Google-calendar – Trouble loading/syncing Ziplist calendar into Google Calendar

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I'm having trouble loading/syncing my Ziplist calendar onto my Google Calendar. It loads from the URL, but doesn't upload the complete calendar.

Also, how long does it take to synchronise any updates I make on the Ziplist calendar?

This is the URL I'm using:
webcal://www.ziplist.com/recipes/meal_calendar/49b31390-64b3-012f-a5da-123139276369/meals.ics?force_partner_content=ziplist

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I actually helped build this feature -- if there was anything we could do to speed it up we would. Unfortunately there isn't much we can do, it requires Google to go update the calendar with the new event details.

They have a bot that crawls the webcal feeds and will index them. I have noticed events not showing up until the next day in some cases. However it normally updates within a few hours. I did check the URL you are using and it seems to be working just fine, so I suspect it is just a matter of waiting for Google calendar to update the events for you.

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Google-calendar – How to allow toggling of different calendars within an embedded Google Calendar

You could do something like this:

<html>
<body>

<a href="#" onMouseDown="changeToCal1()">Calendar 1</a> 
<a href="#" onMouseDown="changeToCal2()">Calendar 2</a> 

<iframe id="cal" style="border: 0" width="800" height="600" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>

<script type="text/javascript">
function changeToCal1()
{
    document.getElementById('cal').src = "http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=mycal1url%40gmail.com&ctz=America/New_York";
}

function changeToCal2()
{
    document.getElementById('cal').src = "http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=mycal2url&ctz=America/New_York";
}
</script>


</body>
</html>

Clicking the links will change the source of the iframe, so you could just create links for a few of your calendars, using the Google Calendar embedded links as the src value.

Google-calendar – How to share a private Google Calendar to anyone with the link

The private link can be used to share the calendar with non-Google Calendar users (e.g. Outlook or Yahoo Mail). It appears that Google does extra checking and doesn't allow a private link to be added if you weren't granted access (with Share with specific people setting).

If you mirror the file to a new URL or simply use an URL shortener (like goo.gl) you can import it into Google Calendar with no problem, bypassing the checks.

Other than that you have correctly outlined the options available. The Calendar ID is the same for the private and public links.

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