Summary
You can track email campaigns with Blue Triangle by specifying the following HTML element in the email, along with a few required parameters.
HTML Element
The following HTML element must be specified in the email in order for Blue Triangle to track it. Note there are many parameters in the URL, but only a few are required.
<img src="https://d.btttag.com/btt.gif?gID=791367739769386742&sID=872974223280318984&AB=Default&DCTR=Default&CmpN=Example%20Email%20Campaign&txnName=OpenedEmail&pageName=Example-Email-View&pageType=Email-View&siteID=demosports&thisURL=smtp&bvzn=Other-Email&EUOS=Windows%2010&excluded=5&BPT=12&CN1=0&CN2=0&CN3=0&CN4=0&CN5=0&CN6=0&CN7=0&CN8=0&CN9=0&CN10=0&CSID=a4e5efbd3445fdc9876abc&CV1=&CV2=&CV3=&CV4=&CV5=&CV6=&CV7=&CV8=&CV9=&CV10=&CmpM=None&CmpS=Direct&IMAGE_SIZE=0&JS_SIZE=0<M=0&NVSTR=0&ONumBr=0&REE=0&RV=0&RefURL=&SHi=0&SWi=0&WCDtt=c&bv=0&c_count=0&campaign=&cartValue=0&co_count=0&collectAt=100&connectStart=0¤cyCode=&dns=0&dom=0&domContentLoadedEnd=0&domContentLoadedStart=0&domInteractive=0&domLoading=0&domainLookupStart=0&elementCount=0&fByte=0&fCPnt=0&fetchStart=0&firstPaint=0&fmp=0&fps=0&fps_tti=0&loadEventStart=0<_tti=0&nst=0&orderTND=0&pSz=0&pWSz=0&pageValue=&pgTm=0&redirectCount=0&redirectStart=0&requestStart=0&responseStart=0&secureConnectionStart=0&ssl=0&tcp=0&top=0&totRD=0&tti=0&tul=0&unloadEventStart=0&wcd=0&eT=7&navigationType=7" alt="img" style="display:none">
In this example, here are the required customizations that were made. We'll explain what these are in the following section.
siteID=demosports
sID=872974223280318984
gID=872974223280318984
CSID=a4e5efbd3445fdc9876abc
CmpN=Example Email Campaign
txnName=OpenedEmail
pageName=Example-Email-View
Note: the remainder of the URL params in the HTML element above are optional or for future use.
Required URL Parameters
|
Name |
Description |
|---|---|
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siteID |
The id for the site the data should go to in Blue Triangle. This is the javascript tag prefix (e.g. https://example.btttag.com/btt.js). |
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sID |
Blue Triangle Session ID for use in linking the various pages of a user's visit together for a single web browser session. |
|
gID |
Set this to the same as the SessionID. |
|
CSID |
Customer's Session ID - This should be set to something unique for this user's visit or session. |
|
CmpN |
Campaign Name - This should be for your campaign category that can be trended from day to day or week to week. |
|
txnName |
High level traffic segment identifier for general purposes. |
|
pageName |
Specific Naming for the email purpose or other description |
For gID and sID:
The following is example code to generate a random sID and gID in Javascript or node.js.
function rnd(){ Math.floor((Math.random() * 888) + 100) + ''; } var TMs = rnd() + rnd() + rnd() + rnd() + rnd() + rnd(); var BTT_X0siD = TMs.substring(0, 19);
Note: Some email clients may require the user to "download external content" in order for this tracking to function.