[UPHPU] new site, new syndication

[Sheri Bigelow]

On 9/6/06, UPHPU Administrator <admin at uphpu.org> wrote:
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> I hadn't heard that you can integrate Google calendars into a site.
> Do you have more information on this?


Google calendar has the option to share calendars as XML, iCal or HTML. When
you go into the Google calendar settings, you can share all information or
free/busy information. If you choose to embed the calendar into another
site, google generates an iframe.
http://www.google.com/googlecalendar/event_publisher_guide.html#site

Here's an example of a calendar with free/busy information shared and
iframed.
http://www.redbuttegarden.org/Private_Rental/?c=Rental_Dates_and_Calendar.inc


Another option: use phpicalendar, an ical parser, to integrate a google
calendar. I use cron to grab the shared google calendar feed (ics file) and
then use phpicalendar to display it. This way, I'm not totally dependent on
google as I can switch to any app that generates ics files any time I want (
i.e. Apple's iCal or Mozilla's Sunbird).
http://phpicalendar.net/
http://phpicalendar.net/documentation/index.php/Creating_calendars
http://phpicalendar.net/documentation/index.php/Using_publish.ical.php

I started looking for a suitable WordPress calendar plug-in, but haven't
delved into it too much yet. WP-iCal looks the most promising so far.
http://codex.wordpress.org/Plugins/Calendar_Event
http://garrickvanburen.com/wpical/