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fix(analytics): migrate to native GA4 gtag.js, drop dead UA tag (#855) #1365

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4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions makeabilitylab/settings.py
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SECURE_PROXY_SSL_HEADER = ('HTTP_X_FORWARDED_PROTO', 'https')

# Makeability Lab Global Variables, including Makeability Lab version
ML_WEBSITE_VERSION = "2.16.1" # Keep this updated with each release and also change the short description below
ML_WEBSITE_VERSION_DESCRIPTION = "SEO: shorten the home page <title> to 'HCI & AI Research at UW | Makeability Lab' so it stays under Google's ~60-character display limit (the 2.16.0 'University of Washington' variant was truncated). Follow-up to the 2.16.0 on-page SEO fixes."
ML_WEBSITE_VERSION = "2.16.2" # Keep this updated with each release and also change the short description below
ML_WEBSITE_VERSION_DESCRIPTION = "Analytics: load Google Analytics 4 (G-M18PCH55ZP) directly via the native gtag.js snippet instead of chain-loading it off the retired Universal Analytics analytics.js tag (a console-side 'connected site tag'). Removes the dead UA-79723676-1 snippet so GA4 collection no longer depends on deprecated UA machinery (#855)."
DATE_MAKEABILITYLAB_FORMED = datetime.date(2012, 1, 1) # Date Makeability Lab was formed
MAX_BANNERS = 7 # Maximum number of banners on a page

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14 changes: 8 additions & 6 deletions website/templates/website/base.html
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{% if debug %}
<script>console.log("Development mode: Google Analytics disabled");</script>
{% else %}
<!-- Google tag (gtag.js) — GA4 property G-M18PCH55ZP (#855).
Loads GA4 directly instead of chain-loading it off the retired Universal
Analytics analytics.js tag via a console-side "connected site tag". -->
<script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-M18PCH55ZP"></script>
<script>
(function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){
(i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),
m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)
})(window,document,'script','https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga');
ga('create', 'UA-79723676-1', 'auto');
ga('send', 'pageview');
window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || [];
function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);}
gtag('js', new Date());
gtag('config', 'G-M18PCH55ZP');
</script>
{% endif %}
</head>
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