RSS and iCal Integration
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Sync your FSDirect events to any calendar that accepts RSS or iCal feeds to keep everyone on the same page and have more flexibility with your calendaring options. *Note: The RSS feed and iCal link integration feature is only available to clients that subscribe to EventEssentials Pro. How to enable the RSS/iCal Integration in FSDirect
l Click on the Account Setup tab in FSDirect.
l Click on the Account Settings link and scroll halfway down the page.
l Determine whether or not you want to enable an RSS Feed, an iCal link, or both.
l Show Required Services will show any Setup Requirements on the schedule in the details of the event when synced using the RSS feed or iCal link.
l Type of Event to be published allows you to determine if you want only Public Events to sync with either the RSS Feed or iCal link, or if you would like for Public and Private Events to sync.
l Return ___ days of events to RSS or iCal subscriber allows you to set the number of future days you want to export in either option. This field holds a maximum of 99 days in the future, and retains 31 days of events in the past.
l Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click Update Information to save your changes. How to enable the RSS/iCal Integration in CommunityUse
An RSS Feed or iCal link can also be enabled to display on your CommunityUse calendar. This gives the members of the general public in your surrounding area the ability to download a copy of the CommunityUse calendar onto a calendar of their choice, so long as it can read either an RSS Feed or an iCal link.
l Click on your Account Setup tab.
l Hover over the Shortcuts menu and click on Setup CommunityUse.
l The settings for CommunityUse work exactly the same way as they do for the settings in FSDirect.
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Using the RSS Feed/iCal Link
Using either the RSS Feed or iCal Link allows for you to export the FSDirect calendar into anything that can accept those feeds. Both the RSS Feed and iCal Link can be filtered to specific Locations, Buildings, Rooms and even Organizations. To generate the RSS Feed or iCal Link code, follow these steps:
l To generate the RSS Feed or iCal link, click on the Calendar tab.
l Use the filtering options on the right hand side of the page to filter events by Location, Building, Room or Organization. *Note: The Start Time and Event Status filters have no effect on either the RSS Feed or iCal Link. By default, ONLY Activated Events will export out via the RSS Feed or iCal Link and will include all times.
l Click Refresh Calendar.
l Click on either the RSS Feed or iCal Link button as shown.
l Copy the link from the pop-up window, and paste it into an application that accepts the copied feed link. A common example would be an Outlook Calendar, a Google calendar, a Yahoo calendar, but anything that can accept these links will be able to pull in the event information from FSDirect.
l When a user is on the CommunityUse calendar, the same RSS Feed and iCal Link icons will appear in the top right hand corner of the screen.
l Much like the FSDirect Calendar, you can use the filtering options on this page to select the Location or Organization you’d like to see, then click the Filter button.
l Click the RSS Feed or iCal Link icons to generate a similar pop-up to the one shown above.
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Examples of the RSS Feed/iCal Link in Use
Here are some examples of how this will look in some commonly used Internet Browsers and Calendaring programs:
RSS Feed in Firefox RSS Feed in Internet Explorer
RSS Feed in Google Chrome iCal Link in Microsoft Outlook
l Once a user has subscribed to the RSS Feed or iCal Link, they don’t need to do anything else.
l Any time a change is made in FSDirect to an event that is tied to a calendar using the RSS Feed or iCal Link, the calendar will update to reflect the event change made within FSDirect. *Note: You will ONLY be able to make changes to events in FSDirect. You will not be able to make changes to events in the calendar using the RSS Feed or iCal Link.
l Refresh times can vary for each calendaring program.
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