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pagemetrics

A demo site for testing various page metrics scripts

1. Using Matomo

Website link.

Prerequisites (Minimum system requirements)

  • Webserver such as Apache, Nginx, IIS, etc.
  • PHP version 5.5.9 or greater
  • MySQL version 5.5 or greater, or MariaDB
  • (enabled by default) PHP extension pdo and pdo_mysql, or the mysqli extension.

Recommended Configuration

  • PHP 7 (more memory efficient and faster than previous PHP versions)

  • MySQL 5.7+ or MariaDB for database

  • few extra PHP extensions: PHP GD extension

     $ sudo apt-get install php7.0 php7.0-curl php7.0-gd php7.0-cli mysql-server php7.0-mysql php-xml php7.0-mbstring

Installation

  1. Download the self-hosted Matomo source codes from here. A mirror download as of this writing, version 3.6.0 is available here.
  2. Extract the contents into your webserver, example: http://localhost/analytics.
  3. Run the website to initialize your first website url to track by loading http://localhost/analytics.

First-time Matomo Installation (Initialization)

1. Database Set-up

  1. Login to PhpMyAdmin
  2. Create a database that you will use for Matomo
  3. Create a database user with a password

2. Notes:

  • Fill in the required fields (some of them may need to get details from your MySQL database).

  • If you run into an error Matomo reports this error and doesn’t continue: “Fatal error: Maximum execution time of 30 seconds exceeded in …, change your php.ini's max_execution_time=30 to 0 and try again.

3. Methods - Default Website Initialization Set-up

  1. Welcome
    Welcome introductory page.

  2. System Check
    This page checks if your system requirements are met by your machine.

  3. Database Setup

    • Database Server: 127.0.0.1 / localhost
    • Login: <YOUR_DB_USERNAME>
    • Password: <YOUR_DB_USER_PASSWORD>
    • Database Name: <YOUR_DATABASE_NAME>
    • Table Prefix: (Leave as ease or change)
    • Adapter: PDO\MYSQL

  4. Super User

    • Super user login: (create a random super user login name)
    • Password: Create a password
    • Password (repeat): repeat password
    • Email: enter a valid email

  5. Setup a Website

    • Website name: Enter your website-to-track's name
    • Website URL: Enter your website-to-track's URL
    • Website time zone: Enter your country
    • Ecommerce: Select Not an Ecommerce site

  6. Javascript Tracking Code

    • Copy the printed JavaScript Tracking Code, paste between website's <head></head> tag.

  7. Congratulations

    • congrats! First website tracking code and set-up is finished
    • Press Continue to Matomo button

4. Grant View Access to Anonymous User

An Anonymous user will be used to view your account's data publicly without logging into your Matomo instance.

  1. Go to Administration (gear icon on upper right) > System > Users
  2. Set anonymous user's Role for <website_name> to View
  3. Go to Administration > Anonymous user > Anonymous user settings
    • Dashboard for a specific website = Offline Website
    • For anonymous users, report date to load by default = Las 7 days (including today)
  4. Set the not logged-in view for anonymous users
    • Go to System > Anonymous user
    • Inside the Anonymous user settings set:
      • When users are not logged in and visit Matomo, they should access = The login screen

5. Install Plugins

  1. GeoLocation

    • Go to Administration (gear icon on upper right) > System > Geolocation
    • Download the GeoIP 2 (Apache) free databases from the following links. City is recommended to be used.
    • Extract the content of GeoLite2-City_20180905.tar. Copy the extracted GeoLite2-City.mmdb into /PATH_TO_MATOMO/misc/
    • Refresh the browser page, then press Save.

  2. Use SSL (https) - ForceSSL

    • Forces to serve data and content over SSL

    • Download and install the ForceSSL plugin from here or mirror link here. Extract contents to <PATH_TO_MATOMO>/plugins/ForceSSL

    • Alternatively, you can edit your config/config.ini.php / global.ini.php file and add under the [General] section, set the following:

        [General]
  force_ssl = 1

    • for more information, read complete instructions from here.

6. Allow CORS

  • Open config/global.ini.php

  • Edit the following lines:

      	[General]
  	cors_domains[] = *

  • to allow CORS only on specific websites

      	[General]
  	cors_domains[] = "http://example.com"
  	cors_domains[] = "http://dashboard.example.com"

7. Adding a New Website to Track

The following script will track a webpage when embedded between the <head></head> part.

  1. Login using your created user credentials during first-time initialization to your hosted Matomo at http://localhost/analytics
  2. Click the Administration link (gear icon) on the upper right topbar menu.
  3. Navigate to the sidebar.
    • Go to Websites > Manage
  4. Press the Add a New Website button
  5. Fill in the input fields, answering only the input fields from the default website initialization. Other input fields may be explored later.

8. Embed a Tracking Script to a Website

The following script will track a webpage when embedded between the <head></head> part.

  1. Login using your created user credentials during first-time initialization to your hosted Matomo at http://localhost/analytics
  2. Click the Administration link (gear icon) on the upper right topbar menu.
  3. Navigate to the sidebar.
    • Go to Websites > Manage
  4. Select a website row, then click View Tracking Code
  5. Scroll down and copy the script under JavaScript Tracking Code into the <head></head> part of your website.

9. Embed an Analytics Widget to your Website

  1. Go to Administration (gear icon on upper right) > Platform > Widgets
  2. Go to Widgetize reports
    • Select Visitors > Visitors Overview (with Graph)
  3. Copy the Embed iframe or direct link codes into your website.
  4. (OPTIONAL) Disable Annotations for anonymous users
    • Go to Administration > System > Plugins
    • Find the Annotations plugin and disable it

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