Multiple Calendars, Web Calendars and CalDAV
To create a new calendar, click File > New > Calendar. If the calendar is one you plan to store locally, you need only provide a name and colour. If it is a remote calendar, specify the name, colour, URL, and a refresh frequency. The refresh frequency determines how often Evolution checks to see if the calendar has changed. If you are working with someone who publishes an online calendar, you might want to check for updates every thirty minutes. On the other hand, if you have displayed a sports team schedule in your calendar, you might not need to refresh it more than once a week.
The icalshare.com Web site has an extensive list of shared online calendars, including national and religious holidays, phases of the moon, sports, and local and regional events.
Evolution lets you view and manage calendars on remote CalDAV servers. The procedure to create a CalDAV calendar source is similar to that of a remote Web calendar source. You can view and create calendar events on CalDav accounts just like other calendars on Evolution.
You can view and manage local iCal or ics files in the Calendar view. Select the local iCal or ics files as calendar source to manage or view them in Evolution.
To access a local ics or iCal file in the Calendar view:
- Click New, then select Calendar to open the New Calendar dialogue.
- Select On this computer from the Type drop-down list.
- In the Name field, specify a name for the local calendar.
- Select customize options.
- In the File name field, give ics / ical file location as the calendar source.
- In the Refresh field, choose refresh type from the drop-down list.
- Select the Force read only option if you want the calendar read-only.
- To set a color label for the calendar, click the Color tab, select the desired color, then click OK.
