[How To?] Adding tracking code to the AdminCP - Where?

[groovybluedog]

Hi,

I would like to add a Piwk tracking code to the Admin CP for a variety of reasons, such as spotting fraudulent activities, monitoring/assessing new staff, etc etc...

However I don't think the Admin CP has templates in the same way the front end does.

My question is: where may I add tracking code? There is a javascript code and a noscript image tracking code.

Thanks!

[.m.]

its rather unusual requirement !
anyway, look in file ~/admin/inc/class_page.php#L228

if($mybb->debug_mode)

make empty line above it and there you can add required codes with echo statements

echo "<script> ____________________ </script>";

however please ensure that you add only trusted script codes

[groovybluedog]

Hi,

I've just tried this and unfortunately I'm now getting errors within the admincp:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected 'text' (T_STRING), expecting ',' or ';' in /home/[domain]/public_html/web/admin/inc/class_page.php on line 228

The entire file: http://pastie.org/private/lb9d2uxzkrr7grxspuz3q

Even Notepad++'s syntax highlighting doesn't like the tracking code I put in where most text under the code is gray; even after making it all one line, it still generates errors.

The tracking code is:

<script type="text/javascript">
  var _paq = _paq || [];
  _paq.push(["setDomains", ["*.boa-clan.com"]]);
  _paq.push(['trackPageView']);
  _paq.push(['enableLinkTracking']);
  (function() {
    var u="TRACKING URL HERE";
    _paq.push(['setTrackerUrl', u+'piwik.php']);
    _paq.push(['setSiteId', 3]);
    var d=document, g=d.createElement('script'), s=d.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];
    g.type='text/javascript'; g.async=true; g.defer=true; g.src=u+'piwik.js'; s.parentNode.insertBefore(g,s);
  })();
</script>

Changing "<script type="text/javascript">" to "<script>" also did nothing.

I even tried using the image tracking fallback but that didn't work either

[.m.]

please check if below code works

echo '<script type="text/javascript">
  var _paq = _paq || [];
  _paq.push(["setDomains", ["*.boa-clan.com"]]);
  _paq.push([\'trackPageView\']);
  _paq.push([\'enableLinkTracking\']);
  (function() {
    var u="//URL-HERE";
    _paq.push([\'setTrackerUrl\', u+\'piwik.php\']);
    _paq.push([\'setSiteId\', 3]);
    var d=document, g=d.createElement(\'script\'), s=d.getElementsByTagName(\'script\')[0];
    g.type=\'text/javascript\'; g.async=true; g.defer=true; g.src=u+\'piwik.js\'; s.parentNode.insertBefore(g,s);
  })();
</script>'; 

[groovybluedog]

Hi,

Excellent, works perfectly and the syntax highlighting shows the entire script in grey, which is how it should have been. The tracking works great. Thank you so much! Two more things:

1) Would you mind sharing what you did so I can learn please? I've compared my and your code and can't see an obvious difference?

2) In which page and where would I need to put the code to cover the login page?

Thanks!

[Devilshakerz]

1) Would you mind sharing what you did so I can learn please? I've compared my and your code and can't see an obvious difference?

Apostrophes (') within the JavaScript code needed to be escaped with a backslash (\'), since they are used to enclose a PHP string (see https://secure.php.net/manual/en/languag...string.php).

2) In which page and where would I need to put the code to cover the login page?

Try before the </body> tag in https://github.com/mybb/mybb/blob/mybb_1...e.php#L496