Comments for Vance Lucas http://www.vancelucas.com Web Entrepreneur and PHP5 Guru Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:00:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 Comment on Get the Most From Your Google Analytics Dashboard by Dan http://www.vancelucas.com/article/get-the-most-from-your-google-analytics-dashboard/#comment-70 Dan Sun, 04 Jan 2009 03:31:15 +0000 http://www.vancelucas.com/?p=250#comment-70 "The “Visitors Overview” widget is the first thing you want to get rid of. The exact same information is displayed larger above" That's incorrect. The top large graph is visits, the bottom smaller one is Visitors. These are very different figures, for example, sites like compete.com report (though not very well) VISITORS (bottom graph) not visits. “The “Visitors Overview” widget is the first thing you want to get rid of. The exact same information is displayed larger above”

That’s incorrect. The top large graph is visits, the bottom smaller one is Visitors. These are very different figures, for example, sites like compete.com report (though not very well) VISITORS (bottom graph) not visits.

]]> Comment on Get the Most From Your Google Analytics Dashboard by Vance Lucas http://www.vancelucas.com/article/get-the-most-from-your-google-analytics-dashboard/#comment-69 Vance Lucas Wed, 31 Dec 2008 16:22:34 +0000 http://www.vancelucas.com/?p=250#comment-69 @Elizabeth As far as I know, there is no way to make your own Google Analytics dashboard widgets. They are more of a way to pull information from different pieces of Google's own stats program into the dashboard in a way you want them displayed so you get a little freedom regarding the look and feel of it. Google does have <a href="http://code.google.com/apis/analytics/" rel="nofollow">published API docs</a>, but they appear to deal with the actual tracking javascript code placed on your page and ways to customize reports, data, and track different areas of the website instead of a web services type API that you would be able to use with PHP. @Elizabeth

As far as I know, there is no way to make your own Google Analytics dashboard widgets. They are more of a way to pull information from different pieces of Google’s own stats program into the dashboard in a way you want them displayed so you get a little freedom regarding the look and feel of it.

Google does have published API docs, but they appear to deal with the actual tracking javascript code placed on your page and ways to customize reports, data, and track different areas of the website instead of a web services type API that you would be able to use with PHP.

]]> Comment on Get the Most From Your Google Analytics Dashboard by Elizabeth http://www.vancelucas.com/article/get-the-most-from-your-google-analytics-dashboard/#comment-68 Elizabeth Wed, 31 Dec 2008 12:43:43 +0000 http://www.vancelucas.com/?p=250#comment-68 Thanks for the tip but as I'm new to this tool, are you aware of anyway to plugin in our widgets, since I'm a PHP developer anyways? Does Google have an API to support their tool or are we developers left out in the cold again?! Thanks for the tip but as I’m new to this tool, are you aware of anyway to plugin in our widgets, since I’m a PHP developer anyways?

Does Google have an API to support their tool or are we developers left out in the cold again?!

]]> Comment on IE6 and Multiple Button Submit Elements by louis http://www.vancelucas.com/article/ie6-and-multiple-button-submit-elements/#comment-67 louis Wed, 17 Dec 2008 15:59:12 +0000 http://www.vancelucas.com/?p=224#comment-67 might want to check this site out: http://www.kopz.org/public/documents/css/multiple_buttons_ie_workaround.html might want to check this site out:
http://www.kopz.org/public/documents/css/multiple_buttons_ie_workaround.html

]]> Comment on IE6 and Multiple Button Submit Elements by Brandon http://www.vancelucas.com/article/ie6-and-multiple-button-submit-elements/#comment-66 Brandon Fri, 12 Dec 2008 18:12:05 +0000 http://www.vancelucas.com/?p=224#comment-66 I didn't even know that submitted a form. I can't remember ever using them for anything. Good to know though. I didn’t even know that submitted a form. I can’t remember ever using them for anything. Good to know though.

]]> Comment on Fixing IE7 Z-Index Issues with jQuery by Ryan http://www.vancelucas.com/article/fixing-ie7-z-index-issues-with-jquery/#comment-64 Ryan Mon, 08 Dec 2008 04:22:49 +0000 http://www.vancelucas.com/?p=21#comment-64 This tip solved the issue I was messing with for the last 5 hours. I have multiple Suckerfish menus on a page (a flyout list of social site links below article summaries on an article archive page) and in IE7 the menu button _below_ the active suckerfish menu would show _above_ the active menu. It was driving me mad. Thanks a ton for posting this solution. This tip solved the issue I was messing with for the last 5 hours.

I have multiple Suckerfish menus on a page (a flyout list of social site links below article summaries on an article archive page) and in IE7 the menu button _below_ the active suckerfish menu would show _above_ the active menu. It was driving me mad.

Thanks a ton for posting this solution.

]]> Comment on Fixing IE7 Z-Index Issues with jQuery by Chad http://www.vancelucas.com/article/fixing-ie7-z-index-issues-with-jquery/#comment-39 Chad Thu, 13 Nov 2008 18:51:57 +0000 http://www.vancelucas.com/?p=21#comment-39 You have just saved me some serious grief. I've been fightin a dropdown showing over the wslide.js on IE7 for days now. Thanks for the fix. You have just saved me some serious grief. I’ve been fightin a dropdown showing over the wslide.js on IE7 for days now. Thanks for the fix.

]]> Comment on Contact by PHP DataMapper » Dedicated PHP DataMapper Website LIVE! http://www.vancelucas.com/contact/#comment-38 PHP DataMapper » Dedicated PHP DataMapper Website LIVE! Fri, 07 Nov 2008 06:59:00 +0000 http://www.vancelucas.com/?page_id=90#comment-38 [...] you would like to help out with the project, please get in touch with me - there’s a lot that remains to be done, and plenty of opportunities to help. More [...] [...] you would like to help out with the project, please get in touch with me - there’s a lot that remains to be done, and plenty of opportunities to help. More [...]

]]> Comment on IE6 and Multiple Button Submit Elements by Philip Rowland http://www.vancelucas.com/article/ie6-and-multiple-button-submit-elements/#comment-37 Philip Rowland Wed, 05 Nov 2008 21:29:25 +0000 http://www.vancelucas.com/?p=224#comment-37 Fascinating. I don't think we ever use <button> tags in any of our code (fortunately), but I'll be sure to avoid it from now on. Fascinating. I don’t think we ever use <button> tags in any of our code (fortunately), but I’ll be sure to avoid it from now on.

]]> Comment on 37signals Was Right - Do it Yourself First by Eric Granata http://www.vancelucas.com/article/37signals-was-right-do-it-yourself-first/#comment-31 Eric Granata Mon, 03 Nov 2008 02:10:51 +0000 http://www.vancelucas.com/?p=146#comment-31 I thought the logo and the rest of your icon set you used in your presentation at OpenBeta looked great and very professional. I wish I had as easy a time picking up programming. I thought the logo and the rest of your icon set you used in your presentation at OpenBeta looked great and very professional. I wish I had as easy a time picking up programming.

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