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== Using Lightning with | == Using Lightning with Google Calendars == | ||
You can use | You can use Google Calendar in two ways. You can have read-access to public calendars or you can use a calendar bi-directional, with both read and write-access. Most of this is valid for Sunbird too though it isn't currently possible to receive or send invites to people with Sunbird. | ||
== read access == | == read access == | ||
If you only need read-access to a google-calendar, you can use the link of the public ics-file which is provided by google such as: | If you only need read-access to a google-calendar, you can use the link of the public ics-file which is provided by google such as: | ||
http://www.google.com/calendar/ical/ | http://www.google.com/calendar/ical/username%40gmail.com/public/basic.ics | ||
== read- and write access == | == read- and write access == | ||
If you need both read and write access to your calendar, you | If you need both read and write access to your calendar, you have two options. You can either install the Provider for Google Calendar from [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/sunbird/addon/4631 addons.mozilla.org] or access it via CalDAV. | ||
=== Provider for Google Calendar === | |||
The Provider uses a slightly different method of accessing the Calendar. It is more reliable w.r.t Alarms and some people say its also faster when refreshing. Get the extension from addons.mozilla.org: Download the file by right-clicking on the link and choose save-as. Then in Sunbird or Thunderbird with Lightning installed, choose Extras/Tools > Addons and click on the install button. Point it to the downloaded file and install the extension. | |||
To access your calendar data, you need to retrieve your private XML URL from the Google Calendar UI. | To access your calendar data, you need to retrieve your private XML URL from the Google Calendar UI. | ||
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The private link will look something like: | The private link will look something like: | ||
http://www.google.com/calendar/feeds/username%40gmail.com/private-1ba218e6a25bfc32b25a4eb3f9ee6d96/basic | http://www.google.com/calendar/feeds/username%40gmail.com/private-1ba218e6a25bfc32b25a4eb3f9ee6d96/basic | ||
The ICS Link should also work, but to be safe we suggest sticking with the XML link. | |||
'''Google requires an authentication token on each request. To ensure the privacy of your data, change "http" to "https" in the link before adding the calendar.''' | |||
After installing you can create a new calendar and choose "On the network". Then pick "Google Calendar" and paste or enter the URL to your calendar. Click "next" and choose a name and color. If you click "next" a popup appears in which you have to enter your login (with or without the @gmail.com part) and password and choose whether you want Lightning/Sunbird to save your password. Choosing "next" creates the calendar and provides you with two-way access to the google-calendar. | |||
There are some limitations with using the google-calendar, please see the [http://wiki.mozilla.org/Calendar:GDATA_Provider#Bugs_and_Limitations gdata-page on mozilla. | |||
=== CalDAV === | |||
Please see [http://www.google.com/support/calendar/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=99358#sunbird Google's support page]. It works very similar for Thunderbird/Lightning. Note that the support page has outdated URLs in some places, so also read [https://blog.mozilla.org/calendar/2013/09/google-is-changing-the-location-url-of-their-caldav-calendars/ this blog post about new CalDAV URLs]. | |||