{"id":137,"date":"2010-01-26T12:03:43","date_gmt":"2010-01-26T17:03:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.popmartian.com\/tipsntricks\/?p=137"},"modified":"2014-01-02T09:16:57","modified_gmt":"2014-01-02T14:16:57","slug":"integrate-shared-google-calendars-with-thunderbird","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.popmartian.com\/tipsntricks\/2010\/01\/26\/integrate-shared-google-calendars-with-thunderbird\/","title":{"rendered":"Integrate Shared Google Calendars With Thunderbird"},"content":{"rendered":"
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NOTICE:<\/strong>
\nThis blog post is outdated and no longer contains factual data. Google and Thunderbird have updated their software since this post was written.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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TIP:<\/strong>
\nLook at the Thunderbird Add-On called “Provider for Google Calendar”. It takes care of all this crap for you.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Before we get started, if you have a personal calendar, Google has a quick how-to here.<\/a> The Google tutorial only covers basic calendars.\u00c2\u00a0 This tutorial will cover both personal and shared calendars.
\n<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Google Calendar is neat and pretty much every phone and app has some sync system that works with it… except Thunderbird with the Lightning Add-on.\u00c2\u00a0 Actually it does, it’s just not intuitive.<\/p>\n

NOTE: If you use the Sunbird stand-alone calendar client<\/a>, the steps are essentially the same, but some menu options may be different.<\/p>\n

What you need:<\/p>\n

Thunderbird<\/a> (2.x works, but >= 3.01 is better)<\/p>\n

Lightning Add-on<\/a> (.9x for Thunderbird 2.x, >=1.0b1 for TB 3.0.x)<\/p>\n

A Google Calendar<\/a> or access to a shared Google Calendar.<\/p>\n

What to do:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Add the Lightning Add-on to Thunderbird and fire it up.<\/li>\n
  2. In the left column your calendars are listed.\u00c2\u00a0 Below them right-click and click New Calendar<\/li>\n
  3. Select On the Network, click Next<\/li>\n
  4. Select CalDAV<\/li>\n
  5. Put in your calendar URL
    \nThe URL of your calendar takes this form:
    \nhttps:\/\/www.google.com\/calendar\/dav\/[Google Calendar ID]\/events<\/code><\/p>\n

    In the case of\u00c2\u00a0 a personal calendar, the ID is simply your gmail.com address such as this:
    \nhttps:\/\/www.google.com\/calendar\/dav\/BigTurnip@gmail.com\/events<\/code><\/p>\n

    In the case of a shared calendar the ID is fugly, like this:
    \nhttps:\/\/www.google.com\/calendar\/dav\/utqisjt6b9hoot6i9o2jk1k9qg%40group.calendar.google.com\/events<\/code><\/p>\n

    To get that string, log in to your Google calendar and go to the calendar settings.\u00c2\u00a0 Down by the XML, iCAL and HTML links there is something like this:
    \n(Calendar ID: SomeBigNastyStringOfJunk@group.calendar.google.com)<\/code><\/p>\n

    That’s your prize!<\/li>\n

  6. Click Next<\/li>\n
  7. Give your calendar and name, color and an email address.\u00c2\u00a0 Click Next.<\/li>\n
  8. Click Finish.<\/li>\n
  9. If it doesn’t seem to work, close and open Thunderbird.\u00c2\u00a0 There is a bug that may cause new network calendars to fail to display right away.\u00c2\u00a0 If it still fails, check the URL from step 5.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Happy calendaring.<\/p>\n

    Did you find this post useful or have questions or comments? Please let me know!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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