WordPress.com Forums » User Favorites: luckyblog http://en.forums.wordpress.com/profile/ WordPress.com Forums » User Favorites: luckyblog en Tue, 18 Jun 2013 05:33:15 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.1-alpha-2539 juliaproctor on "Google Calendar" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/google-calendar#post-148729 Mon, 24 Dec 2007 19:28:24 +0000 juliaproctor 148729@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Nice one. I'm still tweaking, but it seems to work. Any idea how to get the descriptions to show as well as the event titles in the WP sidebar widget?

]]> luckyblog on "Google Calendar" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/google-calendar#post-138845 Tue, 27 Nov 2007 18:54:38 +0000 luckyblog 138845@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Full instructions here:
http://helensnerdyblog.wordpress.com/2007/11/27/how-to-add-a-google-calendar-to-your-wordpresscom-blog-using-the-rss-widget/

]]> raincoaster on "Google Calendar" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/google-calendar#post-138468 Mon, 26 Nov 2007 18:39:20 +0000 raincoaster 138468@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Very, very slick! Thanks for that: I'm sure this will be helpful for a LOT of people.

]]> timethief on "Google Calendar" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/google-calendar#post-138467 Mon, 26 Nov 2007 18:38:44 +0000 timethief 138467@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ YAY! indeed. :-) Thanks for sharing the solution.

]]> luckyblog on "Google Calendar" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/google-calendar#post-138465 Mon, 26 Nov 2007 18:37:50 +0000 luckyblog 138465@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Hoooooray!!!! Done it!

The clue was on another thread about google share something.

The answer is:

1. Take the google html url
2. Add the "options" to the end of it, to make it display "future events" in a sensible order
3. Go to feed43.com
4. Add it into there
5. Use regular expressions to pick out the title, content and link (Be careful, you want the link rel, not link self)
6. Export it
7. Copy _that_ url into your rss widget.

YAY!!!!!

]]> timethief on "Google Calendar" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/google-calendar#post-138455 Mon, 26 Nov 2007 18:14:27 +0000 timethief 138455@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ We cannot have iframe embeds for our wordpress.com blogs http://wordpress.com/forums/search.php?q=google+calendar

]]> luckyblog on "Google Calendar" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/google-calendar#post-138441 Mon, 26 Nov 2007 17:22:56 +0000 luckyblog 138441@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ How frustrating, "him indoors" has just got himself a "blogspot" blog, and has been able to embed his google calendar using the iframe method immediately :-(
He is now crowing that blogspot is better, which its obviously _not_ !!!!

Has anyone found a way of hooking up their (google or other) calendar successfully on a wordpress.com site, via the rss widget or any other way?

I am going to get round to moving my stuff to my wordpress.org account, where of course I can choose my own settings and then add an iframe. But I'm not going to be ready to "move home" for a good while yet. So any ideas on this would be great.

I also need to be able to tell my dearest that my blog is better than his.

h

]]> luckyblog on "reading remote calendars" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/reading-remote-calendars#post-136909 Wed, 21 Nov 2007 14:02:51 +0000 luckyblog 136909@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Any recommendations for good calendars with sensible rss feeds?
(i.e. ones which will display correctly, future events in date-to-happen order)

I tried google calendar, which with the adding of a bunch of parameters can be made to display what I wanted - display future events only, in date-to-happen order rather than date-added-order. But unfortunately the xml output of the google calendar is still poor, and the resulting links from within the rss widget end up as broken links for me.

So I'm looking for a good calendar which has nice RSS feed.

I'm going to try out "Calendar Hub", but if anyone has recommendations of ones which have worked for them, 'twould be much appreciated.

]]> timethief on "reading remote calendars" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/reading-remote-calendars#post-136150 Sun, 18 Nov 2007 23:51:57 +0000 timethief 136150@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ @Trent
Bookmarked for future reference. Thanks. :)

]]> trent on "reading remote calendars" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/reading-remote-calendars#post-136141 Sun, 18 Nov 2007 23:41:35 +0000 trent 136141@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ If you are here on wordpress.com (though it seems you are not) or for anyone else wondering this for wordpress.com, it can be done if the calendar has an RSS feed and then you can use the RSS widget to display the data on your blog.

Trent

]]> timethief on "reading remote calendars" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/reading-remote-calendars#post-136131 Sun, 18 Nov 2007 23:20:15 +0000 timethief 136131@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Hi there,
We don't use plugins here at wordpress.com. Mayobe you have downloaded the software from http://wordpress.org. They run on different software than we do so in that case you would need to ask here http://wordpress.org/support
HTH :)

]]> seshattt on "reading remote calendars" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/reading-remote-calendars#post-136130 Sun, 18 Nov 2007 23:16:58 +0000 seshattt 136130@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Does anyone know of a wp plugin to read remote calendars (.ics) and display their data on my blog? (The only plugins I find generate .ics, they don't read them)

]]> sunburntkamel on "Google Calendar" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/google-calendar#post-130759 Tue, 30 Oct 2007 19:06:45 +0000 sunburntkamel 130759@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ in theory, you could use this tool to convert the iCal feed into an RDF feed, and put that in a widget:
http://torrez.us/ics2rdf/

it doesn't work for me, though.

]]> luckyblog on "Google Calendar" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/google-calendar#post-130752 Tue, 30 Oct 2007 18:25:42 +0000 luckyblog 130752@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ OK, well feedback from wordpress.com is that google calendar xml is not supported at the moment, which is understandable, as its feed is not strictly rss.

I'm looking at how to convert the xml to proper rss before passing it. Maybe someone already done that? Will post here if any joy.

]]> luckyblog on "Google Calendar" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/google-calendar#post-130659 Tue, 30 Oct 2007 12:32:12 +0000 luckyblog 130659@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Noticed that the URLs which are not working produce error "Internet Explorer does not
support this feed format," rather than a 404.

I have posted a query in google forums in case the problem is with the URLs returned, or with their content.

http://groups.google.com/group/google-calendar-help-bugs/browse_thread/thread/de020e33bd6f5a62/7c6ab2912243fe58#7c6ab2912243fe58

However, it may not actually be a google bug.

I wonder if it may be possible for wordpress.com to make a work-around, whereby the RSS widget chooses the "link" element which has the best "type" - in this case 'text/html'

I will leave feedback on the off-chance.

cheers
Helen

]]> luckyblog on "Google Calendar" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/google-calendar#post-130658 Tue, 30 Oct 2007 12:01:30 +0000 luckyblog 130658@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Hi, I'm trying the same thing (Google as RSS).

This is how far I've got (Sorry, large bits of code being posted here).

URL of xml of the google calendar I'm using:

http://www.google.com/calendar/feeds/qplta3mhmdi33no4c9muipvcj4%40group.calendar.google.com/public/basic?futureevents=true&orderby=starttime&sortorder=ascending&max-results=10&singleevents=true

Example of an "entry" element from that xml:

<entry>
	<id>http://www.google.com/calendar/feeds/qplta3mhmdi33no4c9muipvcj4%40group.calendar.google.com/public/basic/gfi0unfj17a5sgnkemh6g2s750_20071106T170000Z</id>
	<published>2007-10-01T16:27:19.000Z</published>
	<updated>2007-10-01T16:27:19.000Z</updated>
	<category scheme='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#kind' term='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#event'/>
	<title type='text'>AU Forum</title>
	<summary type='html'>When: Tue 6 Nov 2007 5pm to 6pm&nbsp;
GMT<br>

<br>Event Status: confirmed</summary>
	<content type='text'>When: Tue 6 Nov 2007 5pm to 6pm&nbsp;
GMT<br>

<br>Event Status: confirmed</content>
	<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.google.com/calendar/event?eid=Z2ZpMHVuZmoxN2E1c2dua2VtaDZnMnM3NTBfMjAwNzExMDZUMTcwMDAwWiBxcGx0YTNtaG1kaTMzbm80YzltdWlwdmNqNEBn' title='alternate'/>
	<link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.google.com/calendar/feeds/qplta3mhmdi33no4c9muipvcj4%40group.calendar.google.com/public/basic/gfi0unfj17a5sgnkemh6g2s750_20071106T170000Z'/>
	<author>
		<name>Liverpool University Canoe Club</name>
	</author>
</entry>

Event URL from there which fails to open in my browser, and is the one being chosen by WordPress RSS widget, is the one contained in the "id" tag, and again, as the "href" parameter in the <link rel='self'... tag.

Event URL from there which does work, but is not chosen by Wordprss RSS widget, is the one contained in the "href" parameter in the <link rel='alternate... tag

So its possible that google calendar app is making a mistake in the first URL. I will leave feedback at google first in case of that possibility.
Second choice is I'll leave feedback at wordpress, in case the team there are prepared to tweak the RSS widget to read from the <link rel='alternate... tag in the case of google calendars.

If you know another solution - e.g. if there is a way to convert the google "xml" output into "better" RSS, then please post here,

cheers
Helen

]]> timethief on "Google Calendar" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/google-calendar#post-52293 Tue, 13 Feb 2007 20:42:16 +0000 timethief 52293@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ No - sorry. You are advised to send in a feedback request to staff.

]]> sockcavern on "Google Calendar" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/google-calendar#post-52290 Tue, 13 Feb 2007 20:35:44 +0000 sockcavern 52290@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Any updates or results on this issue?

]]> thestatusjoe on "Google Calendar" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/google-calendar#post-50679 Thu, 08 Feb 2007 03:10:27 +0000 thestatusjoe 50679@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I also use Google Calendar and am trying to use its feed through a sidebar RSS widget. Same thing for me: clicking an event link hops you over to the raw xml instead of the event's page.

If there's a fix, I'd be interested to know, as well.

]]> drmike on "Google Calendar" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/google-calendar#post-40972 Sat, 30 Dec 2006 15:58:44 +0000 drmike 40972@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I tried the feed URL that you gave, clicked on a link and got an error message from teh browser.

I'm hoping someone else can pitch in here and make a suggestion as I don't use Google Calendar myself.

Regards,
-drmike

]]> torleylinden on "Google Calendar" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/google-calendar#post-40823 Fri, 29 Dec 2006 20:32:55 +0000 torleylinden 40823@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Hi all! I tried this, and it doesn't work as expected. When clicking through to the event via the RSS Widget, instead of taking me to this page:

https://www.google.com/calendar/event?eid=YW9ubXZzaTJhdWtkMnQ2NHZoazZzN2gxMWsgcjFtMzhobXUxaDE1djFhcWVxdXIwNDg1bmdAZw

it goes here:

http://www.google.com/calendar/feeds/r1m38hmu1h15v1aqequr0485ng%40group.calendar.google.com/public/basic/aonmvsi2aukd2t64vhk6s7h11k

which appears as a raw XML file and is very confusing.

The feed URL (please pardon the length) is:

https://www.google.com/calendar/feeds/r1m38hmu1h15v1aqequr0485ng%40group.calendar.google.com/public/basic

Any way to have it link to the proper place? Thank-you!

]]> hadadink on "Google Calendar" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/google-calendar#post-39759 Wed, 20 Dec 2006 05:29:29 +0000 hadadink 39759@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Here's a way to get your Google Calendar in a WordPress blog. Use an RSS Sidebar widget to display the RSS / XML feed of your particular calendar. Just click "Calendar Settings" beside the calendar you want to share. Then copy the link under the "XML" button on that page, and paste it into an RSS Sidebar widget. Now, the calendar has to be public for this to work, but it does work... I've tried it.

Woo Hoo!
Alan

]]> drmike on "Google Calendar" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/google-calendar#post-37128 Sun, 03 Dec 2006 20:56:07 +0000 drmike 37128@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I haven't heard anything but, as stated above, you're free to send in a feedback and ask staff directly.

Regards,
-drmike

]]> greerish on "Google Calendar" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/google-calendar#post-36180 Tue, 28 Nov 2006 04:14:52 +0000 greerish 36180@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Does anyone know if there is any work being done on adding a features that would allow a google calendar? This would be an awesome feature. I sent it as a feature request through my Dashboard but I didn't get a reply.
Has anyone heard anything about this being developed? It's almost a deal breaker for me... almost. I LOVE WORDPRESS!

]]> drmike on "Google Calendar" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/google-calendar#post-34519 Thu, 16 Nov 2006 01:19:18 +0000 drmike 34519@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Feel free to submit this as a suggestion though from your dashboard though. I remember a thread where we discussed adding in a HTML link to it over at Google's site but I can't find it right off.

]]> timethief on "Google Calendar" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/google-calendar#post-34386 Wed, 15 Nov 2006 03:22:51 +0000 timethief 34386@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ G'evening
I typed "google calendar" into the forum search box to confirm my answer to your question. We cannot have iframe embeds for our wordpress.com blogs http://wordpress.com/forums/search.php?q=google+calendar

]]> miguelavalerio on "Google Calendar" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/google-calendar#post-34385 Wed, 15 Nov 2006 03:15:31 +0000 miguelavalerio 34385@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Is there any chance to have a google calendar embed object?

thanks

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