#331 A/B Testing with Split pro

Mar 07, 2012 | 10 minutes | Views, Plugins, Forms

Split testing allows you to experiment with different designs and track conversions to determine which one is the most effective. Learn how to do A/B testing using Split in this episode.

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Update: Split version 0.4.0 was just released which includes the allow_multiple_experiments configuration option mentioned in the episode.

          terminal
        
brew install redis
redis-server /usr/local/etc/redis.conf

          Gemfile
        
gem 'split', require: 'split/dashboard'

          users/new.html.erb
        
<% ab_test "signup", "long", "short", "bold" do |style| %>
<div class="signup_<%= style %>">
  <h1>Sign Up<%= " for FREE" if style == "bold" %></h1>
  ...
</div>
<% end %>

          users_controller.rb
        
finished("signup_title", reset: false)

          config/routes.rb
        
mount Split::Dashboard, at: 'split'

          config/split_config.rb
        
Split.configure do |config|
  config.db_failover = true # handle redis errors gracefully
  config.db_failover_on_db_error = proc{|error| Rails.logger.error(error.message) }
  # config.allow_multiple_experiments = true
end

Split::Dashboard.use Rack::Auth::Basic do |username, password|
  username == 'admin' && password == 'secret'
end