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= Calendars =
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The HDA has a Calendar server ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WebDAV WebDAV]) enabled by default in Amahi 6 (Ubuntu 12.04.x).  
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Each Amahi server has a calendar server in it.
 
  
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To publish or subscribe to a calendar in this server, you need three things:
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This capability is currently broken in Amahi 7 ([https://bugs.amahi.org/issues/1339 Amahi bug 1339]) and greater.  For Amahi 7 (Fedora 19) and future Amahi releases, you will need to install the Amahi [https://www.amahi.org/apps/calendar Calendar] application.
  
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# A client calendar program,
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Using client software you can publish and also subscribe to published calendars on your HDA.
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# The publishing location or URL, which is: http://calendar/, and
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# The calendar name of your choice, typically Home, John, Kids, etc.[* See Note]
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To publish or subscribe to a calendar in this server, you need:
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# A client calendar program
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# The publishing location or URL
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# The calendar name of your choice, typically Home, John, etc.
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In addition, you can also install a "client" application to browse calendars in your HDA, like [http://www.amahi.org/apps/icalendar iCalendar]
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Calendars can be created with widely available clients such as:
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* [http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/ical/ Apple iCal] for Mac OS X.
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* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla_Sunbird Sunbird] ([[Mozilla_Sunbird|Tutorial]])
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* [http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/projects/calendar/ Thunderbird - Lightning Calendar]
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* [http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook/ MS Outlook]
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* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Calendar Windows Calendar] for Windows Vista.
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* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandler_%28software%29 Chandler]
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* ... and many others.
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Technically, the HDA has a WebDAV server, commonly used for sharing online calendars and other files.
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<u>IMPORTANT:</u> Only one calendar publisher is supported per calendar.
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'''NOTE:''' Some clients may require that the name have the ical extension, e.g. Home.ics; you may need to experiment.
  
 
== Publishing URL ==
 
== Publishing URL ==
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The publishing URL for the calendar is
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<u>Fedora</u><br />
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<nowiki>http://ical/<CalendarName></nowiki>.
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<u>Ubuntu</u><br />
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<nowiki>http://calendar/<CalendarName></nowiki>.
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If that fails to work, try:
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<u>Fedora</u><br />
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<nowiki>http://ical.yourdomain.com/<CalendarName></nowiki>.
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<u>Ubuntu</u><br />
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<nowiki>http://calendar.yourdomain.com/</nowiki>.
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The <nowiki><CalendarName></nowiki> part maybe Home, or Home.ics (try this last one first).
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Some clients, notably Sunbird, require that the name of the calendar have the ical extension (which is '''.ics'''), e.g. Home.ics. You may need to experiment with this until it works. If you calendar client asks for a username and password, use your normal login details. Please add your experiences in this page.
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Names with spaces are supported.
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== Accessing the Calendar ==
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We have one application called [http://www.amahi.org/apps/icalendar iCalendar] that needs to be installed if you want to browse calendars in your hda via a web interface. Please note that this app is a '''read only''' client. It cannot create calendar entries.
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The url for accessing the calendar is:
  
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The publishing URL for the calendar is
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<nowiki>http://icalendar</nowiki>
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<nowiki>
 
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  http://calendar/
 
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</nowiki>
 
  
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This server is meant to share calendars with other people who can access the server.
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The url for setting the calendar preferences page is:
  
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Eventually we will have a web interface to the calendar server (accessible through the <nowiki>http://calendar/</nowiki> URL itself), however, for the time being, you need to use a calendar program to publish and subscribe as well as set and delete appointments in calendars in the server.
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<nowiki>http://icalendar/preferences.php</nowiki>
  
 
== Calendar Clients ==
 
== Calendar Clients ==
 
Calendars can be created with widely available clients such as:
 
Calendars can be created with widely available clients such as:
  
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* [http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/ical/ Apple iCal], for Mac OS X:<br />[[Image:ical2.jpg|frameless]] [[Image:ical1.gif|frameless]]
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* [http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/ical/ Apple iCal], for Mac OS X:<br />[[Image:ical2.jpg|Apple Ical]] [[Image:ical1.gif|Apple Ical]]
 
* [http://www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/ Mozilla Sunbird and Lightning (a perfect calendar companion for Thunderbird)], for Windows, Mac and Linux.<br />  [[Image:sunbird.png|frameless]]<br />[[Image:lightning.png|frameless]]
 
* [http://www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/ Mozilla Sunbird and Lightning (a perfect calendar companion for Thunderbird)], for Windows, Mac and Linux.<br />  [[Image:sunbird.png|frameless]]<br />[[Image:lightning.png|frameless]]
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* [http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsvista/features/details/calendar.mspx Windows Calendar], for Windows Vista.<br /> [[Image:vista-calendar.jpg|frameless]]
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* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Calendar Windows Calendar], for Windows Vista.<br /> [[Image:vista-calendar.jpg|frameless]]
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:Also see [[OutlookSync|Outlook synchronization support!]]
 
* [http://www.gnome.org/projects/evolution/ Evolution], for Linux<br /> [[Image:evolution.png|frameless]]
 
* [http://www.gnome.org/projects/evolution/ Evolution], for Linux<br /> [[Image:evolution.png|frameless]]
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* [http://http://www.kontact.org/ Kontact], for Linux<br /> [[Image:kontact.jpg|frameless]]
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:For configuring Evolution to use your HDA, you may be interested by [http://forums.amahi.org/viewtopic.php?p=5782#p5782 this post].
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* ... and some others.
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* [http://www.kontact.org/ Kontact], for Linux<br /> [[Image:kontact.jpg|frameless]]
  
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== Note on Calendar named ==
 
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[*] Some clients, notably Sunbird, may require that the name of the calendar have the ical extension 9whic, e.g. Home.ics. You may need to experiment with this until it w
 
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orks. Please add your experiences to this page or add links to it.
 
  
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= Technical Details =
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[[Category: Apps]]
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Technically, every HDA server has a WebDAV server, commonly used for sharing online calendars as well as other files.
 

Latest revision as of 00:43, 27 April 2017

The HDA has a Calendar server (WebDAV) enabled by default in Amahi 6 (Ubuntu 12.04.x).

This capability is currently broken in Amahi 7 (Amahi bug 1339) and greater. For Amahi 7 (Fedora 19) and future Amahi releases, you will need to install the Amahi Calendar application.

Using client software you can publish and also subscribe to published calendars on your HDA.

To publish or subscribe to a calendar in this server, you need:

  1. A client calendar program
  2. The publishing location or URL
  3. The calendar name of your choice, typically Home, John, etc.


In addition, you can also install a "client" application to browse calendars in your HDA, like iCalendar

Calendars can be created with widely available clients such as:


Technically, the HDA has a WebDAV server, commonly used for sharing online calendars and other files.

IMPORTANT: Only one calendar publisher is supported per calendar.

NOTE: Some clients may require that the name have the ical extension, e.g. Home.ics; you may need to experiment.

Publishing URL

The publishing URL for the calendar is

Fedora
http://ical/<CalendarName>.

Ubuntu
http://calendar/<CalendarName>.

If that fails to work, try:

Fedora
http://ical.yourdomain.com/<CalendarName>.

Ubuntu
http://calendar.yourdomain.com/.

The <CalendarName> part maybe Home, or Home.ics (try this last one first).

Some clients, notably Sunbird, require that the name of the calendar have the ical extension (which is .ics), e.g. Home.ics. You may need to experiment with this until it works. If you calendar client asks for a username and password, use your normal login details. Please add your experiences in this page.

Names with spaces are supported.

Accessing the Calendar

We have one application called iCalendar that needs to be installed if you want to browse calendars in your hda via a web interface. Please note that this app is a read only client. It cannot create calendar entries.

The url for accessing the calendar is:

http://icalendar

The url for setting the calendar preferences page is:

http://icalendar/preferences.php

Calendar Clients

Calendars can be created with widely available clients such as:

Also see Outlook synchronization support!
For configuring Evolution to use your HDA, you may be interested by this post.
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