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Embed Google Calendar on Your Webpage

Submitted by Jennifer Conley on Tue, 05/12/2009 - 12:36

Displaying events on your webpage can be tricky because there are so many different modules or plugins you can use depending on your CMS. Google has made it easy for anyone to display events by providing an embeddable calendar for those with a Google Calendar. The calendar is clean in design and is easy to customize to fit your webpage/style.

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How to embed your calendar:

  • Go to Google Calendar.
  • Under Your Calendar list click Settings.
  • Click the name of the calendar you want to embed. You can add multiple calendars if you customize.
  • Copy and paste the iframe code under Embed This Calendar into your webpage and voila!
  • Customize the color, size, and other options by clicking on the Customize link.

The advantage of using this feature is how easy and quick it is to make the events live and accessible to users. If you're already using Google Calendars, you can have an event calendar on your site within minutes. Visitors using Google Calendars can add an event or add your calendar with just one click.

The shortfall of using this option when you're on a CMS is you lose the advantage of managing your content in one system. Rather than the user clicking on the event and taking them to another page of your website, Google Calendar opens a teaser box within the calendar. You lose the opportunity of the user sending the event link to other people. There is nothing for them to share because it's no longer in your control. There isn't anything linking Google Calendar and your CMS together. You have lost the link juice and the SEO power. Just something to think about.

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Monthly View Shortcoming

Submitted by Sean Keeley on Sun, 10/04/2009 - 08:28.

Unfortunately, Google calendar doesn't show the entire text when in monthly mode. A real shortcoming in my opinion. Google has been less than responsive/helpful, check the forums. I am now currently looking for another way to publish a web calendar, does anyone know anything about localendar.com?

the Customize the color,

Submitted by Sean Keeley on Tue, 09/22/2009 - 23:09.

the Customize the color, size, and other options link above the iframe field to access the Google Embeddable Calendar Helper.
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If you’d like to customize

Submitted by Sean Keeley on Tue, 09/15/2009 - 09:18.

If you’d like to customize your embedded calendar, click the Customize the color, size, and other options link above the iframe field to access the Google Embeddable Calendar Helper. Carefully select your options in the Calendar Helper and paste the customized iframe code in your website.seo services tactics has its own value when it comes to google calender.

There isn't anything linking

Submitted by Sean Keeley on Sat, 09/12/2009 - 01:41.

There isn't anything linking Google Calendar and your CMS together.
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Submitted by MichaelHartzell on Wed, 05/13/2009 - 11:54.

Good information. Thank you for this.
Mike

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