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# Vercel Web Analytics Implementation
## Summary
Successfully implemented Vercel Web Analytics on the Firewatch Clock project, a plain HTML/CSS/JavaScript dashboard application.
## Changes Made
### Modified Files:
- **index.html** - Added Vercel Web Analytics tracking scripts
### Implementation Details:
Added the following code to the `<head>` section of index.html (after the style.css link):
```html
<!-- Vercel Web Analytics -->
<script>
window.va = window.va || function () { (window.vaq = window.vaq || []).push(arguments); };
</script>
<script defer src="/_vercel/insights/script.js"></script>
```
## Implementation Approach
Since this is a plain HTML website (no framework or build system), I followed the HTML implementation guide from the Vercel Web Analytics documentation:
1. **No package installation required** - For plain HTML sites, the analytics work directly through script tags
2. **Script placement** - Added the initialization script and deferred loading of the Vercel insights script in the HTML head
3. **Route support** - Note that the plain HTML implementation does not include automatic route detection
## How It Works
1. The first script initializes a `window.va` function that queues analytics calls
2. The second script loads the actual Vercel insights tracking code asynchronously
3. Once deployed to Vercel, the `/_vercel/insights/script.js` endpoint will be available and begin tracking page views and visitor data
## Next Steps for Deployment
After deploying to Vercel:
1. Enable Web Analytics in the Vercel dashboard (Project → Analytics tab → Enable)
2. Deploy the site with these changes
3. Verify the implementation by checking for `/_vercel/insights/view` requests in the browser's Network tab
4. View analytics data in the Vercel dashboard under the Analytics tab
## Testing Notes
- This is a static HTML site with no build process
- No dependencies to install or lock files to update
- The analytics script will only function when deployed to Vercel (it will fail gracefully in local development)
- Users can verify proper setup by checking browser DevTools Network tab for the insights script requests after deployment
Co-authored-by: Vercel <vercel[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
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Vercel Web Analytics Implementation
Summary
Successfully implemented Vercel Web Analytics on the Firewatch Clock project, a plain HTML/CSS/JavaScript dashboard application.
Changes Made
Modified Files:
Implementation Details:
Added the following code to the
<head>section of index.html (after the style.css link):Implementation Approach
Since this is a plain HTML website (no framework or build system), I followed the HTML implementation guide from the Vercel Web Analytics documentation:
How It Works
window.vafunction that queues analytics calls/_vercel/insights/script.jsendpoint will be available and begin tracking page views and visitor dataNext Steps for Deployment
After deploying to Vercel:
/_vercel/insights/viewrequests in the browser's Network tabTesting Notes
View Project · Web Analytics
Created by cosmosynth with Vercel Agent