RE: [Ldsoss] Stake/Ward Web Site Utilities

[Pete Whiting]

Thanks for the feedback.   I am aware that the ical file doesn’t cleanly import into outlook – a quick search of the error message on the web leads me to believe others are having similar problems – if you can modify the file such that outlook will accept it and then provide me that file I might be able to get the ical export to match it. Parenthetically, upon reviewing rfc 2445 it appears that commas, semi colons, and slashes need to be escaped in the description text. This fixes the koffice import problem but doesn’t seem to help the outlook import. I still need to verify it doesn’t break the mac ical import.   Regarding the vcal format, I need to review the spec to make sure I understand how to deal with events that do not have an associated time (only a date). If you can post a sample of what the vcal vevent should look like it may save some work. Also, it would be nice to understand how to properly handle an event that has a start date but not a stop date. In ical I’m using a stop time of midnight and in vcal I’m not including the DTEND at all. Finally, if someone wants to verify that timezones in vcal work the same as in ical I can then add them to the vcal export for church-wide events.   Regarding the ward directory, I’m hopeful this calendar export will prove useful enough to convince those who own the decision to allow the same for the ward list.   pete   From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2006 11:53 AM To: "LDS Open Source Software" <ldsoss@lists.ldsoss.org> Subject: Re: [Ldsoss] Stake/Ward Web Site Utilities   Peter,   I tried using this feature yesterday to do an import into Outlook 2003. I got an error with the iCal format saying it was an invalid file so I used the vCal format instead. The import seemed to work but many of the events actually showed up a day early in Outlook (than the day the appear on the online calendar) -- it doesn't happen with every event, just some of them -- it may just be with events that don't have a time associated with them (at least the time doesn't show up on the month view). Are you aware of this bug?   Has the church also considered making a ward directory download available as well? Making it easy to import the ward list into electronic devices would also be a big win.   -aaron     On 2/7/06, Peter Whiting <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Mon, Feb 06, 2006 at 02:36:25PM -0600, Stacey wrote: > Given that an almost working calendar export feature is > available from the ldschurch guys I am planning to replace my > script with an instruction page on how to export calendars > directly. We pushed a change to production that should make the calendars usable in ical (needed a carriage return on the last line of the file.) I've been told there are some issues with import into koffice (apparently with commas in the body of the text) but I don't think it makes sense for us to start mangling the content of the description to accommodate the idiosyncrasies of different calendar applications - rather we'll leave those for filters executed by the end-user. Please provide feedback, especially if you see areas where the ical and/or vcal outputs don't adhere to their specs. pete _______________________________________________ Ldsoss mailing list Ldsoss@lists.ldsoss.org http://lists.ldsoss.org/mailman/listinfo/ldsoss   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NOTICE: This email message is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply email and destroy all copies of the original message. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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