Frequently Asked Questions 

What Else Can Events@Duke Do for Me?

• How can I get events from Events@Duke onto my Facebook profile or Google calendar?
• How can I get events from the Events@Duke onto my personal calendar?
• Can I subscribe to an RSS feed for the groups or categories I want?
• How can I send someone a link to a specific event in Events@Duke?
• Can I import events from my personal calendar or my department's calendar to Events@Duke?

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How can I get events from Events@Duke onto my Facebook profile or Google calendar?

To download an individual event to your Facebook profile, click the Facebook icon ( ) beside the event.  If you are not logged into Facebook, you will be prompted to login.  After logging in, you will be prompted to "Post to your profile".  Select the post option and the event will appear on your profile.  If you are already logged in, select the option to "Post to your profile".  The event is now on your Facebook profile.

To download an individual event to your Google calendar, click the Google icon (  ) beside the event.  If you are not logged into Google, you will be prompted to login.  After logging in, you will be prompted to "Save Changes".  Save the event and it will appear on your Google calendar.  If you are already logged into Google, click on "Save Changes" and it will appear on your Google calendar.

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How can I get events from the Events@Duke onto my personal calendar?

To download an individual event, click the icon beside the event and save the file to your desktop.  Open your calendar client.  If your calendar client is compatible with the .ics file format, you can import the file (File > Import) so it appears as an event on your calendar (sometimes a simple drag-and-drop of the file from the desktop to the open calendar client will do the trick).  Most of the calendar clients in use at Duke (dCal, Lotus Notes, Apple iCal, Outlook 2003 SP3, Google Calendar) support the import of .ics files.  However, your personal calendar may use a proprietary format that is incompatible with .ics.
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Can I subscribe to an RSS feed for the groups or categories I want?

Yes.  When you see the RSS icon (orange & white box) displayed in the calendar, click it to subscribe to an RSS feed for the current view.  For example, if you are viewing the current week's events for a particular group, you can subscribe to a feed that will provide you with that group's events by week.  Just copy and paste the URL provided into your preferred RSS reader (e.g., Bloglines, Yahoo, Google).

In December 2008, we changed the RSS feed process to provide static RSS feeds that will be refreshed three times each day.  The primary benefits to end users of using static feeds are:

1. Faster loading of feeds
2. More reliable feeds
3. Greater compatibility with RSS software

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How can I send someone a link to a specific event in Events@Duke?

In the day, month or year view of the event listing, right-click on the event title and select Copy Link (Mac) or Copy Link Location (Windows).  Then paste the link into an email and send it to the desired recipient(s).
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Can I import events from my personal calendar or my department's calendar to Events@Duke?

Importing events is technically possible, but the ability to do so is limited to groups who have a special need to import large quanitities of events en masse, such as Duke Athletics.  Our goal for Events@Duke is to have departments use it as their central calendar and pull events (via XML or RSS) from there.
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