GHOP #10: Document how to build "click heat maps"
| Project: | Documentation |
| Component: | New documentation |
| Category: | task |
| Priority: | normal |
| Assigned: | Unassigned |
| Status: | patch (reviewed & tested by the community) |
This is GHOP task #10: http://code.google.com/p/google-highly-open-participation-drupal/issues/detail?id=10
"Click Heat maps" can be used on web sites to show what parts of a page are
frequently used. The Drupal community can use this data, particularly on
the administration area, in order to help improve the visibility of
frequently used links.
This task involves researching about click heat map tracking, what open
source/free heatmap tools are out there, and how they can be wired up to
work with Drupal.
The deliverable on this task is a report of at least three (3) open source
heat map tools, a list of at least five (5) pros and cons of each, and,
based on that, a recommendation for which one Drupal should use. It should
accompany a post to Drupal's Usability group about how they can setup a
test server to track heat mapping over the course of a few weeks in order
to gather data.
Resources:
* http://blog.corunet.com/english/the-definitive-heatmap
* http://groups.drupal.org/usability
#1
I was assigned this task.
#2
Perhaps it would be possible to integrate this feature: (open source) http://www.labsmedia.com/clickheat/index.html.
If you need the contact info for the developer, let me know. I've chatted with him several times to get his SW up and running.
#3
Labs media
The 5 pros
1. instant deployment
2. security
3. multiple web sites
4. multi-users
5. free
The
5 cons
1. memory limit
2. Debug mode
3. admin page dosen’t show all things
4. admin page go slows on firefox
5. Version of GD doesn’t work properly.
Phpysmyvisites
The 5 pros
1. instant deployment
2. multiple websites
3. free
4. multi users
5. management of web site
5 cons
1. Geographic statistics
2. Define websites
3. Receive web site statistics
4. Visitor websites
5. 300 internationally web searches
this is my 5 pros and cons from each. i am currently working on my recadmandation
and i need more time i am going to work on this over christmas break.
#4
I have attached my report that I believe meets the requirements of this task.
The usability link is: http://groups.drupal.org/node/8360.
#5
This is perfect!
#6
As a note I went ahead and created the module to perform the integration based on my recommendation. The project can be found: http://drupal.org/project/click_heatmap.
#7
Thank you for click_heatmap module.
#8
Changed the component to reflect the new component categorization. (DocSprint @Drupalcon Szeged 2008)
John
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