how to include Google tracking code in html file

[c676228]

Hi all,
I put GA's tracking code in a html file called ga_track.html and include in
any *.asp file before the end of the </body>, see below:
<!--#Include Virtual="/TISMSDE/GA_track.html" -->
</body>
<!-- Google Analytic Tracking Code :GA_track.html-->
<script type="text/javascript">
var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." :
"http://www.");
document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost +
"google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E"));
</script>
<script type="text/javascript">
var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-2356948-8");
pageTracker._initData();
pageTracker._trackPageview();
</script>

everything looks Ok and these code could be seen when you view any page's
source code. but my question is how we should include this piece of code in
*.html
file. In what way we include this file(or *.js file), the code could be seen
when you open view source in browser instead of just one line code
<!--#Include Virtual="/TISMSDE/GA_track.html" -->
or <<script type="text/javascript" src="/tismsde/ga_track.js"></javascript>

since I am afaid of GA cannot work correctly without seeing the piece of
code directly in the browser.

Any recommendation?

 

[Steven Cheng [MSFT]]

Hi Betty,

The following directives you used are called "Server side include"
directives.

<!--#Include Virtual="/TISMSDE/GA_track.html" -->

they're not standard html features(that's why your plain html page will not
parse them and the directive is directly flushed into client-side/you can
see it in page source).

to make the directive get parsed(and load the certain include file content
into page), you need to make the page be processed by the server-side
include extension in webserver. For IIS server, the extension is
"ssinc.dll". By default, the following extensions are mapped to it :

*.stm
*.shtm
*.shtml

So you can consder the following approaches for your case:

1. change htm file to .stm(or other extension above) in your IIS server

2. Or you can change the htm/html file extensions to be mapped to the
"ssinc.dll" in IIS

BTW, make sure that server-side incllude is enabled in your webserver(for
IIS 6).

Here are some other reference introducing using server-side includes:


#Using server side includes in web pages
http://blogs.conchango.com/markwilson/archive/2004/12/08/1939.aspx


#Using Server-Side Include Directives (IIS 6.0)
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/e
ced0b89-e052-42ff-baa8-751dd191c3b5.mspx?mfr=true


#WWW FAQs: How do I include one HTML file in another?
http://www.boutell.com/newfaq/creating/include.html


Hope this helps.

Sincerely,

Steven Cheng

Microsoft MSDN Online Support Lead


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