It is very useful to have Google Analytics on your website to have an idea of how many (or how few) people are visiting. Using Google Analytics on a website requires a valid consent from visitors (Because of ePrivacy Directive and not the GDPR). By Coralie Collignon.
The article provides step by step instructions how to deal with cookie consent on a static site:
- Implementing Google Analytics
- Creating a Tracking ID on Google Analytics
- Implementing Google Analytics in your Jekyll website
- Collecting cookie consent
- Not all cookie banners are compliant
- Implementing a compliant cookie banner
You will find links to further resources. e.g. Jekyll Codex has a tutorial explaining how to have the correct cookie banner and provides the code to use in the cookie-consent.html. All the code is provided with explanation and enhancement journey documented. Good read!
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