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ravo · 04-30-2021, 11:51 AM

I've started playing around with GA4 - it's pretty cool the amount of info you can pull out of it.

I've set up one custom event so far (when users hit a certain page), but I'm having a hard time creating a new event for a specific button click.

My HTML code is as below;

Code:

<a href="#" class="reg" onClick="joinpage.style.display = 'block';return false;">free account</a>

How do I create a custom event for that button click? What "parameter" do I use for that?

baodb · 04-30-2021, 02:57 PM

If you can gather and process the event data with GTM and then pass the values to GA. You will find more tutorials and guides for GTM and with the native GA 4 support it ends up doing the same as doing it native with GA.

EddyTheDog · 04-30-2021, 08:37 PM

Just started playing with it as well - This video really helped - The bit that references your 'event trigger' question starts at around 6 mins - But I would watch it all especially if you haven't had a lot of experience with tag Manager......

EddyTheDog · 04-30-2021, 11:40 PM

Another really good video - About halfway through he starts talking about custom events...

Kafka · 05-01-2021, 01:25 AM

In your ga.js (google analytics) file make a function like:

function trackYourClick(){
ga('send', 'event', 'ClickedLink', 'click')
}

Put in your link: onclick="trackYourClick()"
in your case:

<a href="#" class="reg" onClick="joinpage.style.display = 'block';trackYourClick();return false;">free account</a>

ravo · 05-01-2021, 05:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by EddyTheDog

Another really good video - About halfway through he starts talking about custom events...

Thank you!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kafka

In your ga.js (google analytics) file make a function like:

function trackYourClick(){
ga('send', 'event', 'ClickedLink', 'click')
}

Put in your link: onclick="trackYourClick()"
in your case:

<a href="#" class="reg" onClick="joinpage.style.display = 'block';trackYourClick();return false;">free account</a>

GA4 doesn't require any change in coding - it can all be done from the GA4 dashboard. That's the beauty of it. Any changes you make in the dashboard can be propagated across your whole site, or even across domains.

Klen · 05-01-2021, 09:07 AM

So, does that mean you can now buy traffic on FPC traffic based on GA data ?

ravo · 05-01-2021, 09:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Klen

So, does that mean you can now buy traffic on FPC traffic based on GA data ?

Yes, we have been offering this for a while now...

See https://gfy.com/sell-and-buy-forum/1...ga-counts.html

04-30-2021, 11:51 AM	#1
ravo Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Skype: ravo.fpctraffic Posts: 5,439	Any Google Analytics 4 experts here? I've started playing around with GA4 - it's pretty cool the amount of info you can pull out of it. I've set up one custom event so far (when users hit a certain page), but I'm having a hard time creating a new event for a specific button click. My HTML code is as below; Code: <a href="#" class="reg" onClick="joinpage.style.display = 'block';return false;">free account</a> How do I create a custom event for that button click? What "parameter" do I use for that? __________________ AdultAdBroker - Buy and Sell Your Flat Rate Banners, Links, Tabs, Pops, Email Clicks and Members' Area Traffic - updated June 2025

04-30-2021, 08:37 PM	#3
EddyTheDog Just Doing My Own Thing Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: London, Spain, New Zealand, GFY - Not Croydon... Posts: 25,041	Just started playing with it as well - This video really helped - The bit that references your 'event trigger' question starts at around 6 mins - But I would watch it all especially if you haven't had a lot of experience with tag Manager...... __________________ - Chaturbate Script - https://gfy.com/fucking-around-and-b...er-issues.html - Now supports White Labels

04-30-2021, 11:40 PM	#4
EddyTheDog Just Doing My Own Thing Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: London, Spain, New Zealand, GFY - Not Croydon... Posts: 25,041	Another really good video - About halfway through he starts talking about custom events... __________________ - Chaturbate Script - https://gfy.com/fucking-around-and-b...er-issues.html - Now supports White Labels

04-30-2021, 02:57 PM	#2
baodb Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2021 Posts: 103	If you can gather and process the event data with GTM and then pass the values to GA. You will find more tutorials and guides for GTM and with the native GA 4 support it ends up doing the same as doing it native with GA.

05-01-2021, 01:25 AM	#5
Kafka Confirmed User Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Holland Posts: 466	In your ga.js (google analytics) file make a function like: function trackYourClick(){ ga('send', 'event', 'ClickedLink', 'click') } Put in your link: onclick="trackYourClick()" in your case: <a href="#" class="reg" onClick="joinpage.style.display = 'block';trackYourClick();return false;">free account</a>

05-01-2021, 09:07 AM	#7
Klen Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Little Vienna Posts: 32,235	So, does that mean you can now buy traffic on FPC traffic based on GA data ?