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Ben of creativecourage.org writes about Lifestyle Design, taking advantage of new opportunity on the internet and having a real life. I really enjoyed his last post for it’s authenticity. How to Pursue Lifestyle Design and Have a Girlfriend. Ben came to us struggling with some Google Analytics issues. (the best and really only analytics web software you should be using) After he sorted out how to get Google tracking his WordPress blog, he wanted to see the data easily. There’s an easy solution for him and other WordPress users looking to do the same…a simple plugin that takes 3 minutes to install. The Google Analytics Dashboard plugin gives you a convenient view of your google traffic data directly in the dashboard of WordPress. It’s easy to install and much more powerful than the default WordPress stats, which tends to be a bit off.
Interesting post Robert an something that is relatively easy to do too.
Yep, easy indeed! Thanks Graham. Let us know if you need any tweaks at http://www.houses-for-sale-in-spain.net or are looking for ways to reach a wider audience, love to work with you.
Interesting post Robert an something that is relatively easy to do too.
Yep, easy indeed! Thanks Graham. Let us know if you need any tweaks at http://www.houses-for-sale-in-spain.net or are looking for ways to reach a wider audience, love to work with you.
Rob,
I found out about your website a few minutes ago through one of Ben’s tweets. I just want to let you know that I ABSOLUTELY LOVE what you are doing here. It’s so cool that just about every post is helping somebody with a problem. Wishing you MUCH success!
All the best,
Greg
Thanks so much Greg, looking forward to helping YOU out…really appreciate the comment.
Rob,
I found out about your website a few minutes ago through one of Ben's tweets. I just want to let you know that I ABSOLUTELY LOVE what you are doing here. It's so cool that just about every post is helping somebody with a problem. Wishing you MUCH success!
All the best,
Greg
Rob,
I tried installing this and got the following message: “Google Analytics is not active. You must enter your UA string for it to work.” when I clicked on Google Analytics under Settings. But I’m not sure what this is. Can you let me know what I should do?
Thanks!
I’d be glad to help you!
First question…do you already have google analytics set up and tracking
installed on your blog? It sounds like you either didn’t pick a website in
the plugin dashboard, or you don’t have tracking already installed on your
blog (which if you need help with that, check out an earlier post here –
https://itarsenal.com/installing-google-analytics-wordpress-plugin/)
If you’d like, I’d be glad to log into your blog and take a look at what
could be causing the trouble!
-r
—
Robert Granholm
https://itarsenal.com
http://thelifedesignproject.com
E-mailed you, sounds like you don’t have tracking set up yet, or you haven’t chosen a profile in the WordPress dashboard.
Rob,
I tried installing this and got the following message: “Google Analytics is not active. You must enter your UA string for it to work.” when I clicked on Google Analytics under Settings. But I'm not sure what this is. Can you let me know what I should do?
Thanks!
I’d be glad to help you!
First question…do you already have google analytics set up and tracking
installed on your blog? It sounds like you either didn’t pick a website in
the plugin dashboard, or you don’t have tracking already installed on your
blog (which if you need help with that, check out an earlier post here –
https://itarsenal.com/installing-google-analytics-wordpress-plugin/)
If you’d like, I’d be glad to log into your blog and take a look at what
could be causing the trouble!
-r
—
Robert Granholm
https://itarsenal.com
http://thelifedesignproject.com
E-mailed you, sounds like you don't have tracking set up yet, or you haven't chosen a profile in the WordPress dashboard.
Thanks so much Greg, looking forward to helping YOU out…really appreciate the comment.
Hi Rob,
Thanks for the e-mail.
I started the whole process over and installed Headspace (instead of Google Analytics for WordPress) and Google Analytics Dashboard. I think I am all set now. I noticed on your previous post that it takes a few hours for Google Analytics to be viewed in the dashboard. I’ll let you know if there are any problems.
Thanks!
Greg
Hi Rob,
Thanks for the e-mail.
I started the whole process over and installed Headspace (instead of Google Analytics for WordPress) and Google Analytics Dashboard. I think I am all set now. I noticed on your previous post that it takes a few hours for Google Analytics to be viewed in the dashboard. I'll let you know if there are any problems.
Thanks!
Greg