The school calendars are created by entering the data into a Google Calendar (GCal) and then by using the GCal flexibility, the calendar can be embedded into any web page or read via an RSS feed into other software, mobile phones, or other web pages.
Outlook 2007 now has the ability to add web based calendars into it’s own calendar. So the viewing of the school’s calendars in Outlook 2007 can now be done quite easily.
Web based calendars can be added by copying and pasting the URL (web address) of the calendar’s .ics (ICAL) output.
The School’s 2010 Lent Term Calendar’s ICAL URL is:
http://www.google.com/calendar/ical/greshams.me.uk_7saadss9oal1bnircfgmic9e3o%40group.calendar.google.com/public/basic.ics
Add this URL to the Internet Calendars account setting:
TOOLS > ACCOUNT SETTINGS > INTERNET CALENDARS
Click NEW and paste the URL above into the box and then click ADD.
Give it a name and then CLOSE the Account Settings dialogue box, the school’s Lent term calendar will now be visible in Outlook.
This is only the Lent term dates and does not include hockey fixtures, netball fixtures or exam dates which must be added separately with a different ICAL URL, these are:
Hockey:
http://www.google.com/calendar/ical/greshams.me.uk_mrm5d7ukqctcqn2u8c5sq6n6ck%40group.calendar.google.com/public/basic.ics
Netball:
http://www.google.com/calendar/ical/greshams.me.uk_d3vmlpu9110tf9gvsp51r8tf4g%40group.calendar.google.com/public/basic.ics
Exams:
http://www.google.com/calendar/ical/greshams.me.uk_0rks6nj31ds7vpueeut61hmq08%40group.calendar.google.com/public/basic.ics
Prep calendar on Google is:
http://www.google.com/calendar/ical/greshams.me.uk_kls2jj4sl9bcl5ln31dgvd22nc%40group.calendar.google.com/public/basic.ics
All of the Senior and Prep school calendars are changed each term so the above link will have nothing in it for next term’s dates.
The Pre-Prep calendar rolls on so the link below will never need changing:
http://www.google.com/calendar/ical/greshams.me.uk_7j9es3tpspmg5chrvvg64agrlc%40group.calendar.google.com/public/basic.ics