Want better stats for Typepad?
Suppose your tired of the lame stats that are available on typepad (hint Anil and Co. – this is the number one issue that would eventually send me to word press). You might want to incorporate Google Analytics into your weblog. If you look in the knowledge base it says that you need advanced templates, a pro level feature, to make use of Analytics. What to do?
Well as I just discovered setting up Good Blogs for typepad you just need to create a typelist (see the instructions on the GoodBlogs site with pretty pictures). Or:
- In the TypeLists Panel Create a new Typelist of type Notes and give it a name (sadly this name will appear in your blog).
- Click "Add this list to your weblog(s)".
- Select your blog, save changes and close the window.
- Choose "Add Item" and paste you Google Analytics code
- Edit your weblog design to decide where this item will appear.
The only downside to this approach is that the typelist will appear in your blog. If you already have another typelist in your blog (Technorati tools? GoodBlogs? etc.) then you could always add the Analytics to it.
By comparison with Typepad’s stats – Google Analytics sings and dances. Maybe Six Apart would just like to get us lowly plus bloggers better support for external tools like this.
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May 11, 2007 at 3:25 pm | crystallyn
Just an FYI, you can add any code into the Configure -> Weblog Basics -> Weblog Description area (just below whatever actual type you have that shows up as your subtitle). Since it’s script it doesn’t show up. Then you don’t have to use a typelist, plus it will work for every page. :)