Internet calendars (iCalendar feed, Google Calendar)

Virto Calendar Overlay 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 the sharing of calendar data between different calendars and calendar applications. Virto Calendar Overlay enables the addition of 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 for adding the events.

• Navigate to the external calendar—for instance, Google Calendar—and generate a calendar link.

• Add the copied link to Virto Calendar Overlay (under "Internet calendars" in the calendar settings).

For the external calendar to display correctly in the Virto calendar, its link should start with https:// - if the one you have looks different, please change it manually.

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

How to get an iCalendar link in Google Calendar?

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

Make your Google calendar available to public.

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

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

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

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