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Spent 3 hours trying to fix a Facebook ad pixel... it was a typo the whole time
I was working on a client campaign and their conversion data kept dropping off... couldn't figure out why for days. Checked the pixel code, the events, even reinstalled it from scratch. Finally opened the actual page source and saw I had "pixel" spelled as "pixle" in the base code. Three hours of my life gone over one missing letter. Anyone else have a tiny mistake eat up a whole afternoon?
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nathan_barnes7d ago
Nah I gotta disagree with checking the console first. Console errors can be misleading sometimes especially with third party scripts. The real issue is that even if the console showed something it probably would've just said "pixel isnt defined" which is basically useless when youre already looking at the code. You gotta actually look at the raw source code and trace everything line by line. Console is a good starting point but it wont catch stupid typos like "pixle" if the script is still technically loading. Ive been burned by that exact thing too many times. The real lesson is just read what you wrote before you assume the problem is deeper than it is.
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