Setting up a new Matomo Site

Set up a new 'measurable' website in Matomo.

If there is no 'website' defined for your OFN instance in the global Matomo account, then you will need to create a new 'site'.

Click the 'Add new measurable' (red button). You will see this message:

Click on "Website". You will then have a form that starts like this:

If you want to set up quickly, here are the info you need to fill:

Name: Indicate the name of your instance e.g. "OFN UK". Remember that all instances have the same access. Putting a clear name will help everyone to know what site is measured.

URL: Fill in the URL of you instance e.g. "https://www.openfoodfrance.org"

Only track visits and actions when the action URL starts with one of the above URLs: leave blank

Keep Page URL fragments when tracking Page URLs: leave No (Default)

Excluded IPs: leave blank

Excluded parameters: leave blank

Excluded User agents: leave blank

Site search: leave default site search enabled

Ecommerce: set to "ecommerce enabled" and choose the currency of your instance

Time zone: indicate the time zone of your instance

Save. Now you have a Site ID number that can be added to the OFN Matomo Configuration