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diff --git a/doc/todo/Google_Analytics_support.mdwn b/doc/todo/Google_Analytics_support.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 000000000..8bbb1c69b --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/todo/Google_Analytics_support.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,31 @@ +[[!template id=gitbranch branch=GiuseppeBilotta/google-analytics +author="[[GiuseppeBilotta]]"]] + +I've extended the google plugin to add support for Google Analytics. +This is done in two steps: + +* a `google_sitesearch` config option is introduced, to allow disabling + sitesearch even when the `google` plugin is loaded +* a `google_analytics_account` config option is introduced. When it's + defined, its value is assumed to be a Google Analytics account ID + and the corresponding JavaScript code is automatically inserted in all + documents. The way this is done is shamelessy stolen from the flattr + plugin + +> Putting this in the google plugin does not seem to be a good approach. +> That this "functionality" is offered by the same company as google search +> is really of no consequence. + +Well, my idea was to put all Google-related functionality (in the sense +of support for any service provided by Google) into the google plugin. +The alternative would have been to have one separate plugin per feature, +but that doesn't sound particularly nice to me. I can split it in a +separate plugin if you believe it's cleaner that way + +> Also, can't this be easily accomplished by editing page.tmpl? --[[Joey]] + +Yes, and so would flattr. But precisely because this kind of code would require +editing page.tmpl, doing it the manual way carries the burden of keeping it in +sync across Ikiwiki updates (I'm sure I don't need to mention the number of +help requests that essentially boil down to "oops, I was using custom templates +and hadn't updated them"). |