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Internet Calendars (iCalendar Feed, Google Calendar)

Virto Calendar App supports adding iCalendar feeds to your Virto calendar view.

An iCalendar feed, or .ics feed, is a universal calendar format compatible with most calendar solutions.

Its primary purpose is to facilitate sharing calendar data between different calendars and calendar applications. Virto Calendar App enables adding events from online calendars that support iCal feeds through an iCalendar link.

To incorporate events from an external calendar into your Virto calendar, follow three simple steps:

  • Create a new Virto calendar to add the events.
  • Navigate to the external calendar—for instance, Google Calendar—and generate a calendar link.
  • Copy the link and add it to Virto Calendar App (under “Internet calendars” in the calendar settings).

For the external calendar to display correctly in the Virto calendar, its link should start with https://. Should yours look different, please change it manually.

Internet calendars block in Virto Calendar App settings where an iCalendar feed link starting with https is added

iCalendar feeds are read-only. Users can view the calendar but cannot edit it.

Go to Google Calendar and click the three-dot icon next to the calendar you want to share in the “My Calendars” list. Click “Settings and sharing.”

Google Calendar three-dot menu open on Settings and sharing for a calendar in the My calendars list

Under “Access permissions and events” select “Make available to public”.

Google Calendar access permissions with the Make available to public option selected

Scroll down to the iCal format links (below the “Integrate calendar” subheading) and copy the generated iCalendar link.

Integrate calendar section in Google Calendar settings showing the iCal format public address to copy

Open the Virto calendar settings and paste the copied link into the “Internet Calendars” block.

Pasting the copied Google Calendar iCal link into the Internet Calendars block of Virto Calendar settings

All the events from the Google calendar will now appear in your Virto calendar.

Events from the linked Google calendar now displayed inside the Virto Calendar App view

Use this method to add events from any external calendar that supports the iCalendar feed.

Updated on October 10, 2024