queryparameter for search console

eVenster

Hi,
I know that I can view search queries in exponent itself, but: I'd like to add site search to google analytics. In order to do so, I need to give the queryparameter in, but Exponent doesn't work that way. Any idea how to get site search into Analytics?

dleffler

I'm not real familiar with google analytics, therefore I'm not sure what you are asking...there is a script which is included but protected in the /cron folder (generateSiteMap.php) which allows you to build a sitemap.xml which can be fed into Google/Bing to aid in their indexing the site.

To run that script, you'll need to edit/delete/rename the .htaccess file in the /cron folder. The script can be run from a shell command line or the browser.

If I'm not heading the same direction as your question, what info is it looking for? I know that on the sites I have built site maps for, you can place google.com into 'site' mode and use it to search your site from their cache.

eVenster

Thanks, but that is not what i'm looking for. 
This concerns the search form. If visitors enter a keyword in a search form on the site, those keywords can collected by Google and transported to Analytics via search console (a service of Google). Exponent redirects to the index page after a search and lists the search results. Search console wants a queryparameter (i.e. WordPress uses s=etc.). I can view search queries in site management, but i'd like to be able to view them in Analytics.

dleffler

If you have SEF URLs turned on the search query would look like

http://localhost/search/search/search_string/keyword

without SEF URLs it would be

http://localhost/index.php?controller=search&action=search&search_string=help

eVenster

thanks, i'll play with it.
Something else: is it possible to get a sef for events?

dleffler

Is that a 'feature request' to have a SEO name for each event that could be pulled up by something like?

http://localhost/events/show/title/my-event

One problem is that there may be MANY events with the same name and different dates, some of those as repeated events (tied to the original event) or separated as a separate event.

eVenster

Yes, that's the feature request. And yes, I understand the problem. Mayby in conjunction with a date..?

dleffler

So is the desire to simply have a cleaner, more understandable url to an event? E.g. as in News...

http://localhost/events/show_by_date/year/2017/month/10/day/15/title/my-event

which could in turn become the following using a router_maps.php entry

http://localhost/events/2017/10/15/my-event

Would that fit the request?

eVenster

Yes, that would perfectly fit the request! <span></span> -)