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Create a Google Account and Google Analytics account, then add your website as a property.

This must be done when your site goes live, or no data will be collected.

Google Analytics 4 has replaced Universal Analytics
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Google has upgraded from Universal Analytics (UA) to Google Analytics 4 (GA4). The old version stopped collecting data in July 2023. To keep your tracking up to date, please update your account and share your new GA4 tracking number with Flightdec. You can find step-by-step help in Google’s Help Center. Help Center resources.

Don’t worry, we’ve created a backup in our account, so your past data hasn’t been lost.

If you haven’t set up your own Google Account and provided Flightdec with a Tracking ID:

We may still be able to supply you with some data. Our team can check our records in our Google Account, export the information, and send it to you as a PDF or screen capture.

To do this, we’ll need you to tell us exactly what data you’d like to see.

Share and Follow icons

How to add Share icons.

AddThis services has terminated from May 31, 2023.
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For alternative Share Widgets see here.

Set up Google Analytics in four easy steps

INSTRUCTIONS IN BRIEF

Step 1: Create a Google Account (if you don’t already have one).  

Step 2: Set up your Google Analytics account.

Step 3: Add your website as a property in Google Analytics.

Note: You can have multiple Google accounts, with up to 50 properties (websites) per account. Google refers to a website as a “property.”

Step 4 (Important): Send us your Google Analytics Tracking ID (e.g., G-1234X3458) so we can connect it to your site.

Set up Google Analytics for a website

INSTRUCTIONS IN FULL

STEP 1

Create a Google Account.

You will need a Google Account (your own or your site’s email).

  • If you already have one, go to STEP 2.

STEP 2

Create a Google Analytics account

  1. Sign in at analytics.google.com.
  2. In the bottom-left corner, click the Admin (⚙️) icon.
  3. Under the Account column, click Create Account.
  4. Enter an account name and adjust data-sharing settings.
  5. Click Next.

  • If you already have an Analytics account, go to STEP 3.

 

STEP 3

Create a Property (Your Website)

    1. In Admin, confirm you’ve selected the right account.

    2. Under the Property column, click Create Property.

    3. Enter a property name (e.g., My Business Website).

    4. Choose reporting time zone and currency.

    5. (Optional, advanced) Enable Show advanced options if you need a Universal Analytics property in addition to GA4.

    6. Enter your website URL.

    7. Click Next, add business info, then Create.

    8. Accept the Terms of Service and finish setup.

    STEP 4

    Find Your Tracking/Measurement ID

    If using Google Analytics 4 (GA4):

    1. In Admin, confirm the correct account and property are selected.

    2. Under the Property column, click Data Streams.

    3. Select your web data stream.

    4. Your Measurement ID (starts with G-) is shown at the top right.

    If using Universal Analytics (UA) (older version):

    1. In Admin, select your property.

    2. Under the Property column, click Property Settings.

    3. Your Tracking ID (starts with UA-) appears at the top.

     

    STEP 5

    Send Your ID

    Copy your UA- or G- ID and send it to Fraser@flightdec.com

     

    [GA4] Find your Google tag ID  See here

    Google Analytics training

    The best teacher is Google itself. They’ve got a brilliant Help Centre.
    You can go to this link https://support.google.com/analytics/?hl=en#topic=3544906
    Also, here is a youtube google analytics webinar on getting started     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9joLoZOjK4

    Don't have Access to your Google Analytics Login?

    Use one of these options:

    1. Get a hold of Google:
      https://support.google.com/analytics/troubleshooter/7264014?hl=en
      This would be the preferred option as it will give you back access, along with all the historical data.
    2. Lose the historical data and create a new one. See here.

    INVALID GOOGLE ANALYTICS 

    Warning on Assigned Sites in the Flightdec admin platform.

    If this is displaying, hover over the red warning text and the tracking ID number should display. Check that against your tracking ID number in your Google Analytics account.

    They should be the same. 

    If not, copy the Google Analytics tracking ID number and contact admin@flightdec.com

    OR if you have access: Go to your site "www.yoursiteurl/admin"  and paste the correct Tracking ID Number from your Google Account into the Flightdec  Site Tools/ Edit Site/Google Analytics Number: box

    How and where to check
    Google Analytics
    1. Login to Google Analytics https://www.google.com/analytics/web/
      Use the email address that the account is under.
    2. Select the account under Analytic Accounts, select the property (your site)
    3. Find your Tacking ID Number.
    4. Quit out 
    Flightdec Admin

    Go to your site "www.yoursiteurl/admin"  and hover over the red warning message, the number should display or go the Site Tools/ Edit Site/Google Analytics Number: check the number is the same.

     

    Share or Follow icons

    Do you want to display Share or Follow icons on your website?

    First consider what you want these icons to do and where and how you want them to be displayed on your website.

    To consider:

    1.   

    Share or Follow icons?

    (You can have both and even more options on the one site.)

    2. 

    Icons on every page or just certain pages?

    3. 

    Customise the look and position and even what icons you want to appear.

       

    ShareThis 

    1. Register to ShareThis

    Log in or Sign up to the ShareThis Platform.

    You can have more than one website under your registered email.

    2. Follow the instructions

    Select the ShareThis tool you would like to use and activate it by clicking the Enable tool button. You can have Inline or Sticky or both.

    Then, you can customise the buttons by selecting your social channels, size, and shape.

    3. Copy code

    Select the Activate code button in the top right corner. In the pop-up, click the Copy code button.

    Inline tools require an extra snippet of code to work on your site.

    <!-- ShareThis BEGIN -->
    <div class="sharethis-inline-share-buttons"></div>
    <!-- ShareThis END -->

    5. Email the code to yvonne@flightdec.com 

    Let her know if the code is for Inline or Sticky AddThis icons and where where you want the ShareThis to appear on the site. 

    For example 

    1. On all pages of the site. 
      Usually Sticky Share Icons on the side of the site
    2. On posted pages eg. all Media Releases, Blogs, News and Article pages only.
      Usually Inline Share Icons at the top of the  article.
    3. On selected pages only.

    6.  Yvonne will let you know when the code has been placed.

    You can sign back into ShareThis to activate it and do any further customisation.

    For Superusers

    ON ALL PAGES

    If you want the Sticky Icons to appear on all pages email the code to yvonne@flightdec.com Let her know that you want it to appear on all pages.

    Click on the menu item "Site Theme Edit"/template.

    Paste the java code above the closing </head>  and below any font code.

    eg: <link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Ubuntu:wght@300;400;500;700&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">
    <script type='text/javascript' src='https://platform-api.sharethis.com/js/sharethis.js#property=6476c72188ae9600196fa913&product=sticky-share-buttons' async='async'></script>
    </head>

     

     

    ON ALL ARTICLES, BLOGS, MEDIA RELEASES OR NEWS PAGES 

    If you want the Inline Icons to appear on all Blog, Articles, Media Releases or News pages etc

    • Go "Posting Pages" (left menu)

    • Select 'Uni-module - Index' in red that you want to display the Share icons on

    • Under Module Index

      'Display a Share Toolbar' paste the 2 codes one in 'Javascript' and the other in the 'HTML' dialogue box.

    • This will then automatically add it to each post assigned to that Unimodule - Index.

     

    ON SELECTED PAGES ONLY

    If you want the icons to appear on a selected page only:

    1. Go to the page that you want it to appear on;
    2. Go: 'Extra Feature' in the menu below the content buttons;
    3. Under 'Style & Functionality'/'Page Body Tags:' paste the code in the dialogue box.
     
     
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