The script added at the footer produces a black stripe.
The script is created by theme at the footer by calling

<?php print $closure; ?>

The script created is the following 

  script type="text/javascript">
<!--//--><![CDATA[//><!--
try{piwik_action_name = document.title;piwik_site_id = "1";piwik_url = pkBaseURL + "/piwik.php";piwik_download_extensions = "7z|aac|avi|csv|doc|exe|flv|gif|gz|jpe?g|js|mp(3|4|e?g)|mov|pdf|phps|png|ppt|rar|sit|tar|torrent|txt|wma|wmv|xls|xml|zip";piwik_vars = "";piwik_log(piwik_action_name, piwik_site_id, piwik_url, piwik_vars);} catch(err) {}
//--><!]]>
</script>

so i guess that the 'try' call or the 'catch' function return something that shouldn't be displayed as stripe on screen destroying the page layout.

How can I achive this?

Another question has to do with the option of putting the script on header. Selecting this option has no effect (after cleaning the caches). Is this a problem of the theme I use or this option doesnt really work?

I tried this option in order to see what happens if we have the script on header, but the script remains on footer after cleaning cache.

Comments

hass’s picture

hass commented
Category: bug » support
Status: Active » Fixed

The try and catch is only to catch possible JS script errors if browser extensions (adware/tracker blocker) are going to block your piwik.js file. This have been seen in the GA project version often... So I added it here, too. Normaly - it does nothing.

Additional I don't know why this JS code should ever add a black stripe. This must be theme related. Try to debug with Firebug or so.

agrigor1’s picture

agrigor1 commented

I dont think its theme related. I belive those calls return a value. Perhaps this value is NULL which is being displayed by php print. Why dont you test this in script? I cant do it because I am not an experienced programmer and I dont know javascript (only some php).

You might also have a look at the other issue I refferred to you. This is the placement of script at header. Are you sure this works?
Usually themes dont use <?php print $closure ?> at header.
They usually use 

<?php print $head; ?>
  <?php print $styles; ?>
  <?php print $scripts; ?>

So I guess you should have the piwik script added at $scripts variable.
Correct me If I am wrong (I dont pretend to be a specialist anyway).
Thank you

hass’s picture

hass commented

<?php print $closure ?> need to be in the bottom of a page - before </body>. All is working for me. Try to repro your issue with garland.

agrigor1’s picture

agrigor1 commented

This is exactly the place where the strip is produced. Before the body closing.

But If place the print $closure a little above, under the beginning of div footer section then there seems to be no problem. Thats what I did to overcome the issue.

The print $closure was after the closing of div footer and before the body closing tag.

hass’s picture

hass commented

If you would use Firebug you can see what CSS value is set and cause this issue.

Status: Fixed » Closed (fixed)

Automatically closed -- issue fixed for 2 weeks with no activity.