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Enabling and Configuring 'Google Analytics'

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Before you begin using Google Analytics with X-Cart:

1.Sign in to your Google account to access Google Analytics. If you haven't yet got a Google account, sign up for one at http://www.google.com/analytics/home/.
2.Sign in to Google Analytics and set up an account:
a)Provide general information: Website's URL (URL of the site you wish to track), Account name (a name as it should appear in your Google Analytics reports), Time zone country or territory and Time zone.

Note: If you'd like to track more than one website, you can add more sites once your account has been set up.)

b)Provide your contact information: Last name, First name, Phone number, Country or territory.
c)Accept the User Agreement.

You will then be provided with a snippet of code. In this snippet, you will find a line like the following:

var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-xxxxxx-x");

In this line, the value that stands in the place of "UA-xxxxxxx-y" is your account number. Later, you will need to enter this number into the 'Google Analytics account number' field on the 'General settings/Google Analytics' page of your store.

3.If you wish to use E-Commerce Analysis, let Google Analytics know that your site is an e-Commerce website. To do so, edit the profile settings of your store's website in your Google Analytics account as follows:
a)In the 'Website profiles' section, click the 'Edit' link opposite your store website URL. The 'Profile Settings' page for the selected website opens.
b)On the 'Profile Settings', click the 'Edit' link at the top of the 'Main Website Profile Information' box.
c)Set the option 'E-Commerce Website' to Yes.
d)Click the Save Changes button.

After you have completed the above steps, you can go to the administration back end of your store to enable and configure Google Analytics module:

1.Go to the 'Modules' section of your store (Administration menu->Modules) and enable Google Analytics module.

When the module is enabled, a section titled 'Google Analytics' appears in General settings/Modules options.

2.Use the 'Google Analytics' section to adjust the module settings:

a)Google Analytics account number: Copy your account number from the code snippet provided to you as a result of Google Analytics account signup and paste it into this field.
b)Use E-Commerce Analysis: Select this check box to be able to generate e-commerce reports. For more information on this read http://www.google.com/adwords/learningcenter/text/31865.html.
c)Click the Save button to save the changes.