Calendars for Your Web Page
There are a variety of options for displaying calendar organized data
on a web page. You can use
- a formatted HTML page
- a Java applet
- a CGI/Perl script
To decide which technique to use, consider answering the following questions.
- Do you need installation support and future upgrades?
- Do you want to provide update capability to users of the calendar?
- How many events do you want to support?
- Are you skilled in HTML, CGI installations or Java applet installations?
- Do you want to provide your web page visitors search and sort capabilities?
- What is your budget?
The 5 minute solution here for you to copy
Lets start with the simple free solution, a formatted HTML page.
Calendar 98 is the easiest calendar solution you will
find. Feel free to copy this page and add it to your site. To use this calendar
simply add a link under each date that has an event. Each link will point to a
corresponding "name" tag at the bottom of the HTML page. For consistency create
each "name" as the month and day, for example "0225" for February 25th. The tag
under the day within the calendar will look like this:
<A HREF="#0225">25</A>
and the tag for the list of events for that date that is on the bottom of the
HTML page will look like this
<A NAME="0225">February 25, 1998 The Name and
Description of the Event
Free and Commercial Calendar Software
iCal is an event calendar
by Brown Bear Software. It facilitates web based scheduling and listing of
calendar events. It provides an adminstrator function as well as customization
options.
calendar.pl
is a calendar of events written in Perl by Collin Forbes. It displays a monthly
calendar of events.
FindItDate is a Java (TM)
applet from DoubleOLogic Software that provides customizable Calendar user interfaces.
It allows searching and sorting of the event data as well as exporting and
updating event data using a CGI/Perl script on the server.
FindItCal is a simple
display only Java (TM) applet that displays calendar data in an applet window on a
web page.
PerlCal is an web calendar server
written in Perl and offered by Randal Pittelli. It has administrator privileges that
provide secure update capabilitities. A lite and a pro version are available to suit
your needs and budget.
Selena's Groupware Calendar
Script is a Perl script offered by Selena Sol. This calendar allows users the
ability to view, add, modify and delete events in a web based calendar.
WebEvent is a Perl based web
event calendar by Cameron Consulting. It allows repeating events, event reminders
and a variety of calendar display options like day, week, month and year.
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