[Editors] embedded MIT events calendar

[Andrew Whitacre]

> I'd like to get an idea of how the MIT Events Calendar works for DLC's who have embedded it as a custom events calendar on their websites. 

I tried doing that a few years ago, and even after figuring out how everything works, it was really hard to style.

> One consideration for us is that IAP has a separate calendar that isn't integrated with the MIT Events Calendar, so our 60+ IAP classes would not be displayed unless we double-post. Do others have this issue?

Yeah, that's a pain. I haven't found anything that integrates all that well unless you're building from the XML up…even then, there are things we use like Facebook Events that force us to enter events by hand rather than import them from elsewhere.

Andrew Whitacre
Communications Director
cms.mit.edu | civic.mit.edu | gambit.mit.edu
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(617) 324-0490
awhit at mit.edu

On Jul 31, 2012, at 4:08 PM, Heather M Denny wrote:

> Dear Editors,
> 
> We're considering retooling the way library events (classes, workshops, concerts, exhibits, etc.) are displayed on the Libraries' website. I'd like to get an idea of how the MIT Events Calendar works for DLC's who have embedded it as a custom events calendar on their websites. 
> 
> One consideration for us is that IAP has a separate calendar that isn't integrated with the MIT Events Calendar, so our 60+ IAP classes would not be displayed unless we double-post. Do others have this issue?
> 
> Your thoughts and suggestions are greatly appreciated!
> 
> Thank you,
> Heather
> 
> Heather Denny
> Communications Officer
> MIT Libraries
> 77 Massachusetts Avenue
> Cambridge, MA 02139
> Building 14S-316
> 617.253.5686
> hdenny at mit.edu
> 
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Editors mailing list
> Editors at mit.edu
> http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/editors

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://mailman.mit.edu/pipermail/editors/attachments/20120731/facb1324/attachment.htm