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7/14/2008 1:32 PM
 

I recently upgraded our DNN instance from 3.x to 4.8.2.  We were already using Google Analytics for our DNN site, but after the upgrade, for some reason, the Google Analytics code was no longer appearing on the page when I did a view source in the browser.  I have the code in the skin like so:

<script runat="server" language="vb">
    Private Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
        Dim sb As New System.Text.StringBuilder
        sb.Append(Environment.NewLine & "<scr" & "ipt src=""https://ssl.google-analytics.com/urchin.js"" type=""text/javascript"">")
        sb.Append(Environment.NewLine & "</scr" & "ipt>" & Environment.NewLine)
        sb.Append("<scr" & "ipt type=""text/javascript"">" & Environment.NewLine)
        sb.Append("_uacct = ""UA-XXXXX-X"";" & Environment.NewLine)
        sb.Append("urchinTracker();" & Environment.NewLine)
        sb.Append("</scr" & "ipt>" & Environment.NewLine)
        Dim ph As System.Web.UI.WebControls.PlaceHolder
        ph = Page.FindControl("phDNNHead")
        If Not ph Is Nothing Then
            ph.Controls.Add(New System.Web.UI.LiteralControl(sb.ToString))
        End If
    End Sub
</script>

 

When I'm viewing the skin.ascx file in Visual Studio, I see the code above, but when I do a view source in the browser, it's like the code was never added.  It was working when I was running this same code in DNN 3.x.  Is there some issues with DNN 4.x and injecting javascript into a skin file in the way that I am doing above?  Has anyone else seen an issue like this?  I tried adding this code at the beginning and end of the skin file, but neither case worked.  I can't imagine that I'm the only one who has run into this problem.  Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 
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7/14/2008 11:37 PM
 

You probably added in the google analytics code to the default.aspx or skin.ascx file.   This file is often replaced during an upgrade, so it's not a good place to place the analytics code.    In fact, you shouldn't be modifying *any* of the core DNN code if you ever plan on upgrading your site to a later version.

What you should be doing is using one of the DNN modules linked on page 1 of this thread to display your Analytics.  I also have one available for download at my site.  Several of these ( including mine) are free, so there isn't any good reason to try and code in the analytics js yourself.

 
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