FAQs about Calendar Internet

Is it easy to use?  
In what ways can I customize my calendar?  
Can I consolidate calendars or import from other calendars? 
Can I have more than one calendar? 
Can I schedule meetings or resources?  
Can I buy Calendar Internet and install it on my own server?  

FAQ 2. In what ways can I customize my calendar?

Several customizations are available in Calendar Internet...

To change the look of your site, edit your Web page templates...

Your calendar templates are simply HTML .htm files that server as "skeletons" to build your pages. You can change the headings, footings, links, images, background images and also make other changes to give your calendar its own look.

Use an HTML editor or simple text editor to make changes to your templates. The user guide explains how. If you would like to receive a sample template, just contact us.

You can also rename fields on your templates, to use a field for a different purpose. For example, you might want to change the Event Title label to Sales Rep. Name. This minor name change is useful if you are using your calendar to see sales rep. schedules at-a-glance. And, yes, you can also modify your search form template.

You can remove fields from your search form and rename field labels on your templates, if you want to use them for other purposes.

Need more data? You can add you own fields. Add fields to your event table in your calendar database and put them on the search form, if you wish.

Customize your drop-down choice lists, email notifications and other options.

There are many custom options available, which are controlled by tables in your calendar.mdb Microsoft Access database. When you install your calendar, you can modify your options to suit it for your purposes, such as...
 

• Max. Events to Show: Maximum number of events to return from search. To show all events, set your number higher (100 or 1000 or more).
• New Event Notification: You can send an e-mail notification when someone enters a new event into your calendar.
• New Organization Notification: You can send an e-mail notification when someone enters a new organization into your calendar.
• Photo Directory specifies a default directory path where Calendar images are located.
• Result Template allows you to specify an alternative template for your search results page.
• Search Template allows you to specify an alternative template for your search form page.
• Self Register Switch. If No, only administrator can enter new organizations. This option disables self-registration.
• Template Directory specifies where Calendar HTML template files are located. 
• Track Charges Switch lets you control the creation of transaction based billing records. If Yes, add charge records for organization when an event is entered. If No, do not add records to the charges table.
• Wall Calendar Max. Events lets you limit the maximum number of events to show per day on Wall Calendar. Enter a higher number to show more events, but your Wall Calendar day boxes may become elongated and possibly unsightly.
• Wall Calendar Max. Length lets you set a maximum length of event name to show per day on Wall Calendar. Enter a higher number to show more of the event titles, but your Wall Calendar day boxes may become elongated and possibly unsightly.
• Event Types are also setup in a table. Just edit your table to categorize your events differently.

 

Use URLs to generate filtered views.

The user guide explains how Calendar Internet builds URLs, which show filtered views and subsets of your data (such as a date ranges).

Filtered views are great on the Wall Calendar display. This feature allows you to show just one organization's calendar of events, or show all, depending on the parameters you put in your URL.

FAQ 3. Can I consolidate calendars or import from other calendars, such as Microsoft Outlook?

Yes. For example, an automated process for one Calendar Internet user loads room scheduling database information from EMS Professional into the user's Calendar Internet site. This application gives the user great online calendar, because the Calendar Internet database can be viewed by all users, not just the users who have access to EMS. This also means there is no need to install the EMS room scheduler system on client PCs that just need to view events. There are no per-seat charges for Calendar Internet, and there is no limit to the number of users on Calendar Internet. Additionally, everyone who has access to the user's Web site can view other events in addition to the room scheduler database events, because more events are added directly into the Calendar Internet database by using the Web browser based forms. This works great!

Therefore, by allowing consolidation of calendars, Calendar Internet gives the user a complete and flexible organization-wide calendar.

If you would like more information about loading events from other calendaring and scheduling applications into Calendar Internet, just ask us. We will be glad to help you with your calendaring project.

FAQ 4. Can I have more than one calendar? Does it cost more?

Yes! You can have as many calendars as you desire. And, it does not cost more. Your user guide explains how to have as many calendars on your server as you have room for.

There is also no per-user fee or per-client fee. No per-seat fees! When we host your calendar, your setup fee for additional calendars can be based on an hourly support rate, and monthly fees are based on Web traffic to your site. (No disk space fees!)

To discuss details about pricing for your special requests, contact us, or please feel free to contact us using the information on the bottom of this page.

FAQ 5. We are looking for a calendar hosting service that will allow us to do online scheduling & booking of meeting rooms. Our current software must allow users to book various rooms based on size and equipment available. We want to be able to do this on our Intranet. Will Calendar Internet do this?

Many sites use Calendar Internet to keep track of schedules, including applications such as law office appointments and important case dates, lab instrument scheduling, and even taxi services.

Your Calendar Internet access can be password protected, so only users from your organization can view and post events on your calendar.

In your case, since your resource is a meeting room. You would create one organization record for each room. However, please note that Calendar Internet doesn't keep your users from double booking a time and room, so your users will have to think about that on their own. 

FAQ 4. Can I buy Calendar Internet and install it on my own server?

Starting July 20, 2005, we offer Calendar Internet as a hosting service only.

Prior to 2005, many organizations purchased and installed Calendar Internet, and we are still supporting those sites. However, the product is no longer available as a licensed software product for sale.

Do you have a question that was not answered on this page? Please contact us.