecommerce tracking code into the partial head(any code specific to that page goes here)for only the confirmation page which is also sharing the layout.phtml page.
Do I have to include this again for ecommerce tracking code apart from the one in the Basic GA?

var _gaq = _gaq || []; 
_gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-XXXXX-X']);**

<—Ecommerece Tracking Code will go here—->

(function() {
var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true;
ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js';
var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s);
  })();

Else My Ecommerce tracking code, which is mainly :

_gaq.push(['_addTrans','','','','']);

_gaq.push(['_addItem','','','','','',]);

_gaq.push(['_trackTrans']);

which remains outside the Basic Google Analytics code. Would it still work?

This is how my code looks now when I view source my confirmation page:

var _gaq = _gaq || [];

_gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-XXXXX-X']);

_gaq.push(['_trackPageview']);

(function() {

 var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true;

  ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js';

  var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s);
})();

<!------Ecommerce tracking code for confirmation page--->

<?php if($this->tx_id == true && $this->rd['total'] == true){?>

_gaq.push(['_addTrans',<?=$this->tx_id ?>,'',<?=$this->rd['total']?>,'','','','','']);

<!------Items purchased------>

<?php foreach($this->dd as $sku=>$val) {

$i++;

$product_title= $this->pp[$sku]['title'];

$qty = $val['pt']['qty']; ?>

_gaq.push(['_addItem',

<?= $this->tx_id ?>,

<?= $sku ?>,

<?= $this->pp[$sku]['title'] ?>,

'',

<?= $this->pp[$sku]['price']?>,

<?= $qty ?>

 ]);

<?php }?>

 _gaq.push(['_trackTrans']); 

<?php  }?>

<!-------Ecommerce tracking code ends here---->

Could anyone please review it? Also Is there any way to test it before sending to prduction?

Answer 1

You don’t need to duplicate the tracking code.
addTrans, addItem and trackTrans can be called separately.

(you’re code seems to be ok.)