Google Calendar for Bloggers

Google Calendar is used to keep track of all your life's important events in one place. You can add events and send invitations effortlessly, share your schedule with friends and family, and search for events you might enjoy. You can now embed your calendar in your blog and share your organized schedule.......

Firstly you have to sign in. If you already have a Google Account, just visit the Google Calendar homepage, enter your username and password, and click "Sign in. There are no costs. It is free.


You can create your own calendar to put on your blog OR you can search for public calendars which you can then put in your blog. To search for (and add) a public calendar, just follow these steps:

1. Under "Calendars" in the left column, click on the "+" button next to "Other Calendars."
2. Verify that the "Search Public Calendars" tab is selected.
3. Enter specific, descriptive keywords in the search box, then click on "Search." If you're looking for the calendar of a group in a specific location, make sure to include the name of a city.
4. Once you've found the calendar, click on "Add." The calendar will then appear under "Other Calendars" in on the left side of the page.

You can also locate public calendars by entering a keyword, URL, or email address into the search box at the bottom of the "Calendars" list on the left side of the page.

Finally, if you know the address of a calendar you'd like to add in iCal or XML format, you can type it into the field provided on the "Public Calendar Address" tab, and click on "Add."


To import other calendars into your own first export data from the other calendar.
To export Google Calendar content, just follow these steps:

1. Under "Calendars" in the left column, click on the down-arrow button next to the appropriate calendar, then select "Calendar settings." (Alternatively, click on "Manage Calendars" under "Calendars" in the left column, then click on the name of the appropriate calendar.)
2. Click on the "ICAL" button under "Private Address" and click on the displayed URL.
3. Save the exported file to the desired folder on your computer.

Then go to your calendar. Click the down arrow next to it in the sidebar and select Show only this calendar. Then click on Settings at the very top of the page in line with your email address. Click on Import Settings under Calendar Settings.

Search for calendars carrying data you desire e.g. U.S. Holidays. Then export data from that calendar to a file on your PC and import that file into your calendar.

Click on Browse and select the file you had saved after exporting from the other calendar.
Choose the calendar in which you wish to import the data and click Import button.


EMBED GOOGLE CALENDAR IN YOUR BLOG

You can embed your calendar on your website by using your calendar’s address in HTML format with the “configuration tool.” Just follow these steps:

1. Under "Calendars" in the left column, click on the down-arrow next to the appropriate calendar.
2. Select "Calendar settings." (Alternatively, click on "Manage Calendars" under "Calendars" in the left column, then click on the name of the appropriate calendar.)
3. In the “Calendar Address” section, click on the “HTML” icon. A pop-up window with your calendar's private URL will appear.
4. Click on the “configuration tool” link in the popup.
5. Carefully follow the instructions on the configuration tool page.
6. Customize the width and height to fit in your sidebar.
7. After customizing click the Update Url button after previewing the calendar at the bottom.
8. Copy the code and paste it in a Html/Javascript Page Element in the sidebar.
9. Save Template. Refresh Cache and View Blog.

Please note that you can change the amount of information available on your calendar's address by clicking on the "Change sharing settings" link in the "Calendar Address" section.

Any changes you make in your calendar are immediately reflected in the calendar in your blog.

Take a look at the bottom of the right column in my blog where I have embedded a Google Calendar.