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[markusp80]

Hi!

I have built a landing page where the visitor can sign up for a free webinar. I have used the Email Forms extension and connected to a Mailchimp account.

Now I would like to send information to Analytics for measuring sign ups and to be able to connect the information in the UTM-codes in the links they clicked to get to the landing page, with the actual sign ups, the conversions.

This could easily be done if I could just insert my code for a virtual pageview on the right place in the code, for example whener the thank you-message is shown. That way we know that a user successfully has signed up and we can count that as a conversion. A goal would then be set up in Analytics as a pageview for the virtual URL that gets sent to Analytics every time the thank you-message is shown.

The code for sending a virtual pageview in Analytics looks like this:
ga(‘send’, { ‘hitType’: ‘pageview’, ‘page’: ‘/my-virtual-url-here’ });

This is what I want to be able to insert in the right place, like just before or after the thank you-message is shown. I have done this before and put this code in a js-file which gets called when a user signs up on a website. This is better than counting button clicks, for example. More reliable data.

Is this possible? To get to the code for the Email Form extension? I could connect via FTP and insert it if that’s possible, you just have to tell me where this code is that gets called when a user pushes the button.

Ask me if anything is unclear.

/Markus

[Lely]

Hello Markus,

We can insert that using a child theme. To help you better, please do give us the specific page where you want to implement. You may also check this article for guidance:https://community.theme.co/kb/customization/actions-and-filters-in-x/

[markusp80]

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[Lely]

Hello There,

We can use Javascript instead. Please add the following code on Appearance > Customize > Custom > Edit Global Javascript:

jQuery('form#x-subscribe-form-251 .submit.x-btn').on( 'click', function(){
ga('send', { 'hitType': 'pageview', 'page': '/webinar-17-feb-2017-signup-succeeded' });
} );

It should be added on the submit button and not on thank you message because the click event it what will trigger it.

Hope this helps.

[markusp80]

Hmm, but I’m not sure that will be relevant. A user could fill in the form incorrectly, press the button, get an error message and then leave the page. And it would still count as a conversion if the buttonclick event is what triggers the virtual pageview.

Wouldn’t it be possible to call this function when the thank you-message is shown? Or does it have to be a click event that triggers it?

[Paul R]

Hi,

Regretfully it could only be possible with custom development, but this would be outside the scope of support we can offer. You may wish to consult a developer to assist you with this. X is quite extensible with child themes, so there are plenty of possibilities. Thanks for understanding. Take care!

[markusp80]

Ok, yes I could check with our developers about that.

But in the meantime I could try using the code you wrote above, but I would have to keep in mind that there’s the buttonclick and not the succeeded signup that triggers the conversion, right?

[Paul R]

Hi,

Yes, it will only trigger on button click and not the succeeded signup.

Thanks

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