Recommend a web calendar.

December 2, 2005 2:28 PM

I'm looking for a web-based, shareable calendar that can import tab-delimited files for populating the calendar quickly... bonus points for being able to share via RSS, and/or being able to comment on up-coming events.
posted by silusGROK to Computers & Internet (5 answers total)

WebCalendar? This is the best free one I've used (sampled quite a few) - but it seems you'll need to convert your tab-delimited files into iCal, vCal or Palm format before you can import.
posted by masymas at 3:00 PM on December 2, 2005

I used Trumba when it was free. I also ran across Planzo recently (though I've never used it.) Some of the other calendar threads round up the usual online calendar suspects.
posted by Loser at 3:04 PM on December 2, 2005

If at all possible, you shouldn't use tab-delimited files for calendar data because it's not a standard format. That means you'll have trouble finding supporting software, but it's also a safe assumption that the standards are not tab-delimited for good reason. Calendars are a well-researched area of software. Going with what's been proven to work is a good way to avoid problems.
posted by scottreynen at 3:42 PM on December 2, 2005

I second the vote for webcalendar. I have very limited skills with php/mysql but was able to easily install and customize it.

There's an demo install here that you can admin.
posted by laptop_lizard at 8:54 PM on December 2, 2005

Airset is a fantastic calendar in everyday function, but I'm not sure about its import abilities. In the past, though, I've dug up my old yahoo! account, imported my files into yahoo's [robust] calendar, and exported as a standard .cal file. An extra step, but a one-time price to be able to use the best online calendar I've used (and I've used a few).
posted by electric_counterpoint at 11:27 PM on December 2, 2005