A/b Testing

Store Builder Questions
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Does anybody have any experience with A/B testing in cs-cart?



If I’d like to make a test for mobile skin and direct 50% of my MOBILE customers to mobile version and other 50% of MOBILE customers to the desktop version, is it possible?



Perhaps via Google Experiments?



Or, if I’d like to have a test, 50/50 on a different shop checkout?

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HI Fedor



due to the type of platform, CS-Cart is not so easy to test with Google A/B testing tool, you need lot of work and code changes.



I have found www.optimizely.com to be much easier, especially for those who have no code expirience at all. Its all drag n drop



You only need to get a piece of code and put it on your store just like adwords or facebook tracking code.



Thats it.



Try it out, it also has a free plan.



Fotis

3

Hi,



thanks for answer dvsgr



Where do I add the tracking code to work globally on whole shop? Which template is the best to put it into?

4

Hi Fedor



if you have v42x then you can go to layout and put it in the default tab by hitting the small gear icon, next to Default as you hover . There is a field in the popup below, called code, and this will work for all pages.



Fotis

5

Thanks, however I’m on v2 currently :(

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[list]

[]Create the following directories path in the root directory of your CS-Cart installation:

skins/[CUSTOMER_ACTIVE_SKIN]/customer/addons/my_changes/hooks/index, where [CUSTOMER_ACTIVE_SKIN] is an active skin of your storefront.

[]Create the file meta.post.tpl file in there.

[]Add the code and save

[]Clean you cache

[/list]

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Thank you very much Fotis,



and in case I want to implement in only on home page, where should I put it best?

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Hi Fedor



you can add the code in the same file but between this



{if $controller=='index'}
...
{/if}

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And finally, where is the best place to put tracking code that suggests putting it before tag or in footer?

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In my case the whole footer is in html block in block view in cs-cart panel. Surely I cant put the .js code there, can I?

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Js Code cant work in a block.



you need to follow the procedure I described above


[quote][list]

[]Create the following directories path in the root directory of your CS-Cart installation:

skins/[CUSTOMER_ACTIVE_SKIN]/customer/addons/my_changes/hooks/index, where[CUSTOMER_ACTIVE_SKIN] is an active skin of your storefront.

[]Create the file meta.post.tpl file in there.

[]Add
{if $controller=='index'}

{/if}


[]Add the code inside the if and save

[*]Clean your cache (best way to do it via FTP)

[/list]

[/quote]

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Also, when I made meta.post my site stopped working. Do I have to put it in {literal} tags?

I tried with literal on footer.post.tpl, the site didnt stop working, but the .js is not in the source code

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Thanks Fotis, meta.post.tpl is for top of the page right? If i want bottom of page its footer.post.tpl ?

14

Yes



you can put it there if its not between the head tags.



Fotis

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[quote name='Fedor' timestamp='1427962308' post='209967']

Also, when I made meta.post my site stopped working. Do I have to put it in {literal} tags?

I tried with literal on footer.post.tpl, the site didnt stop working, but the .js is not in the source code

[/quote]



if the script has { in it you need to use literal, yes

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Thank you Fotis for you help :)