The new code doesn't work with checkout tracking. Did anyone managed
to get new analytics code work with the async code?
Does I need a change in the checkout templates too?

Thanks in advance,

2010/8/4 Alessandro Ronchi <[email protected]>:
>
>
> 2010/8/4 John-Scott Atlakson <[email protected]>
>>
>> Satchmo 'tip' uses the latest async code snippet from Google.
>>
>> However, Google seems to change their recommendation of where to place
>> this snippet without necessarily announcing it.
>>
>> Currently they recommend placing the snippet just before the closing
>> </head> tag [1].
>>
>> From a cursory search of the current tip of Satchmo, this snippet is
>> inserted into satchmo_store/shop/templates/shop/base.html just before the
>> closing </body> tag [2]. I'm nearly 100% confident that this was the
>> recommended location previously. But as mentioned, Google seems to randomly
>> change this recommendation without explanation. They have their own reasons,
>> based on incredible volumes of data, so I'm not inclined to argue with them.
>>
>> However, to the OP's point, using the async snippet should/will reduce
>> page load times without affecting your current tracking, so you should
>> upgrade your snippet. I do not use Satchmo as an all-in-one solution, it's
>> always integrated with a proper Django project, so I do not rely on the
>> built in templates very much. As such, I cannot speak to any issues you
>> might have upgrading your particular installation.
>>
>> Cheers,
>
>
> I'm sure that async was to put on header also some months ago, when it was
> still a beta feature and not the main js code for stats.
> Surely ga.js has to be included just before body end.
>
> I think Satchmo integration of google analytics is not standard, because it
> track orders data. If you tell me that it's simply a matter of change the
> code included as this code:
> http://bitbucket.org/chris1610/satchmo/changeset/e94bae47e14f
> and the checkout process does the rest of tracking without problems, it
> needs only to be splitten in two parts, one for urchin in the bottom (with
> an if to check if urchin is used) and one before head closing, for async
> mode.
>
>
> --
> Alessandro Ronchi
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>
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