Re: [SM-PLUGINS] shared calendar

[Paul L. <pa...@sq...>]

Please do not top post

> >> Is anyone here using a shared ical calendar?  is that possible or is
> >> there a way to hack it so that all of my users can see a shared (view
> >> only) calendar without them all having to subscribe?  it seems like a
> >> bit of an oversight to have a shared calendar that doesnt support a
> >> shared ical calendar,  so I must be missing a configuration somewhere?
> >>
> >
> > Please clarify your request.  "iCal" is just a standard way that
> > calendaring information is represented, and does not indicate a type
> > of calendar source.  The plugin supports calendars shared at any level
> > including public if you create and host the calendar in SM.
> > Externally hosted calendars should be "made public" at their source,
> > not necessarily inside of SM....  if that is your goal, it might be
> > possible for you to subscribe to it and get an extract of it (or do so
> > at the source) and re-import it into a new calendar that is made
> > public in your SM.
> >
> I am subscribing to an external webdav ical server (apache webdav).

SM shared calendar does not support webDAV client support yet, so
whatever you are subscribing to is not implementing proper webDAV
functionality or it's just a regular open calendar file.

> once I add a external ical calender,  how do I make it available to
> everyone,

I already answered this.  Please don't ask same questions twice.

That said, I have noted this conversation and will consider the
possibility of sharing external calendars the next time I am coding
this plugin (but I am not hopeful, due to the different manner in
which such calendars are managed)

> there is no setting in ical as far as I know that is public

Of course.  iCal is not a standard that encompasses privacy settings

> for anything other than individual events,  so I am not sure what you
> mean by making the external ical calendar "public" at its source.  It

Make it "subscribe-able" (accessible) by anyone from anywhere (share
your webDAV pwd, for instance)

> should be something as simple as adding a external shared calendar and
> allowing all users to view it,  but I cannot seem to locate how to do

You make assumptions that perhaps you shouldn't w/out digging into the
architecture.

> that,   it seems if you added a shared external calendar all users could
> view it, but that is not the case with this plugin as far as I can tell?
>  importing and export continually is not feasible.