[EventCalendar] Google Calendar permissions issue with Event Calendar subscription

Wed Nov 7 00:27:07 UTC 2007

The "feed processing" error is exactly what Google does when the  
permissions aren't correct. That "Calendar Settings" thing should  
allow you to change settings. Maybe you need to change settings on  
the embedded calendar. I didn't even know that you could rebroadcast  
embedded calendars. I'll have to try it out.

The new version of the calendar that Matthew knocked together is  
nice. You can specify a number of days in which to display events. I  
have it set for 90 days on my site, and it works fine.

Chris

On Nov 6, 2007, at 6:07 PM, Nicholas Street wrote:

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> Hi,
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> The ical file should be http://www.google.com/calendar/ical/ 
> 6i2b8fki9vk5588i595etgu1as8ohsvs%40import.calendar.google.com/ 
> public/basic.ics but it returns a “Feed processing error”.
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> I guess this could be part of the problem!
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> If I try the xml button - http://www.google.com/calendar/feeds/ 
> 6i2b8fki9vk5588i595etgu1as8ohsvs%40import.calendar.google.com/ 
> public/basic - I get a message saying I need to enable public sharing.
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> Note though that if I am logged in to my google account, the  
> calendar entries do appear, so the functionality is still there,  
> it’s just the sharing that doesn’t work.
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> --
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> Thanks to Pandem for pointing out an error on the  
> globalhealthforums site. The issue is a bug related to a small  
> plugin I hacked together to restrict the front page to only show  
> future events that are upcoming within the next two weeks. Before I  
> did this users would be shown events many months in the future,  
> which weren’t so relevant. The “events” category was then supposed  
> to allow you to see the full events listing. It appears I broke it  
> so that future events would not appear when looking at the event on  
> its own, so I’ll have to fix that as well! Given that when I  
> download the ical file from http://www.union.ic.ac.uk/medic/medsin/ 
> globalhealthforums/?ec3_ical the contents seems to be correct, I  
> don’t think that this bug is conflicting. I will have a more  
> detailed check when I get time.
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> Nick
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> From: eventcalendar-bounces at firetree.net [mailto:eventcalendar- 
> bounces at firetree.net] On Behalf Of firetree_ec3 at spamex.com
> Sent: 06 November 2007 11:27
> To: eventcalendar at firetree.net
> Subject: Re: [EventCalendar] Google Calendar permissions issue with  
> Event Calendar subscription
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> I wanted the "export," or direct URI to the .ics file (Same as iCal  
> "Subscribe" link, except that Google uses "http://", not "webcal://").
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> Here's an example of what I'm doing:
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> http://cmarshall.net/test.php?uri=http://www.google.com/calendar/ 
> ical/up9ba31v77o3bvjfoh1soeqapk%2540group.calendar.google.com/ 
> public/basic.ics
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> This will return an XML dump. The first part of my work is  
> developing a reliable XML parse of a vCalendar file (which is not  
> XML). After I am satisfied that I'm getting good XML, then I'll  
> throw an interpreter around it.
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> Try this:
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> 1) Go to "Calendar Settings" for that calendar.
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> 2) Click on the green "iCal" button.
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> I think that will give you what you need.
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> On Nov 6, 2007, at 3:45 AM, Nicholas Street wrote:
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> Thanks for your prompt reply. Unfortunately the calendar sharing  
> option is not available. In the left nav bar, the calendar I have  
> imported from ec3 is under the "Other Calendars" heading, and none  
> of these give me a "share this calendar" option when clicking their  
> down arrow. Similarly, on the Calendar Settings pane there is a  
> column called "sharing", but the "Share this calendar" link only  
> appears for unimported calendars. All my other imported calendars  
> however are publicly shared, so this isn't a problem for these. I  
> don't know why the event calendar import behaves differently.  
> Perhaps there is a setting in the ics feed, or its header, which  
> tells google to restrict access to that calendar?
>
> Thanks again!
>
> Nick
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> P.S. You should be able to download the shared ics file from http:// 
> www.union.ic.ac.uk/medic/medsin/globalhealthforums/?ec3_ical - I'm  
> not quite clear what you mean by the shared Google .ics file, do  
> you mean to the google calendar webpage in which I have attempted  
> to import the calendar? You can get to that from here: http:// 
> www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=6i2b8fki9vk5588i595etgu1as8ohsvs% 
> 40import.calendar.google.com
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> On 11/6/07, firetree_ec3 at spamex.com <firetree_ec3 at spamex.com> wrote:
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> In the left navigation area, look at the calendar list.
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> Click on the popup menu next to the calendar you want to share.
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> Select "Share This Calendar".
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> Choose the middle radio button ("Share all information on this  
> calendar with everyone").
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> That did it for me.
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> I don't know if embedding an iCal causes difficulties. Can you post  
> a URI to the shared Google .ics file? I'm working on a vCalendar  
> parser right now, and this is of interest to me.
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> Chris
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> On Nov 5, 2007, at 7:07 PM, Nicholas Street wrote:
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> Hi all,
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> I am having some problems sharing an Event Calendar which is  
> imported into a Google Calendar, and would like some advice.
>
> I have imported the event calendar from my website using the  
> following URL: webcal://www.union.ic.ac.uk/medic/medsin/ 
> globalhealthforums/?ec3_ical
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> I have then attempted to share the calendar by embedding the google  
> calendar as an iframe in another website ( http:// 
> www.union.ic.ac.uk/medic/medsin )
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> However, because of permissions problems, the calendar will not  
> display.
>
> Looking more closely, the details page for the imported calendar on  
> the calendar.google.com site displays the following:
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> "Anyone Can: See nothing"
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> "You Can: See all event details"
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> However, no options are available to change the permissions on the  
> calendar.
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> I have tried doing the same process with the example event calendar  
> ( http://wpcal.firetree.net/?ec3_ical ) - and I am able to share  
> this without any problems.
>
> Can anyone tell me why I am unable to share this calendar?
>
> Thanks a lot for your help,
>
> Nick Street
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