The Chapter Calendar which is schedule of chapter events uses Google Calendar.
Calendar is free having an extensive user community and supporting a wide range of browsers. Calendar has limited branding and no ads or pop ups but supports only limited tailoring of the look and feel.
Calendar supports posting events using Google GMAIL. Events can be created or edited using the Calendar online editor. This editor supports creating a new event by copying and old event and changing the date. Posts consisting of event name, event location, event date, and event description. Event descriptions can contain links to web sites and blogs. Any post can be updated at any time using this editor. Posts can be deleted.
Calendar supports using Google Maps for event locations. Calendar supports alerts. Public events listed on Calendar are listed in the Google list of public events.
Calendar organizes events by the date of event. Every posted event past, present, and future are viewable; however upcoming events are shown by default. Calendar has an exposed URL so references to Calendar showing upcoming events be placed on the Portal, Gateway, and Rosebay Blog.
Blogger supports ICAL so users may upload Chapter events to their own calendars. Mobile phone access to Calendar is supported. Calendar has an extensive set of APIs.
The set of posts can be exported from Calendar for use by other XML based software.
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Celebrating 10 Years on the Web
John and Sally Perkins
