[Building Sakai] Export calendar events to iCal format

Matthew Jones jonespm at umich.edu
Thu Nov 12 10:21:13 PST 2009


I enabled this property on QA6 (qa6-us.sakaiproject.org). I'm not seeing any
errors with it. Only administrators can set a calendar to export. I added a
calendar with a single event and exported it without any special
permissions.

http://qa6-us.sakaiproject.org/access/calendar/ical/test.ics

-Matthew

2009/11/12 Miguel Ángel Guillén <maguillen at pdi.ucam.edu>

>  I've activated this property and now now Tomcat respons with a 404 error
> code :(
>
> Is it necessary that the calendar is public?
>
>
>
> Matthew Jones escribió:
>
> Yes, there is a property, false, by default:
>
> "Export will not be enabled on server unless "ical.experimental=true" in
> sakai.properties
> Export can be enabled/disabled per site by selecting new "Export" selection
> from Schedule tool"
>
> http://jira.sakaiproject.org/browse/SAK-191
>
> -Matthew
>
> 2009/11/12 Miguel Ángel Guillén <maguillen at pdi.ucam.edu>
>
>> it doesn't work :(
>>
>> Is it necessary to activate any function (like "calendar.export")?
>>
>> thx.
>>
>> Adam Marshall escribió:
>>  > if you're running 2.6 or have the ability to export calendars then do
>> so (ie, export the calendar) and then use the URL as the target of a google
>> subscription.
>> >
>> > From my blog: http://blogs.oucs.ox.ac.uk/adamweblearn/
>> >
>> > How do I display a WebLearn calendar in my email client (Nexus)
>> >
>> > The best way to do this is to subscribe to a WebLearn calendar (rather
>> than import) so that new events or changes to existing events are reflected.
>> >
>> > First of all, the "Schedule" on a site needs to be exported (click on
>> the "export" button). Copy the URL of this calendar into the address bar of
>> your browser, then change "'https://"' to "'webcal://"' and press return.
>> You should see a dialogue box appear asking what external program should
>> open this file, select Outlook (or Sunbird or Thunderbird (with the
>> Lightening plugin) or Entourage). The calendar will then open in your mail
>> client.
>> >
>> > These resources may be of some use:
>> >
>> > *
>> http://www.ehow.com/how_2058421_add-internet-calendar-outlook-2007.html
>> > *
>> http://ryanmaizel.com/2009/07/03/google-apps-outlook-internet-calendars-and-ssl
>> >
>> > | -----Original Message-----
>> > | From: sakai-dev-bounces at collab.sakaiproject.org [mailto:sakai-dev-
>> > | bounces at collab.sakaiproject.org] On Behalf Of Miguel Ángel Guillén
>> > | Sent: 12 November 2009 16:01
>> > | To: sakai-dev
>> > | Subject: [Building Sakai] Export calendar events to iCal format
>> > |
>> > | Hello
>> > |
>> > | I would like to export calendar events from one site to iCal format
>> > | reader (such as Google Calendar)
>> > |
>> > | Is this possible?
>> > |
>> > | Thanks
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