Google Analytics issue in Magento 1.4

If you have upgraded to Magento 1.4.0.0 and 1.4.0.1 your Google Analytics tracking will not work any more. This is due to two bugs in these releases which misses a essential line in the Google Analytics code in Magento Core.

To fix this issue do the following.

  1. Open up your app/code/core/Mage/GoogleAnalytics/Block/Ga.php file
  2. Go to aprox line #179, and add the line below right above the two lines below
    var _gaq = _gaq || [];
        _gaq.push(["_setAccount", "' . $this->getAccount() . '"]);
        _gaq.push(["_trackPageview", "'.$this->getPageName().'"]);

    http://www.magjournal.com/files/Ga.zip

  3. Next, open up your app/design/frontend/base/default/layout/googleanalytics.xml file and rename "before_body_end" to "before_body_end".

We have got a confirmation from Varien that this bug has been adressed and solved and will so be included in the next Magento release, however it is NOT 100% fixed in the latest SVN update so please follow these instructions to solve it.

The bug has also been reported here (among other places):
http://www.magentocommerce.com/bug-tracking/issue/?issue=8492

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