Recipe 43: iCal feeds
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Ingredients
Completed Recipes 34 and 42, calendar view
iCal module, which comes with Calendar
iCal is a standard text format for exchanging calendar data between web sites. The Drupal Calendar module enables two-way exchange: it can import and export calendar items, that is, calendar events appearing on an external site can be displayed on the Drupal site, and events from the Drupal calendar page may appear on an external site.
Import Calendar items
Enable the iCal module that comes packaged with the Calendar module.
Identify the iCal feed from a web site, and copy the iCal URL. In most browsers you may right-click, and select Copy link location. Of course, this is only possible if the web site provides an iCal feed.
Configure the iCal settings at
admin/settings/calendar/calendar/ical. The path to get there is Administer | Site Configuration | Calendar Setup | iCal. Enter a name for the feed, the iCal url, and a Default link.
Open the Calendar view and note the new events...
