Minty Fresh
I’m currently using Mint as my stats package of choice, and so far it’s been great. However, I just noticed that you have to be careful which order your JavaScript calls in your
<head></head>I put the Mint code right before any sIFR JavaScripts, and a few minutes ago, I noticed that prevented the headlines from being shown in Internet Explorer. Very, very bad. Considering since I installed Mint, it shows 19% of my visitors are IE users, and as first impressions are everything, if they see things without headlines, they may have found the website wanting. Fortunately, I was able to catch it almost immediately. Ah, this is why a “soft launch” like this is a good idea — even after extensive testing in a development site, once you go live, other bits and pieces of issues can still be found.
That being said, make sure that you place Mint’s JavaScript after any of the other important JavaScripts in your site head, like the sIFR stuff.
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Jeff Smith said...
on 10/16/2005 02:15 AM
Even better than adding the the javascript in the header is to include it in your .htaccess file like this:
php_value auto_prepend_file /home/username/public_html/mint/auto.mint.php
Removes the hassle of having Mint conflict with other javascript running on your page...most of the time anyway.
Lea said...
on 10/16/2005 02:25 AM
Ah, yes… I remember reading the “advanced users” section in the instructions, but I thought it may be too much trouble. I shall experiment and see. Btw, congratulations Jeff on being my first commenter! :-D
Jeff Smith said...
on 10/16/2005 03:02 AM
The only trouble with the .htaccess method is that it will track every page under the directory that contains the htaccess file. So if there are some pages, or templates that you don’t want to track, the normal <script> way is definitely the way to go.
By the way, great work on the new site. Excellent color scheme and great layout. :)
Lea said...
on 10/16/2005 03:49 AM
Yep, just checked the .htaccess method. Not doing it for me, so back to the JavaScript method, wahoo!
Re: colour scheme and layout. Thanks, Jeff! That’s very much appreciated. I’ll be explaining all my choices in The Art of Self-Branding. It’s been a lot of fun, but a lot of hair-pulling, too. Heh! So goes the life of a creative…
Jeff Croft said...
on 10/18/2005 05:11 AM
Don’t have a lot to say on Mint that I haven’t said already (it’s great), but I just wanted to say that I’m loving your site design here! Sexy as hell!
You should probably not allow comment from people not named Jeff, by the way. I don’t know why. I just think that would be funny.
Shaun Andrews said...
on 10/18/2005 11:37 AM
I haven’t tried Mint yet, I’ve been content with shortstat.
I really just wanted to say that I love the design you have here. I just grabbed your feed and I’ll be keeping up to date on your blog!
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