Google Analytics, PDF Tracker, where does code go?

okay, so I've installed Google Analytics on my website using Automator. I still have about 12 hours to go to see if it works. In the mean time, I'm trying to figure out how to track the number of times a pdf file on my site is downloaded. I found a google analytics script i'm supposed to insert on my pdf link, but where is this in my files?
-christina
www.christinaforshay.com

The Google Analytics code goes right before the </body> tag at the bottom of your page's HTML source. If your still not sure you can look at the source of my homepage to see where it goes.
http://www.take2vm.com

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I have a resource page with .pdfs and .ppts
What do I need to do to track if a user clicks on these links?
Is there also an extra step I need to take to track if they successfully downloaded the target completely?
I heard one solution is to make a single sub-web page for each download item and stick an analytics snippet in to the page as one way to track, but this sounds tedious and not very efficient. Is there something that can track this on the fly?
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Here's a solution that may work. Just tried it today. May see results tomorrow.
Get the Google analytics code.
Open TextEdit and set it to plaintext.
Paste the code WITHOUT these opening and closing tags :
<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">

</script>
Save the file as analytics.js
Put the file on the server and determine the URL to it.
Create a blank page (for testing) and paste this code in a HTML Snippet.
<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">

</script>
Where it says *newScript.src = '../js/analytics.js';* use your own URL.
Publish the page.
Visit your page and open the Activity window in Safari (Comand-Option-A)
Note the 2 URLs to Google. They look the same as with code that is pasted in a page.
Tomorrow check with Google to see if your page appears in the stats.
Call your friends and family and tell them to visit the page. More visitors may show more results.
If it works, fine.
If not, then I'm mistaken and will sob in a corner.

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I have no idea what the printer uses.

Where does the fault lie? - in an environment where they (the newsprinter) collect up front, have no responsibility for quality and arrogantly believe, perhaps correctly, that you'll be back with another paying job in the future.
Check the file you sent via Acrobat Preflight or Output Preview for RGB elements.
Check the file you sent via Acrobat Preflight - Checks - For Transparency Used
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jtbullet wrote:
app place the pdf when it is compiled?
Assuming the pdf is contained in the application folder when the app is then compiled? Is the pdf contained in the app, or does it get installed somewhere?
Sure, you can create an app that only opens up a PDF. The usual place for that kind of stuff is in the application's bundle, which Xcode will do if you add the PDF to your project.
charlie

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Youtch,
     I'm not sure exactly what your issue is, but I was unable to connect and looked at your code, modifying it for my purposes and it fixed my code. Hopefully it can help fix yours.
     I did notice one thing as I went through, however:
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The compteur does not match the counter variable. It appears a problem with Franglais is the issue here.
In the event it may help, here is the code I used:
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Wow. That sure solved the slow-load problem, at least using your suggested snippet in a simple test HTML file.
Per Google's instructions, I pasted the snippet before the closing </head> tag. And, even in that positioning in the file; the file loaded at the speed (about one second) that it did prior to DW 2014.1.
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<html class="">

<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
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<!doctype html>




<html class="">

<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>Test GA Tracking Code In Head</title>
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(i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),
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})(window,document,'script','//www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga');
ga('create', 'UA-73425000-1', 'auto');
ga('send', 'pageview');
</script>
</head>
<body>
<div class="gridContainer clearfix">
<div id="div1" class="fluid">
    <div id="test1" class="fluid ">This is the content for Layout Div Tag "test1"</div>
   <div id="test2" class="fluid ">This is the content for Layout Div Tag "test2"</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>

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You can find information to help you solve the problem here
in the forum:
http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/webforums/forum/messageview.cfm?forumid=55&catid=290&threadid =1334782&highlight_key=y&keyword1=google
and I've also found some information here:
http://groups.google.com/group/analytics-help-tracking/browse_thread/thread/c01cf664b327df c2
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code. I imagine that would prevent Contribute from re-writing the
tracking script code.
Hope this helps

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