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Where to drop Tracking Pixels for the Homepage

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  • May 17, 2017 at 10:04 am #206598
    BlakeN
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    Where is the best place to drop tracking pixels for the homepage. I do not want them on every page of the site so please do not suggest the header section on the genesis theme settings.

    I need to drop a code on only the homepage but frontpage.php did not seem to be the right place.

    I need to drop the a tracking script for multiple pages.

    <script>
    fbq('track', 'ViewContent');
    </script>

    Any help is greatly appreciated.

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    May 17, 2017 at 10:17 am #206601
    Victor Font
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    The best place is still the header, but you would wrap your code in a WordPress conditional so it only appears on the home page. https://codex.wordpress.org/Conditional_Tags

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    May 17, 2017 at 10:53 am #206603
    BlakeN
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    Thanks Victor that is perfect.

    May 17, 2017 at 11:43 am #206604
    BlakeN
    Participant

    I did want to clarify that the same rules still apply for the genesis framework and child themes.

    If I wanted to drop my tracking code on only the front page then:

    is_front_page(<script>
    fbq('track', 'ViewContent');
    </script> )

    May 17, 2017 at 12:20 pm #206606
    BlakeN
    Participant

    I believe you may be incorrect. I've read over the following directly from the tracking page:

    If a person is taken to a new page as a result of the action, you should set up the event to be sent on page load. Ex: After a purchase a person is taken to an order confirmation page.
    To send events on page load, add the event code (between <script> tags) just below the </head> tag. This allows the event code to load along with the pixel base code when the page loads.
    Notice
    Be sure not to insert the event code inside the <head> tags.

    May 17, 2017 at 1:50 pm #206612
    Victor Font
    Moderator

    That's not how to use is_front_page. The WordPress functions are PHP. You have to create a PHP function and apply it through a WordPress or Genesis filter. Even if you were to use jQuery document onload, to get it on the front page only, you still need to create a PHP function to load the script conditionally.

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    May 17, 2017 at 6:14 pm #206638
    Brad Dalton
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    Or you can load the script directly from your front-page.php file without a conditional tag.

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