How to track button clicks with Google Analytics event tracking?

Does anyone know how to do this? I don't need to track a form submission, I need to track individual button clicks.

I figured out how to do this!

Instead of using a "button" block, use the "custom code" block. Add a link using html where you want the button to go:

<a href="/order-now" class="custom-button-black" onClick="ga('send', 'event', { eventCategory: 'order_now', eventAction: 'button_click', eventLabel: 'section_intro'});"
>Order Now</a>

• The link will take uses who click the button to my "order now" pag
• In "class" we assigned the link the "custom-button-black" class.

• The third part of the link is the GA tracking code

  Now we'll create a button in the custom CSS panel for that class.

Add this code in the custom CSS panel:

.custom-button-black {
 display:block;
 margin:auto;
 width: 25%;
 height: auto;
 background-color:black; 
 color: white;
 text-align: center;
 vertical-align: middle;
 line-height: 50px; 
 border-radius: 3px;
 letter-spacing: 1px;
 font-family: "proxima-nova";
 font-size: 10px;
 text-transform: uppercase;
 letter-spacing: .2em;
 font-weight: 600;
 font-style: normal;
}

This tutorial helped me get it right after hours of trying to find a way

You need to use Google Tag Manager but its the best way ive found and it works

https://answers.squarespace.com/questions/167543/how-to-track-button-clicks-with-google-analytics-e.html

Paid plugin also available

If you're frustrated with tutorials and want a quick solution that definitely works, check out Squarespace Click Traking Plugin.

It's a paid solution, but a few dollars also makes it 100% sure to work. Money back if it doesn't and 1-on-1 support provided if you have any problems.

The Squarespace Button Block is basically a link as any other, so link tracking is what you need. And it's what our plugin does. The plugin tracks outbound links, internal links, file downloads, button links, social media links etc.

Did this work for anyone? I can't get it to work for me :(

This worked for me, thanks for the help.

On 11/1/2018 at 12:29 PM, voxpopagency said:

Paid plugin also available

If you're frustrated with tutorials and want a quick solution that definitely works, check out Squarespace Click Traking Plugin.

It's a paid solution, but a few dollars also makes it 100% sure to work. Money back if it doesn't and 1-on-1 support provided if you have any problems.

The Squarespace Button Block is basically a link as any other, so link tracking is what you need. And it's what our plugin does. The plugin tracks outbound links, internal links, file downloads, button links, social media links etc.

Unfortunately, the tracking plugin link was broken after I paid. I'm troubleshooting with them.

On 4/6/2020 at 9:27 AM, khayrab said:

Unfortunately, the tracking plugin link was broken after I paid. I'm troubleshooting with them.

Were you able to fix it? Im thinking on buying it

On 4/6/2020 at 9:27 AM, khayrab said:

Unfortunately, the tracking plugin link was broken after I paid. I'm troubleshooting with them.

I used https://codeandtonic.com/products/click-tracking-plugin and it works!

On 4/15/2020 at 6:28 PM, martinezlorna13 said:

I used https://codeandtonic.com/products/click-tracking-plugin and it works!

Glad to hear it!

I'm going to be working on more solutions to this and will try and write more tutorials on this. Not enough info on Squarespace, Google Analytics and Tag Manager (all of which I'm specialized on).

Google Tag Manager is perhaps overkill if it's only for few button clicks.

But now that new Google Analytics 4 is out, our Click Tracking Plugin doesn't yet support that so GTM is the way to go. Will update the plugin soon. 

For any custom button/form/link tracking stuff I can also help 1-on-1:

 hire {ä} codeandtonic.com

On 4/3/2021 at 8:45 AM, codeandtonic said:

Glad to hear it!

I'm going to be working on more solutions to this and will try and write more tutorials on this. Not enough info on Squarespace, Google Analytics and Tag Manager (all of which I'm specialized on).

Google Tag Manager is perhaps overkill if it's only for few button clicks.

But now that new Google Analytics 4 is out, our Click Tracking Plugin doesn't yet support that so GTM is the way to go. Will update the plugin soon. 

For any custom button/form/link tracking stuff I can also help 1-on-1:

 hire {ä} codeandtonic.com

Has this been updated yet please?