feat: tag sidebar links with utm params instead of ref - #179
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Sidebar footer links previously carried a custom `ref` query param holding the full URL of the page clicked from. No analytics tool recognises `ref` natively, so attributing those clicks meant a custom dimension or a regex report, and the param fragmented page reports on the destination. Use the standard UTM names instead: utm_source hostname of the docs site utm_medium site.title, slugified utm_content path of the page clicked from A `utm_*` param already present on the configured `href` is never overwritten, and any other query string on it is preserved as before. Relative hrefs are no longer tagged at all. They resolved against the current origin, so they picked up the param and navigated in-app to `/support?ref=...` on the docs site's own domain, which only registers as a self-referral. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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WalkthroughThe sidebar now preserves internal navigation and applies non-overwriting UTM parameters to outbound web links. The configuration documentation describes the tagging rules, query preservation, and excluded link types. ChangesExternal Link Tracking
Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to Sidebar links can navigate users to incorrect in-app paths from nested pages, and protocol-relative external links may be treated as internal links with the destination host lost. The link resolution and classification logic should be corrected before merging. 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4 | ❌ 1❌ Failed checks (1 warning)
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In `@packages/chronicle/src/components/ui/sidebar-links.tsx`:
- Around line 37-41: Update the URL resolution and classification logic near
isExternal so relative references use window.location.href as the base,
preserving correct behavior for nested paths, query-only, and hash-only links.
Treat protocol-relative URLs beginning with // as external before navigating, so
their host is not discarded; add regression coverage for nested relative paths
and protocol-relative URLs.
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Sidebar footer links (added in #176) were tagged with a custom
refquery param carrying the full URL of the page the click came from. This swaps that for standard UTM params.refisn't recognised natively by any analytics tool — attributing those clicks needed a custom dimension or a regex report — and it fragmented page reports on the destination side.utm_sourceutm_mediumsite.title, slugifiedutm_contentA
utm_*param already set on the configuredhrefis never overwritten, and any other query string on it is preserved as before.Fixes a self-referral bug
Relative hrefs are no longer tagged. They resolved against the current origin, so
isWebwas true and they picked up the param — navigating in-app to/support?ref=https%3A%2F%2F...on the docs site's own domain. That only registers as a self-referral.Testing
Verified in the
basicexample by interceptingwindow.open:https://example.com/support_blank+noopenerhttps://example.com/x?utm_medium=custom&foo=1utm_medium=customandfoo=1kept, other two added/docs/features(relative)window.openLint clean. Typecheck error count byte-identical to baseline (verified by stashing) — all pre-existing, none in the touched file.
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utm_mediumnow carries the app name rather than a channel type, so nothing in the URL identifies the traffic as referral. If GA bucketing matters later, that needs a fourth param.🤖 Generated with Claude Code