Tracking data separately by category and/or forum

[braymond64]

I would like to track activity (new topics, new posts, and views) on a per-category basis. For example, with a setup like this:

Flintstones (category)

• Fred
• Barney
• Wilma

Jetsons (category)

• George
• Jane
• Judy

I would like to track activity separately for Flintstones and Jetsons.

Part 1: Topics and Posts

In older versions of IP.Board, I was able to get this information. But, the statistics chart in the current version shows new topics and new posts for the entire site only. Does anybody know of a plug-in that would show this data?

Part 2: Views

For views, I am having issues because of how topics are named. In Google Analytics, I can track views on the forum listings because I can drill down using the forum name, such as:

myforum.org/forum/1-fred/
myforum.org/forum/2-barney/
etc.

Then I can add these up to see how many views are in the respective categories.

But, when you get to topics, the forum name is no longer included. For example:

myforum.org/topic/500-cave-dwelling/

If I could get the forum name into the topic URL, then I could track it in GA. For example:

myforum.org/1-fred/topic/500-cave-dwelling/
or
myforum.org/1-fred/500-cave-dwelling/

Is this possible? Or is there some other way of accomplishing this that I don't know about?

Thank you,
Raymond