By underpressure on

i just installed the event module, i haven't input an event yet but, i noticed when i have the block in list mode there is a small icon above the word MORE, it links to www.mysite.com/event/ical and on hover the message ADD THIS CALENDAR TO YOUR ICALENDAR shows up and when you click on it you get a message WARNING WEBCAL IS NOT A REGISTERED PROTOCOL.

anyone got an idea what is causeing this issue and how do i fix it?

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bomarmonk’s picture

bomarmonk commented

I reported problems with the I-cal link sometime ago. At the risk of displaying my ignorance, I have no idea how ical works or how it should be implemented. I have put in a request for at least some documentation on this feature. It sounds like a good feature, but until I can see how it is used, it is just a bad link.

See these links for my requests for support:
http://drupal.org/node/39848
http://drupal.org/node/24784

alanburke’s picture

alanburke commented

No Honest.

I am open to correction, but the Webcal protocol can be handled by certain applications that can load external calendars.
The Most common would be Apple's Ical, but Sunbird from Mozilla should do it too.
Even MS Outlook 2003 can be hacked to handle them.

Thats my Understanding of it.

Regards
Alan

Drupal development and themeing, Galway, Ireland

gtoddv’s picture

gtoddv commented

It just doesn't work with Internet Explorer. If you are a Mac or Mozilla (firefox) user you can make use of the icon. You just need the calendar plugin for mozilla/firefox or the stand-alone calendar. I don't know much about Macs but most of iCal support portals are Mac oriented.

Supposedly Outlook 12 will support the protocol/standard. Don't know when the version 12 comes out so don't hold your breath.

Try the sunbird project for a standalone calendar that uses iCal - http://www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/sunbird.html

Here is the firefox plugin that supports iCal - https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?id=208&application=fi...

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gtoddv commented

Well now that I have Firefox 1.5 the webcal links don't work anymore. Has anyone else experienced this?

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Fusion_Sushi commented

If it does not work with Internet Explorer, it does not work. It does not seem to do anything, except make us look bad so I am going to try to remove it.

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Fusion_Sushi’s picture

Fusion_Sushi commented

The only solution that I found to get rid of the Ical thing is not to.. I mean I just downloaded the image, turned it white(same as the bg color) and reuploaded it. That sucks as far as a fix goes but.. its 80% better. I tried to comment out the lines listed above or replace, or hack them but they always hosed the module. If we can't remove it, maybe we can resize it down to 1x1

Anybody else got ideas?

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pwolanin’s picture

pwolanin commented

put this in your theme's template.php file:


/**
 * Format the ical link
 *
 * @param path
 *   The url for the ical feed -  don't use ical link
 */
function phptemplate_event_ical_link($path) {
   return "";
}

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Work: BioRAFT

Fusion_Sushi’s picture

Fusion_Sushi commented

Thanks, thats beautiful!

tain’s picture

tain commented

What if we use a theme that doesn't have template.php?

sawz’s picture

sawz commented

good show...

lustratus’s picture

lustratus commented

The only browser I've used that recognizes AND displays webcal links is OSX Safari/iCal. OSX is the only out-of-the-box OS that plays nicely with the open-source world. Pretty darn slick!
From what I recall, if you change the link from webcal:// to http:// it makes everything happy. Safari will still display them, and the other browsers display an ugly little XML feed.

jorisvanderlinden’s picture

jorisvanderlinden commented

here is a good threat about solving the ical problems : http://drupal.org/node/28523