Analytics Event Tracking for Helpful Links

helpful-links-tracking.js

	// Track Helpful Links clicks
	if ( jQuery( '#umw-help-center-content' ).length > 0 ) {
		// Make sure we're only tracking actual links, not <a> tags with no href and not <a> tags with an href of "#"
		jQuery( '#umw-help-center-content a[href!="#"]' ).each( function() {
			var tmpAction = null;
			// All labels will be set to the text found within the <a> tag
			var tmpLabel = null;
			// Set the event action as "Online Tools" for the icon links at the bottom
			if ( jQuery( this ).closest( '.umw-help-center-tools' ).length > 0 ) {
				tmpAction = 'Online Tools';
				tmpLabel = jQuery( this ).text();
			// Set the event action as "Resource Links" for any of the links in the main list of links
			} else if ( jQuery( this ).closest( '.umw-help-center-panel' ).length > 0 ) {
				tmpAction = 'Resource Links';
				tmpLabel = jQuery( this ).text();
			// Set the event action as "Other Helpful Links" for any links that fall outside of the other two areas
			} else {
				tmpAction = 'Other Helpful Links';
				tmpLabel = jQuery( this ).text();
			}
			
			// Add some HTML attributes to store the values of our Analytics category, action and label for each element
			jQuery( this )
				.attr( 'analytics-category', 'Helpful Links' )
				.attr( 'analytics-action', tmpAction )
				.attr( 'analytics-label', tmpLabel );
				
			// Set up the event tracking for the link; when someone clicks the link, it triggers the Analytics action, then proceeds with the link's intended action after 100 milliseconds
			jQuery( this ).one( 'click', function() {
				_gat._getTrackerByName()._trackEvent( 
					jQuery( this ).attr( 'analytics-category' ), 
					jQuery( this ).attr( 'analytics-action' ), 
					jQuery( this ).attr( 'analytics-label' ), 
					1, 
					true
				);
				setTimeout( 'document.location="' + jQuery( this ).attr( 'href' ) + '"', 100 );
				return false;
			} );
		} );
	}