Extension:GoogleCalendar

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Google Calendar Release status: unknown
Implementation	Tag
Description	This extension allows you add Google Calendar to wiki pages"
Author(s)	Kasper Souren
MediaWiki	1.8.2 and up
Download	svn

Contents 1 What's Google Calendar 2 What can this extension do? 3 Installation 4 Example 5 Problems with this extension 5.1 Ampersand problem

[edit] What's Google Calendar

Google calendar is an online calendar that allows collaboration between users.

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Calendar
• Originally located on http://wiki.couchsurfing.com/en/Google_Calendar_MediaWiki_plugin#Code

[edit] What can this extension do?

Usage: Tag :

   <googlecalendar>docid</googlecalendar>
 Example:
   from url http://calendar.google.com/calendarplay?docid=6444586097901795775
   <googlecalendar>6444586097901795775</googlecalendar>

[edit] Installation

1. Install the extension from svn like any other extension.
2. insert this tag into the page you want the calendar to appear.

<googlecalendar>bob%40gmail.com</googlecalendar>

[edit] Example

See http://wiki.couchsurfing.com/en/Google_Calendar_MediaWiki_plugin#Example

[edit] Problems with this extension

[edit] Ampersand problem

Google allows extra features like custom sizing of the calendar, viewing other calendars within the same iframe and removing the google logo. Eg. Adding & chrome=NAVIGATION removes the google logo.

However the problem with this is that it requires a pure & and when the iframe is written into the page the & gets converted to an & in the html page source, which is the ampersand problem. And so the iframe cannot recognize the query after the & because it needs a pure &. Thus the extra google calendar features do not work correctly when viewed using this extension.