how to sync ward calendar into google calendar

Is there a way to sync my lds.org stake calendar into my personal Google calendar?

Yes. Click on the gear icon, then "sync". It will give you the instructions and the link to do it. Note that the sync is one-way (Church to Google). You can't edit the church calendar from Google.

Also, it will sync all subscribed calendars - not just the ones you have a checkmark in the check box.

In case this is helpful to someone else: If you created a Google calendar by URL and then adjusted your subscriptions on lds.org, you will want to click the "Generate new sync URLs" button and make an entirely new calendar. The original doesn't seem to update to match your new subscription settings after you've slid your sliders into the right places. It may seem obvious but it took me a bit of time to figure it out.

What I've found is that Google caches the original calendar file and updates it on it's own time table. (About once every 24 hours.) So fiddling with the calendar in Google won't get your updated subscription settings.

By changing the URL, you bypass Google's cache and get a direct "refresh" by fooling Google into thinking it's a different calendar.

I must be missing something. I too was seeing all of the subset church calendars. o our family Google calendar. So, I removed the Church calendar from our family Google calendar. On the LDS side, I unchecked all of the calendar subsets, then selected only the seven I want, copied the URL. On LDS Tools & LDS.org. I see only the seven subset calendars. However, when I add the Church calendar URL to our family Google calendar, I still see all the Church calendar susbsets' events. I don't see the "sliders" many of the posts have mentioned.

BrotherBill wrote:I don't see the "sliders" many of the posts have mentioned.

The checkboxes only affect the display on lds.org - nothing else.

To expose the sliders, you have to click on the ">>" icon. It's located at the top of the divider between the left and main window panes.

BrotherBill wrote:I don't see the "sliders" many of the posts have mentioned.

The sliders determine to which calendars you are subscribed, whether you view them or not, and all of the subscribed calendars sync (or at least are supposed to) through the link.

On the Calendar landing page where you have check boxes to view certain calendars, there is a >> at the top of the list to the right. Click that and you will see the sliders. Turn off the ones you do not wish to sync, and you should get what you wish. The << will hide that function once more and you will be back to the check boxes.

No, it is not intuitive, but again, you sync what is subscribed with the sliders, not what is checked in the view boxes.

THANK YOU, BOTH. You are swift & accurate. All is well.

Something changed recently and my LDS calendar is only syncronizing 4 months out to my google calendar. I regenerated the sync URL and it still won't go past four months out on my google calendar. How do I correct this?

ttraunt wrote:Something changed recently and my LDS calendar is only syncronizing 4 months out to my google calendar. I regenerated the sync URL and it still won't go past four months out on my google calendar. How do I correct this?

The recent change was rolling out calendar 3.0. The limited sync is a known issue. You'll have to wait for a fix.

We are planning to release this fix later this week.

When I click on the Settings icon in LDS tools I don’t see any instructions how to send the Calendars to my Google calendar account, what am I missing?

It's under sync, after you click on the URL

You may want to use a custom url rather than the default. That would allow you to have a different calendar selection on the web page than what goes to your Google calendar. For example, I have the website set up to show most of the calendars, but only sync what I need to attend.

I am still confused.
Let me state I don’t know anything about url’s
Where in LDS tools do you get the url from. I don’t see url in settings or sync on my phone while in the LDS tool app.

You can't do it from the LDS Tools app. You have to go to the calendar on LDS.org and get the link there. You'll then go to your Google calendar (web page) and enter the information there.

I get it now, thanks

My LDS Calendar is showing up in Google calendar on my computer. How do I get it to show up on my phone?

clarkhall wrote:How do I get it to show up on my phone?

There's a refresh function on the calendar on the phone. On mine, it's behind the "three dot" menu. Or, it will likely show up on it's own.

clarkhall wrote:My LDS Calendar is showing up in Google calendar on my computer. How do I get it to show up on my phone?

Do you have Google Calendar on your phone, or are you using another program for calendars?

I don’t think it’s Google it is a white box with the day at the top and number in the middle.

clarkhall wrote:I don’t think it’s Google it is a white box with the day at the top and number in the middle.

Are you on an iPhone or iPad? If so, it's probably the default iOS Calendar app. Here are some instructions for adding a calendar to the iOS Calendar:
https://www.imore.com/how-subscribe-cal ... ne-or-ipad
You will need the sync URL for the calendar. You can skip the User Name, Password, and SSL fields.

The instructions in the link worked!
Thanks so much.

I am responsible for updating the stake calendar online. I have just spent the day putting the Stake Calendar online, hoping using the correct options for the YSA and youth calendars etc. The issue is that there are some events that appear when I copy the url and create a calendar in Google and others don't. What I don't understand is I think I have used the same principles for all the events e.g. some stake presidency meetings appear and some don't but I can't see any difference in the options I have chosen other than the actual date of the meeting. Some calendars that I think I am subscribed to don't appear.

Any help would be gratefully received.
Thanks

ckeogh wrote:The issue is that there are some events that appear when I copy the url and create a calendar in Google and others don't.

Two possible issues:
First, you may not have some calendars included in your sync. I'd recommend creating a custom sync URL so when you make changes to the web page display, it doesn't affect your sync.

Second, Google syncs when it feels like it. Typically once every 24 hours. When you re-use a URL, it simply pulls it from it's cache rather than asking for new data. You'd either have to change the URL or wait 24 hours to get everything. That's all on Google.

I'm having an issue where I do all the steps needed to sync it all with Google, but when I make a change on the Church's calendar, it takes up to 48 hours or longer for it to sync with Google. Is there something I'm missing?

timjare wrote:I'm having an issue where I do all the steps needed to sync it all with Google, but when I make a change on the Church's calendar, it takes up to 48 hours or longer for it to sync with Google. Is there something I'm missing?

You're at the mercy of when Google decides to do it's sync with the church, as well as when your device decides to sync with your account.

As far as I know, there's no way to change that, or even decide when during the day it does it's sync.

I just went in to update my url for sync to google calendar, but I can't find the gear icon or any calendar settings.
Is there a new procedure to access the calendar settings or to create a sync url?
It appers that this is due to update to clanedar 4.0 and the gear icon and other admin features of the calendar are still under development and will be released when they are working properly.

lawrence.sproul wrote: Mon Dec 05, 2022 8:05 am Is there a new procedure to access the calendar settings or to create a sync url?

Sync settings haven't been implemented yet, so I don't think there would be a way to do it.

I used to be able to sync my Google calendar with the church calendar, but alas someone decided to take away that functionality. Why? I created tutorials for our ward to show them how and now that is all useless. Why make a change for the sake of making a change, especially when it renders the program less useful? Does anyone know a way to sync the church calendar with other calendars now? Or was that functionality really completely removed?

jabrownaz1 wrote: Thu Dec 08, 2022 8:11 am Why?

There were security issues with the old calendar forcing it's replacement before everything was ready. The feature will come back, but not real soon as there's other things ahead of it that need to be done.

That functionality is greatly missed. I use one calendar for everything, Work, Church, Personal, Family etc.,
You folks do a great job. I am always impressed with the functionality and clean interface.
Please see if you can raise this priority to get it replaced... you know how important I am... the center of the universe.

Alas, we are all just calendar users here (not the calendar developers). We want it back as much as you do.

Yes the feature enabling the calendar to be imported to other calendar apps was an essential usefulness feature for me. I just got released as Bishop and now have time on my hands if you can use another developer/tester in the endeavor

supersickle wrote: Mon Jan 23, 2023 5:48 pm I just got released as Bishop and now have time on my hands if you can use another developer/tester in the endeavor

Just guessing, but you'd probably have to be hired as a employee to work on anything. Even then, there's no guarantee that you'll be working on the calendar, but whatever "they" think is most important right now.

Wait! Are y'all saying that I can't sync my church calendar to my google calendar anymore? Ever?
Please say I'm wrong and then baby step me through how to get it back on my google calendar - pretty please!

shielalee wrote: Sat Feb 04, 2023 9:25 pm Wait! Are y'all saying that I can't sync my church calendar to my google calendar anymore? Ever?

If you will read more carefully, you will see that is not what is being said. Sync was not yet coded into version 4.0 when it was released, but it is being coded and will be added again.

Whew! Thank you - sorry!
Will there be an announcement made somewhere when this is done? Do we just have to keep checking back? Is there any estimated time frame for completion?

shielalee wrote: Sat Feb 04, 2023 9:51 pm Will there be an announcement made somewhere when this is done?

Unlikely

shielalee wrote: Sat Feb 04, 2023 9:51 pm Do we just have to keep checking back?

I would

shielalee wrote: Sat Feb 04, 2023 9:51 pm Is there any estimated time frame for completion?

No

Syncing is back! You can go to the gear icon in the top right of the calendar and set up your sync URLs again.

woohoo, so glad sync is back. thank you team.

Disregard my previous question

Hola, con la nueva actualización no tengo problemas en sincroniza con Google, pero no me deja sincronizar con Outlook. Al ver la ayuda para sincronizar con Outlook me envía a Ayuda Gmail.

Por favor si alguien puede ayudarme a sincronizar con Outlook

gogogervic wrote: Mon Feb 20, 2023 10:34 am Al ver la ayuda para sincronizar con Outlook me envía a Ayuda Gmail.

Jump to step 6 and paste the URL copied from the church calendar.

russellhltn wrote: Mon Feb 20, 2023 11:34 am

gogogervic wrote: Mon Feb 20, 2023 10:34 am Al ver la ayuda para sincronizar con Outlook me envía a Ayuda Gmail.

Jump to step 6 and paste the URL copied from the church calendar.

Gracias russell, hice lo que me indicaste, pero sigo sin poder ver el calendario en Outlook, te dejo imagenes:

Give it time. The old calendar had a limit as to how often the URL could be used.

Aún no aparece el calendario en Outlook

gogogervic wrote: Thu Feb 23, 2023 6:21 am Aún no aparece el calendario en Outlook

Make sure you have the entire URL in Outlook. As pictured, quite a bit is missing. (Please don't post the whole thing here.)

If you paste the URL into the browser, a ical file will download. If that works, then it's an issue with Outlook. (But after downloading the iCal, you may need to wait 10 minutes before you can use that URL again.)

La URl es todo lo que envié anteriormente, no tiene una terminación iCAL, sin embargo cuando la pega en un navegador me baja un archivo .ics