why not follow the instructions that akismet gives you and trust that it’s telling you how to get it working, rather than trying to pull a fast one.
ask yourself also whether akismet has anything whatsoever to do with google’s analytics, or whether the association with wordpress (and the fact that it *comes* preloaded with wordpress) means anything.
I had a line about the warning bells, but I’m not going to use it because people don’t often take my rudeness with good humour 😛
Trying to pull a fast one?
I pulled no “fast one”..what ever that implies.
I sourced 2 API numbers, by following both sets of instructions, and they were different. I was merely asking for clarification, though ive found my answer in that both plugins are working. Though Google took its full 24 hours to show results. Hence the reason to question if i had made a mistake.
So API numbers are not specific to a site like a url. The differ between plugins. That is the answer!
that sentence has everything to do with akismet, and nothing to do with you… reading comprehension isn’t a strong point I see.
What I was getting at quite simply, was your desire to question the documentation due to what exactly? Paranoia?
lets go through this step by step, just because I want to.
1) You want to use an online service like Akismet.
2) that service requires you to use an “API Key” in order to access the online service
3) it makes it abundantly clear how to get a key from the site(s) responsible for providing that online service.
4) you get the key and put it where it tells you to put it
5) everything works and you get a shiny green yeehaw sign.
then:
1) you want to use an online service like google analytics
2) that service requires you to use an “API Key” in order to access the online service
3) it makes it abundantly clear how to get a key from the site(s) responsible for providing that online service.
4) you decide that must not be right, because what would they know about getting API keys? You’ve already got an API Key for akismet, so it’s google’s fault that they don’t interact with wordpress and share that information.
5) You get one anyway and put it where google tells you to put it
6) analytics tells you that it’s gathering results and will make them available to you in 24 hours.
7) you don’t believe google, instead thinking that the 24 hours MUST be an overestimate, therefore you were completely right back in step 4, and everyone must be wrong, except you.
8) despite everything going exactly as instructed, and getting nothing but success messages, you decide to come here and question the process because clearly there’s something wrong.
… just wanted to be straight on all that.
I’m really curious what you think they’ll gain by giving you incorrect instructions.
