Sync/Export Options

This screen contains options for configuring the synchronization module and export features.

Enable Synchronization Module

Setting this option to Yes enables the sync module. People using the Synchronization program can extract events for download into MS Outlook or Palm Handhelds.

Allow Anonymous Users to Use the Sync Feature

If this option is set to Yes, then Users can anonymously use the Sync program to extract events. If this is set to No, then Users must have a valid login in order to extract events.

Enable iCal Export

If this option is set, a link for downloading iCal files is shown on the Event Detail screen and View Calendar screen. For information on iCal files, see Description of iCal and Internet Calendar (iCal RFC-5545).

iCal is a text file format designed for publishing calendar information. For information about the iCal format, refer to RFC-5545 Internet Calendaring and Scheduling Core Object Specification (iCalendar). Many programs allow you to subscribe to remote calendars and have them appear transparently with the rest of your schedule.

Some programs that support iCalendar include:

Apple iCal (device and desktop)
Google Calendar
Microsoft Outlook and Live Mail
Mozilla Lightning
and many others.

The RFC for iCal is available from:

http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc5545.txt

The link on the Event Detail screen is a single occurrence export for a specific event. This can be used to directly import a single occurrence into any iCAL compliant package like Microsoft Outlook.

Many clients like Apple iCal, KOrganizer, Mozilla Calendar and others, can read these files.

Strict Microsoft Outlook/Apple iCal Compatibility

Microsoft Outlook and Apple iCal do not fully support there recurrence types as documented in the internet specification for iCalendar. If you check this option, it will stop users from creating events not compatible with those programs.

Enable AddThis Social Networking Support

If this option is set to yes, then the program will display links to add events to social networking sites. This includes sites like Facebook, Twitter, and Digg. The default implementation uses addthis.com's widget. If you want, you can enable this feature and then edit the /custom/<language>/AddThis.html file to replace the implementation with a different one.

RSS 2.0 Export - Default # of Days to Export

If the dayspan= argument is not passed to the RSS processor, this is the number of days to export by default.

RSS 2.0 Export - Default Max Items to Export

The RSS export module can limit how many entries are exported. This lets you specify that default number of items. It is similar to the maxcount URL argument.