4. If you need to fire further beacons (to track user interaction with the flash object or elements on the page),
the following 2 functions are provided:
- track(beacon)
Fires off a WebTrends beacon based on the object, property and value specified
note: The following format for the beacon is required:
object.property=value&object.property=value (etc)
for example,
track("WT.ti=Title&WT.cg_n=Title group");
- trackAndLink(beacon, linkURL)
Sends off the provided beacon (same format as above required) and redirects to the provided linkURL
for example,
trackAndLink("WT.ti=Title", "http://www.redsox.com");
- trackAndLinkPopup(beacon, linkURL, windowProps)
Sends off the provided beacon (same format as above required) and redirects to the provided linkURL in a new window, where windowProps is specified by AS.
for example
trackAndLinkPopup("WT.ti=Title", "http://www.digitas.com", windowProps);
Note
----
This script can be reused across all sites, however, do not forget to update the dcs id as needed per client/site
for proper reporting. Update the following line of code with the appropriate id from measurement:
var gDcsId="DCSID-REQUIRED";
Debugging
---------
To run tracking in a debug mode, simply add "debug_mode" to the query string, for example:
http://www.someurl.com/main.html?debug_mode
While in the debug mode, any beacon fired on the page will trigger a dialog box to pop up,
showing all the information collected to be sent to WebTrends. You will also see an appropriate
message at the top of the page, letting you know that you are in debug mode. To turn the debug
mode off, simply refresh the page without "debug_mode" in the query string.
*/
// START OF SDC Advanced Tracking Code
// Copyright (c) 1996-2005 WebTrends Inc. All rights reserved.
// V8.0
// $DateTime: 2006/05/02 08:33:13 $
var gService = true;
var gTimeZone = 0;
// Code section for Enable First-Party Cookie Tracking
function dcsCookie(){
if (typeof(dcsOther)=="function"){
dcsOther();
}
else if (typeof(dcsPlugin)=="function"){
dcsPlugin();
}
else if (typeof(dcsFPC)=="function"){
dcsFPC(gTimeZone);
}
}
function dcsGetCookie(name){
var pos=document.cookie.indexOf(name+"=");
if (pos!=-1){
var start=pos+name.length+1;
var end=document.cookie.indexOf(";",start);
if (end==-1){
end=document.cookie.length;
}
return unescape(document.cookie.substring(start,end));
}
return null;
}
function dcsGetCrumb(name,crumb){
var aCookie=dcsGetCookie(name).split(":");
for (var i=0;iTracking mode on: alerts will be shown every time a beacon is called. Refresh page without \"debug_mode\" in the location bar to hide these alerts.
");
}
// END OF SmartSource Data Collector TAG
// START OF Digitas utility functions that handle the WebTrends tracking
function track(beacon){
// Fires off a WebTrends beacon based on the object, property and value specified
// note: The following format for the beacon is required:
// object.property=value&object.property=value (etc)
if (beacon != undefined) {
// First we break up the passed in arguments into key/value pairs
var pairs = beacon.split("&");
//alert("Flash sent: " + beacon); // debug
var arguments= new Array(pairs.length * 2);
for (var i = 0; i < pairs.length; i++) {
var pair = pairs[i].split("=");
arguments[i*2] = pair[0];
arguments[i*2+1] = pair[1];
}
// Update the tracking objects with the arguments passed in
if (arguments.length%2 == 0) {
// Reset the initial default parameters (will update the time, and in case a property was overwritten)
dcsVar();
dcsMeta();
for (var i = 0; i < arguments.length; i += 2) {
if (arguments[i] != undefined) {
if (arguments[i].indexOf('WT.')==0){
WT[arguments[i].substring(3)]=arguments[i+1];
} else if (arguments[i].indexOf('DCS.')==0){
DCS[arguments[i].substring(4)]=arguments[i+1];
} else if (arguments[i].indexOf('DCSext.')==0){
DCSext[arguments[i].substring(7)]=arguments[i+1];
}
}
}
dcsTag();
// The properties just set are specific to this tracking call, thus we need to clear them
// out so that they don't unnecessarily get sent in the future tracking calls for this page
for (var i = 0; i < arguments.length; i+=2) {
if (arguments[i] != undefined) {
if (arguments[i].indexOf('WT.')==0){
WT[arguments[i].substring(3)]="";
} else if (arguments[i].indexOf('DCS.')==0){
DCS[arguments[i].substring(4)]="";
} else if (arguments[i].indexOf('DCSext.')==0){
DCSext[arguments[i].substring(7)]="";
}
}
}
}
} else {
// If passed in parameter is empty, then fire off the default values
dcsVar();
dcsMeta();
dcsTag();
}
}
function trackAndLink(beacon, linkURL) {
// Sends off the provided beacon and redirects to the provided linkURL
track(beacon);
// Force a brief delay to make sure that the beacon had time to be properly sent to WebTrends
setTimeout('document.location.href = "' + linkURL + '"', 500);
}
function trackAndLinkPopup(beacon, linkURL, windowProps) {
//Sends of the provided beacon and launches linkURL in a new window
track(beacon);
setTimeout(window.open(linkURL,"win",windowProps),500);
}
//LEGACY FUNCTIONS - TRYING TO PHASE OUT
function multiTrackAndLink(args, linkURL) {
multiTrack(args);
document.location.href = linkURL;
}
function multiTrack(args){
// First we break up the passed in arguments into key/value pairs
var pairs = args.split("&");
//alert("Flash sent: " + args); // debug
var arguments= new Array(pairs.length * 2);
for (var i = 0; i < pairs.length; i++) {
var pair = pairs[i].split("=");
arguments[i*2] = pair[0];
arguments[i*2+1] = pair[1];
}
// We need to wipe out the set of properties possibly passed in by flash
// so old values don't stay around
DCSext.CSL = "";
DCSext.SC = "";
DCSext.SFL = "";
DCSext.APLY = "";
DCSext.LRNM = "";
DCSext.ANCR = "";
WT.ti = "";
WT.cg_n = "";
WT.cg_s = "";
WT.si_n = "";
WT.si_x = "";
WT.si_p = "";
// Update the tracking objects with the arguments passed in
for (var i=0;i