[IUG] GoogleAnalytics in the OPAC -- my experiences

[Joanna Aegard <jaegard at tbpl dot ca>]

Hi folks...

Just thought I would chime in on the GoogleAnalytics in the OPAC conversation.

I have had it installed for about a year and a half, and we get  
periodic complaints from patrons using IE who get annoying security  
warnings when they log in to My Library Card.  It's something to do  
with the mixing of https (when logged in) and http (which  
GoogleAnaltyics uses).  We advise people to make our opac url a  
"trusted site" and the other usual *stuff* that is frustrating to talk  
someone through.

I tried using an alternate script that says something like, if https,  
then use an alternate url...but after doing that my stats went down to  
zero, so, it didn't work. So I switched it back to the original  
script, and it's collecting nicely again.

Has anyone else encountered this issue?  Any solutions?

Joanna
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Joanna Aegard
Head of Virtual Library Services
Thunder Bay Public Library
285 Red River Road
Thunder Bay, ON   P7B 1A9
(807) 684-6819 office
(807) 621-4540 cell

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