2024 07 12 footer layout and utm code for tracking in web design - bizkite-co/handterm GitHub Wiki

original file name: Codeium Chat - C10HCxSUGRywYMEvyHd4sIFAORtB6Zcn.md summary: The user initially asked about keeping a footer at the bottom of a web page for both desktop and mobile browsers. The assistant provided CSS code using Flexbox to achieve this layout. The user then inquired about adding a UTM code to a link in the footer for tracking purposes. The assistant explained what UTM codes are and how to append them to the URL of a link in the footer to track marketing campaigns effectively. date: 2024-07-12T14:32

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User at 2:32 pm, Jul 12, 2024

I have a footer that I want to always be at the bottom of the web page, both on desktop browsers and mobile browsers.

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
 <meta charset="UTF-8" />
 <link rel="icon" type="image/svg+xml" href="/vite.svg" />
 <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
 <title>HandTerm - The Handex Terminal</title>
 <link rel="stylesheet" href="/src/assets/xterm.css" />
 <link rel="stylesheet" href="/src/assets/terminal.css" />
 <link rel="stylesheet" href="/src/assets/web-cam.css" />
</head>
<body>
 <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" id="terminal-nav-svg" style="display: none"
  hidden="hidden">
  <defs>
   <polygon id="start" points="1,1 6,5 1,9" fill="#0F0F" z-index="1010" />
   <rect id="start-stop" y="1" x="6" width="3" height="8" fill="#000F" z-index="1000" />
   <rect id="stop" y="1" width="8" height="8" fill="#000F" z-index="1000" />
   <circle id="dot" cx="3" cy="5" r="2" stroke="none" />
   <g id="pause">
    <rect id="pause-1" x="1" y="1" width="2" height="8" fill="#FFFF" z-index="1000" />
    <rect id="pause-2" x="5" y="1" width="2" height="8" fill="#FFFF" z-index="1000" />
   </g>
  </defs>
 </svg>
 <div id="root"></div>
 <div id="footer">
  <h2 id="footer-text">Footer Text</h2>
 </div>
 <script type="module" src="/src/main.tsx"></script>
</body>
<script>
 document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', (event) => {
  const rootElement = document.getElementById('root');
  document.body.addEventListener('click', (e) => {
   // Check if the click is outside of the terminal area
   if (e.target === rootElement || rootElement.contains(e.target)) {
    return; // Do nothing if the click is inside the div#root
   }
   // Focus the terminal if the click is outside div#root
   rootElement.focus();
  });
 });
</script>
</html>

Codeium at 2:33 pm, Jul 12, 2024

To ensure your footer always stays at the bottom of the web page, both on desktop and mobile browsers, you can use CSS. This can be achieved by using a few different strategies, but a common and straightforward approach involves using Flexbox on the <body> element to create a column layout that pushes the footer to the bottom of the viewport.

Here's how you can update your CSS to achieve this:

  1. First, ensure your HTML and body elements take up at least the minimum height of the viewport:
html, body {
  height: 100%;
  margin: 0;
}
  1. Then, make the <body> a flex container and arrange its children (like your <div id="root"> and <div id="footer">) in a column. You'll want to make sure the content expands to fill the available space, pushing the footer to the bottom:
body {
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  min-height: 100vh; /* Use viewport height to ensure it covers the whole viewport */
}

#root {
  flex: 1; /* This allows the root div to expand and take up available space */
}
  1. Ensure your footer has the appropriate CSS to make it stay at the bottom. Given your current HTML structure, you might not need to add anything specific to the footer CSS itself since the flexbox layout on <body> takes care of positioning it. However, if you want to ensure it sticks at the bottom, even with more content, you can adjust its properties as needed.

Add these styles to one of your CSS files, or within a <style> tag in your <head> section. For example:

<style>
  html, body {
    height: 100%;
    margin: 0;
  }
  body {
    display: flex;
    flex-direction: column;
    min-height: 100vh;
  }
  #root {
    flex: 1;
  }
</style>

This setup ensures that the footer remains at the bottom of the page, regardless of the amount of content on the page. If there's not enough content to fill the viewport, the footer will still stick to the bottom, and if there's more content, it will naturally flow to the bottom of that content, just as desired.

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User at 3:59 pm, Jul 12, 2024

I have it working now. One of the items in the footer is a link to our pricing page, but I need to include a UTM code.

How can I do that?

Codeium at 4:00 pm, Jul 12, 2024

To include a UTM (Urchin Tracking Module) code in a link within your footer, you need to append the UTM parameters to the URL of the link. UTM codes are used for tracking the effectiveness of online marketing campaigns across traffic sources and publishing media. They are simply query parameters added to the URL, and each parameter provides specific tracking information.

A typical UTM-coded URL might look like this:

https://www.example.com/pricing?utm_source=footer&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=website_launch&utm_term=pricing&utm_content=footerlink

Here's a breakdown of the most common UTM parameters and what they represent:

  • utm_source: Identifies which site sent the traffic (e.g., footer, newsletter, Google, Facebook).
  • utm_medium: Identifies the medium the link was used upon (e.g., link, CPC, email).
  • utm_campaign: Identifies a specific campaign or promotion (e.g., website_launch, summer_sale).
  • utm_term: Identifies search terms used (mostly used for paid search campaigns).
  • utm_content: Used for A/B testing and content-targeted ads to differentiate links that point to the same URL.

In your HTML footer, if you have a link to your pricing page and you want to include UTM codes to track clicks coming from the footer, it would look something like this:

<div id="footer">
  <h2 id="footer-text">Footer Text</h2>
  <a href="https://www.example.com/pricing?utm_source=footer&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=website_launch&utm_term=pricing&utm_content=footerlink">Pricing Page</a>
</div>

Make sure to replace https://www.example.com/pricing with the actual URL of your pricing page, and adjust the UTM parameter values (utm_source, utm_medium, utm_campaign, utm_term, utm_content) according to the specifics of your campaign and what you want to track.

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