[Novalug] novalug.com suggestions

John Franklin franklin@elfie.org
Sun Oct 13 23:33:48 EDT 2013


These events are generated when someone adds or edits an event node.  Google can't help us much on the authoring side, but if you use Google Calendar, you can add NovaLUG to your GC.

jf

On Oct 13, 2013, at 7:05 PM, Mark Smith <mark@winksmith.com> wrote:

> not sure if it was mentioned before, but google makes a good calendar
> product.  you can create one and embed it directly into your website.
> for instance:
> 
> 	http://googlesystem.blogspot.co.nz/2006/06/embed-google-calendar-in-your-site.html
> 
> my wife uses it for her business.  people viewing her website can see
> what is offerred and when.  she can update it anytime she wants and
> wherever and it magically is updated for all viewers.  customers can
> subscribe and display on their mobile if they choose to, and so on.
> 
> it can be exported to your calendar (google, or otherwise), viewed from
> your mobile phone, backups, uptime, and all the other google stuff.
> 
> it's easy enough to give several individuals the ability to make changes.
> not sure how it would work for 100's of people to make changes if that's
> what you want.
> 
> 
> On Sun, Oct 13, 2013 at 06:47:06PM -0400, Jon LaBadie wrote:
>> On Sun, Oct 13, 2013 at 07:01:40AM -0400, John Franklin wrote:
>>> On Oct 13, 2013, at 3:39 AM, Morrie L C <morrison_constable@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> What does the community think about including:
>>>> 
>> ...
>>>> 2) A calendar entry creation link in the "Date" line of the "Meeting info" section of http://novalug.com/meetings, for easy addition to ones calendar?
>>> 
>>> Little known feature of the Novalug.com site -- clicking the red icon under the
>>> "Upcoming Events" block will subscribe you to the Novalug calendar.
>>> Whenever your calendar software updates subscribed calendars (typically,
>>> daily or weekly), you'll get the latest events on your calendar.
>> 
>> Never having tried to access online calendars dynamically I gave it
>> a try.  Figuring others might also be novices I wrote up my steps
>> and added them to the website.  From the novalug.com home page go to
>> 
>> Knowledge -> How to use the NOVALUG website -> Adding a NovaLug
>> calendar to Thunderbird
> 
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