Some time ago, I built and released an Extension called "Time spent and Scroll Depth", mostly as an exercise for myself, and because I thought Simo Ahava had really nicely explained how tracking content-heavy sites might work. Since then, I have learned a lot, and I sort of don't want to look back at the … Continue reading Launch Extensions & Cato Fong
Tag: Launch
Launch libraries – Dev/Staging/Prod
When I am asked what Launch is, and I want to keep it abstract, I usually say that Launch is at the base a script manager. It allows people to use a UI, and it generates Javascript, which can then be added to your web site to do stuff. Ok. Terms The process of generating … Continue reading Launch libraries – Dev/Staging/Prod
Launch, Events, and EDDL – aka Jim changed my mind
Sometimes I have trouble with the beginning of an article. This is such a case. I have been pondering the best way to use Launch to track visitor activity for some time. You know, visitor clicking stuff, SPAs, things like that. It really boils down to two approaches: Use _satellite.track() and put payload into the … Continue reading Launch, Events, and EDDL – aka Jim changed my mind
Quick tip – Launch buildDate and Live Expressions
When you build something in Launch, but browser says no... This happens to me every now and again: I make some changes in Launch. I build a new Library. I load my page and check ... what? why? Shouldn't it...? Sometimes, I am too impatient. Sometimes, Launch needs a little bit more time to compile. … Continue reading Quick tip – Launch buildDate and Live Expressions
Launch – Make an Extension – Techniques & Types
We're getting closer to a dozen articles on the topic of Launch Extensions! In my book, that is great, because I want everyone of you to a) be able to and b) do it! Let me preface this one with a warning: I may have called myself a developer very briefly back in the late … Continue reading Launch – Make an Extension – Techniques & Types
Launch – Make an Extension – Better Practice
Since my latest articles on Launch Extensions, things have evolved a bit. When I look at those articles now, I feel a certain urge to delete most of them, because they are so - uhm - old. Instead, I decided to write down an extremely streamlined version of what tools you can, nay, should use … Continue reading Launch – Make an Extension – Better Practice
Launch – Make an Extension – Principles
I have written a lot about how to make an Extension, including here and here. There are missing pieces, though. If you have looked at the documentation, you will likely have come across the following illustration regarding Extension flow. The flow diagram describes how the different parts of Launch and your Extension work together. Flow … Continue reading Launch – Make an Extension – Principles
Extensions and Adobe Analytics – get-tracker and augment-tracker
I built an Extension some time ago that enables someone to set contextData for Analytics directly in the Launch UI. You can see the source code for that Extension on github, of course, but today, I want to write about some of the stuff that went into the Extension. This is also, in a way, … Continue reading Extensions and Adobe Analytics – get-tracker and augment-tracker
Reference – Launch Load Order with an Extension
This article is a followup to Reference - Launch Load Order. That other one was, as I said, almost disappointingly simple. So simple, in fact, that it annoyed my friend Lukáš (one of my secret goals for 2019 checked off right there). The article was that simple for two reasons: Launch did away with a … Continue reading Reference – Launch Load Order with an Extension
Reference – Launch Load Order
Does anyone here remember when in 2015 I tried to understand how DTM executes Javascript, and in what order? The article cost me days to write, but it led to a lovely, colourful illustration, and I was proud of it, a little bit. I promised I would explore the depths of Launch in the same … Continue reading Reference – Launch Load Order
