How to Create and Add Tracking Tags in Shack Analytics

Documentaton for Joomla 3

Step #1. Create a tracking tag

You create a tracking tag on the Shack Analytics: Tracking Tags page. You will be taken to this page by default when you go to Components > Shack Analytics Pro:

components shack analytics pro

  • Click the New button in the top left corner:

click new

  • You will see the Shack Analytics: New Tracking Tag tag creation page.

new tracking tag screen

  • Enter a title for your tag.
  • Enter your tracking code to be added to the header or footer of your site into the respective box.
  • Under the Article Assignment tab, select if you wish to display unpublished articles on this page.
  • Under the Menu Assignment tab, select if you wish to display unpublished menu items on this page.
  • Click Save or Save & Close.

Step #2. Add a tracking tag

Once you create a tracking tag, add them to your Joomla site. You have the following three options to do this:

  1. Add a tracking tag globally to the whole website.
  2. Add a tracking tag to a required menu item.
  3. Add a tracking tag to a required Joomla article.

Here is how to use these options.


Option #1. Add a tracking tag globally to the whole website

  • Go to Components > Shack Analytics Pro in the top navigation menu in your Joomla admin panel.
  • This will bring you to the Shack Analytics: Tracking Tags screen. Click the Options button in the top right corner:

the options button

  • You will be taken to the Shack Analytics: Configuration screen. Select the required tracking tag in the Global Tracking Tag field:

the global tracking tag on the shack analytics configuration screen

  • Click Save or Save & Close.

Option #2. Add a tracking tag to a required menu item

  • Open the required menu item for editing.
  • Click the Shack Analytics Tag tab:

the shack analytics tag tab on the menus edit item screen

  • Select the required tracking tag in the Tracking Tag field:

the tracking tag field of the shack analytics tag tab

  • Click Save or Save & Close.

Option #3. Add a tracking tag to a required Joomla article

  • Open the required Joomla article for editing.
  • You will see the Article: Edit screen. Click the Shack Analytics Tag tab:

the shack analytics tag tab on the articles edit screen

  • Select the required Shack Analytics Pro tracking tag in the Tracking Tag field:

the select a tracking tag field of the tracking tag

  • Click Save or Save & Close.

Documentaton for Joomla 5

  • In your Joomla 5 administrator dashboard, go to Components > Shack Analytics Pro > Tracking Tags:

the tracking tags link

  • This will bring you to the Shack Analytics: Tracking Tags screen, as you can see on the next image. In the top left corner, click New:

the new button

  • You will see the Shack Analytics: New Tracking Tag tag creation page:

the shack analytics  new tracking tag screen

  • Enter a title for your tag.
  • Enter your tracking code to be added to the header or footer of your site into the respective box.
  • Under the Article Assignment tab, select if you wish to display unpublished articles on this page.
  • Under the Menu Assignment tab, select if you wish to display unpublished menu items on this page.
  • Click Save or Save & Close.

Once you created your tracking tags, you are ready to start adding them to your Joomla site.