Suppressing the Munchkin

Question

We use Munchkin tagging on our website to track pageviews and clicks on links. I'd like to 'tag' content categories within our CMS and push these through to Marketo, so that when someone visits a tagged page it will push the category into Marketo alongside the page view. From there, I can do cool stuff like scoring based on the different content categories.

I could use the Munchkin call 'visitWebPage' to insert categories in the 'params' argument, eg:

Munchkin.munchkinFunction('visitWebPage', { url: '/productA', params: 'category=foo' });

However, as the Munchkin.init() call also causes a Visit Web Page activity, I will end up with a duplicate activity for each page view.

Does anyone know how to suppress the initial visitWebPage event created by the Munchkin.init() command (while still initialising the script)? Or any other suggestions for pushing through content categories?

Many thanks!

Alun

SanfordWhiteman · Answer

There is a way to suppress the default visitWebPage completely, but it's not something I'd feel comfortable recommending in public.*

Rather than that complex route, I'd recommend something simpler. Change the document.hash before you run Munchkin.init(), as in MktoMunchkin :: Tag before Init. (Naturally if you're already using hash-bang logic you'll have to account for that.)

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