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Stop analytics spam in Google Analytics

Google Analytics lets you track statistics on who visits your site and what they do on it. Every website should have it or something like it. Unfortunately, the spammers have found ways to mess up your analytics, hoping that you'll see their sites in your reports and come to visit them. In this video I will tell you:

  • Where to see analytics spam (hostname and source)
  • How to ignore analytics spam using a segment

The segment I create uses two conditions:

Community Website Incubator new release goodness

Today there is a new release of the Community Website Incubator, and lots of new features made it into this version! After your site is updated, you'll enjoy the following benefits:

Social sharing widgets

If you enable the "Social integration" module, you'll now have the web's ubiquitous social sharing buttons, including Facebook's "like" button, Twitter share, and Google +1.

Exciting new features for the Incubator install profile

We're very happy to announce some major new features for the Incubator install profile. These features should be available to all sites using versions 1.0-beta17 and up.

Private content

You can enable the "Private Content" module by going to the "Modules" page in the administrative toolbar.

Once it's enabled, you will see a new checkbox on the form whenever you create or edit content entitled "Make this content private". Selecting that option will restrict access to that piece of content across your entire site.

DNotes.net migrated to Incubator install profile

DNotes.net has now been migrated to the Local Community Website Incubator install profile. Drupal install profiles, often called distributions, package together Drupal core with pre-configured contributed modules and external code libraries. This enables new sites to be useful out-of-the-box while still allowing the customization for which Drupal is famous.

Media Boot Camp at Green Acre Feb 14-17 2013

The "Media Boot Camp" held at Green Acre in February 2013 helped several local communities start websites on the Local Community Website Incubator platform and begin a process of content strategy. Around 25 people attended, mainly from communities along the East Coast, and many sessions were streamed live to viewers across the country.

If you would like to know more about the Incubator, feel free to contact David.

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