Open egpbos opened 1 month ago
Related to tracking, and in the light of #161, can the data-ga="UA-55088238-8"
code and the plugin ga.min.js
be removed?`
I will check whether they still work. I vaguely remember that we didn't update it recently after some old version API went offline. If they do, until we have Matomo, it may still be helpful to keep collecting there.
GA actually still is working, so let's keep it in for now while we move over to Matomo.
According to the documentation, you can also use Matomo without consent or cookie banner. This does impact the accuracy. We might also need a privacy policy.
Following up on the discussion in #161, instead of Google Analytics, we should add Matomo tracking to the Guide. We also use Matomo for the corporate site and for the research software directory.
Veronica referred me to @ewan-escience who was able to give me an account on the RSD Matomo server. To enable Matomo tracking, we need to add a small piece of code in the rendered pages.
However, if we want to track, which uses cookies, we also need a cookie banner. So, two todo items in this issue: