Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Choice of Events Calendering system

Just to follow up on this item. It looks like the choice of an events 
calendar comes down to 2 choices: the Silverstripe Calendar plugin and 
the Google Calendar.

You can see an example of the Silverstripe Calendar module[1] and you 
can now see a working version of a Google calendar set into a CMS site 
that I run[2] (the calendar is set into the page through <iframe>). For 
the Google Calendar version move to the later months into 2012. The 
calendar is on my Early Music News website and will have another 200 or 
more events input in the next couple of months. You can filter the type 
of events by clicking on the "down arrow" next to the menu item "Agenda".

Advantages of the Silverstripe Calendar module
* ical support
* events are stored on our servers
* our website devs can create filters when needed
* events descriptions as long as required
* rss feed

Disadvantages of the Silverstripe Calendar
* creation of events require knowledge of SilverStripe admin use, 
members interested in inputting events need some training
* creation of filters need website devs involvement
* module has not been updated since 22 Jan 2009 [3]
* risk of module not working if new version of SilverStripe is installed 
(this is dependent on whether SilverStripe devs make sure the calendar 
module is compatible with the newest version)
* the traditional calendar view does not show short titles of events 
through a popup window


Advantages of the Google Calendar
* ical support
* Google Calendar use is known by many users and getting help for 
inputting events from interested TDF/LibreOffice members would be easy 
to find. Sharing calendar admin is easily done.
* integration of other ical Google Calendars is easily done
* users can easily integrate the Google events calendar into their own 
Google calendars. Updates to events are then updated directly into the 
users' Google calendars
* events are stored on Google Calendar servers, they take care of 
backups and stability. Less work for our website devs. (this could also 
be a disadvantage)
* events filters can easily be set through the creation of sub-albums 
and scripts are automatically created by Google Calendar
* you can publish sub-albums on different pages if you wish
* the traditional calendar view shows short titles of events (more if 
your web page view is large)
* works on Thunderbird-Lightning Calendar which is often quoted as a 
good combination to compete with MSO (LibreOffice + Thunderbird + Lightning)

Disadvantages of Google Calendar
* events are stored on Google Calendar servers out of our control
* For traditional calendar view: events descriptions should be kept a 
little short. If too long, the popup events windows have no scrollbars 
(You have to plan your text strategically if you want to use the 
traditional calendar view). If using other views, the descriptions can 
be as long as required.
* no rss feed

Cheers,

Marc

[1] http://www.libreoffice.org/about-us/events
[2] http://www.musiqueancienne.org/index.php?module=content&func=view&pid=11
[3] http://www.silverstripe.org/event-calendar/

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