Gaug.es – Real-time tracking¶
Gaug.es is an easy way to implement real-time tracking for multiple websites.
Installation¶
To start using the Gaug.es integration, you must have installed the
django-analytical package and have added the analytical
application
to INSTALLED_APPS
in your project settings.py
file.
See Installation and configuration for details.
Next you need to add the Gaug.es template tag to your templates.
This step is only needed if you are not using the generic
analytical.*
tags. If you are, skip to
Configuration.
The Gaug.es Javascript code is inserted into templates using a
template tag. Load the gauges
template tag library and
insert the gauges
tag. Because every page that you want to
track must have the tag, it is useful to add it to your base template.
Insert the tag at the top of the HTML head:
{% load gauges %}
<html>
<head>
{% gauges %}
...
Configuration¶
Before you can use the Gaug.es integration, you must first set your site id.
Setting the site id¶
Gaug.es gives you a unique site id, and the gauges
tag will include it in the rendered Javascript code. You can find your
site id by clicking the Tracking Code link when logged into
the on the gaug.es website. A page will display containing
HTML code looking like this:
<script type="text/javascript">
var _gauges = _gauges || [];
(function() {
var t = document.createElement('script');
t.type = 'text/javascript';
t.async = true;
t.id = 'gauges-tracker';
t.setAttribute('data-site-id', 'XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX');
t.src = '//secure.gaug.es/track.js';
var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];
s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s);
})();
</script>
The code XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
is your site id. Set
GAUGES_SITE_ID
in the project settings.py
file:
GAUGES_SITE_ID = 'XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX'
If you do not set an site id, the Javascript code will not be rendered.
Internal IP addresses¶
Usually you do not want to track clicks from your development or
internal IP addresses. By default, if the tags detect that the client
comes from any address in the ANALYTICAL_INTERNAL_IPS
setting
(which is INTERNAL_IPS
by default,) the tracking code is
commented out. See Identifying authenticated users for important information
about detecting the visitor IP address.