Re: [libreoffice-website] Google Calendar on SilverStripe

Hi Marc, *,

On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 4:04 PM, Marc Paré <marc@marcpare.com> wrote:
> I am want to test/use a version for the main website but need to check on a
> couple of technical points, but this means that we would only need to input
> data once and have it appear both on the wiki and website at the same time.

The currently installed EventCalendar module alloes to specify a
calendar-feed that will be merged with manually entered entries. So if
it is just about displaying basic info, this can be used.

> I've prepared an unpublished website page and was wondering if using
> <iframe> attributes are OK? Does using <iframe> cause any problems or are
> there any concerns that I should be aware of?

Iframes are acceptable. And IIRC google's embed-this-calendar tool
also creates iframe code, so this is also the easiest way to add it.

> I am also wondering about the
> width of the calendar, is 800x600 OK or should it be larger? It should still
> be usable on netbooks.

The LO theme on the website has a maximum width of 900px - it should
not be larger than that.

> I know there is a calendar plugin for SilverStripe, but using a Google
> Calendar adds a little more flexibility and the learning curve for admin
> help is zero as many people are familiar with Google Calendar.

See above - enter the goolge-calendar ical-URL to the event-Calendar page.

If you need more fancy stuff than iframe, it is also easy to add a
dedicated template that would allow you to use any html without any
restriction.

> Note that you have to be logged into SilverStripe to see the unpublished
> page (unless someone knows of a way to see the unpublished page).

That is the point of having unpublished pages... While it would be
possible to change the security permissions to allow all users to view
the draft content, this would just complicate things. If you want to
make it public, but not "visible" - just uncheck "show in menu" (and
set google-sitemap index to not indexed) and publish it - that way
people can access the page when they know the URL, but it won't show
up in the navigation and hence regular visitors will not stumble over
it. (but it might be picked up by searchengines that follow links from
mailinglist archives and similar)

ciao
Christian

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