Thanks I implemented this on my site and works great!
http://www.annelangdon.com/

This is awesome!  I noticed that when I change the event type to imageData that the tracker sends a hit to Google when the image is viewed.  Is there any way to change it to where it just sends a hit if the image were clicked (Where that image would have a link assoicated with it)?

import net.slideshowpro.slideshowpro.*;
import com.google.analytics.AnalyticsTracker; 
import com.google.analytics.GATracker; 
var tracker:AnalyticsTracker = new GATracker( this, "UA-692258-24", "AS3", true ); 

function onSlideShowData(event:SSPDataEvent) {
if (event.type=="imageData") {
trace(event.data.link);
tracker.trackPageview("/"+event.data.link);
}
}
my_ssp.addEventListener(SSPDataEvent.IMAGE_DATA, onSlideShowData);

Last edited by grantmx (2009-09-23 20:19:58)

Google Analytics on Video Click

First of all thankyou damado for your great article on GA


I'm using  SlideshowPro with ThumbGrid
Have AS3 code (below) working for src from the xml file
But would like to refine this more where GA tracks the (Hits) video play button when it is clicked

Hope someone can help with this
Thank you in advance

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import net.slideshowpro.slideshowpro.*;
import com.google.analytics.AnalyticsTracker;
import com.google.analytics.GATracker;
var tracker:AnalyticsTracker = new GATracker( this, "UA-XXXXXX", "AS3", true );

function onSlideShowData(event:SSPDataEvent) {
if (event.type=="imageData") {
trace(event.data.src);
tracker.trackPageview("/"+event.data.src);
}
}
my_ssp.addEventListener(SSPDataEvent.IMAGE_DATA, onSlideShowData);

Virtsorrent wrote:

But would like to refine this more where GA tracks the (Hits) video play button when it is clicked

This can be done using the videoStart event.

function onVideoEvent(event:SSPVideoEvent) {
    if (event.type=="videoStart") {

tracker.trackPageview("/your-link-here");
    }
}

my_ssp.addEventListener(SSPVideoEvent.VIDEO_START, onVideoEvent);

Last edited by annepautler (2010-02-24 21:26:20)

I got this code to work, with AS3 flash, set the debug to false, I am using director on my own server.  I have a unique page for each section of my site and each section has its own SSP instance, so I can track that it was loaded.  I have not tied it to note when the video was played, so im not yet getting that data.  I might try anne's code and see if it works.  tricky part is it takes a day to see if the data is passed.  so be patient when testing.

Best,
Slideshowpro fan

This is a great thread.  I have a site that uses a "baseplate" master swf and the individual swf load in the baseplate.  I successfully added this code, but it send data to GA every time the slideshow changes pictures, which is not useful (eg, a user leaves the page open, walks away, and GA continues to count the slideshow images as they change).

I would like to have GA capture data when a user clicks an image on the Thumbgrid.  I've tried to amend the code to include onclick events, but they don't contain any data and it simply does not work.  Can someone please point me in the right direction?

The code works while testing in CS4, but when live I receive several 1009 errors. 

import net.slideshowpro.slideshowpro.*;
import net.slideshowpro.thumbgrid.*;
import com.google.analytics.AnalyticsTracker;
import com.google.analytics.GATracker;
var tracker:AnalyticsTracker = new GATracker( this, "UA-XXXXXXX", "AS3", true );

function onSlideShowData(event: TGThumbEvent) {
if (event.type=="clickThumb") {
trace("Image: " + event.data.file);
tracker.trackPageview("/"+event.data.file);
}
}
my_tg.addEventListener(TGThumbEvent.CLICK_THUMB, onSlideShowData);

Last edited by orintas (2010-04-19 02:30:10)

Thank You annepautler for your reply to my query and my apologies for the lateness of my reply.
Fortunately for me it's been a busy year.

Anyway back to Google Analytics
Re: On Video Click

annepautler wrote:

This can be done using the videoStart event.

Code:

function onVideoEvent(event:SSPVideoEvent) {
    if (event.type=="videoStart") {

tracker.trackPageview("/your-link-here");
    }
}

my_ssp.addEventListener(SSPVideoEvent.VIDEO_START, onVideoEvent);

Can the value for this please be clarified tracker.trackPageview("/your-link-here");

Is /your-link-here the path to the swf Example:  www.mysite.com/ssp.swf
or the html page the swf is in Example:  www.mysite.com
or am I completely wrong on both counts?
And if so, can someone please point me in the right direction.


I've also noticed on SSP Wiki http://wiki.slideshowpro.net/SSPplayer/API-Events

EVENT: videoStart includes  trace("video has started");

Should this also be in Google Analytics code (As Below)

import net.slideshowpro.slideshowpro.*;
function onVideoEvent(event:SSPVideoEvent) {
   if (event.type=="videoStart") {
      trace("video has started");
tracker.trackPageview("/your-link-here");
   }
} 
my_ssp.addEventListener(SSPVideoEvent.VIDEO_START, onVideoEvent);

I hope someone can advise on this.

Thank You
Ray

Okay, this is brilliant, it works great, but right now in GA admin, I see something like "/content-52" which of course does not match my websites URL string structure.  Right now, it takes a long time to actually figure out which image is 52!  I'd like the link in GA to go straight to the permalink for that image, taking into consideration the page/sub-page it is on.

I'm using the same .swf on every page of the site, and the XML is pulled dynamically from that page's java-script embed, so is there a way to pull the full URL, including permalink, in the AS3 tracking code?

So basically, I want the output of the code to give me:

/page/sub-page/num=album-XX&content-XX

But I'd like to get the /page/sub-page dynamically.  I can think of ways to do this very manually by using say, event.data.title and making the title of the image the URL string, but that is a lot of work for a site with a ton of pages and sub-pages (and therefore albums and images!).

I hope that makes sense, I can show you what I'm dealing with if you think there is a solution, the GA documentation is like reading icelandic!  I have a feeling the answer lies on this page, but hell if I can figure out what exactly I'm in need of:  http://code.google.com/apis/analytics/d … ctory.html

Thanks so much, a beer to anyone who can help!