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About DAViCal

DAViCal is a server for calendar sharing. It is an implementationof the CalDAV protocol which is designed for storing calendaringresources (in iCalendar format) on a remote shared server.

An increasing number of calendar clients supportthe maintenance of shared remote calendars through CalDAV, including Mozilla Calendar(Sunbird/Lightning), Evolution, Mulberry, Chandler, and various other closed-source productssuch as Apple's iCal and iOS.

Features

DAViCal:is Free Software licensed under the General Public License.uses an SQL database for storage of event datasupports backward-compatible access via WebDAV in read-only or read-write mode (not recommended)is committed to inter-operation with the widest possible CalDAV client software.

DAViCal supports basic delegation of read/write access among calendar users, multiple users or clients readingand writing the same calendar entries over time, and scheduling of meetings with free/busy time displayed.

Overview of Installation and UsePrerequisites

To install and use DAViCal you will need:a PostgreSQL database servera web server which can run PHP version 5

We use Debian GNU/Linux for this, but other people use various differentversions of Linux, FreeBSD, Mac OSX and even Microsoft Windows. We definitely do not recommend using Windowsfor this unless you are completely hobbled by silly internal IT policies and have to do so.

Getting and Installing DAViCal

Start by looking on the DAViCal Installation Page for instructions on places to download, anddetailed instructions as to what to do when you have it.

There is a lot of information on the wiki about DAViCal configuration settings but in most cases the configurationwill need very few of these settings.

Using DAViCal

Read here about how to configure various CalDAV Clients with DAViCal. There is alsoa page on the wiki which will sometimes have newer information.

Getting Help

Specifically: help on DAViCal!

The best place to go for help on DAViCal is the DAViCal Wiki.

If you can't find your answer there, then the IRC channel #davical on irc.oftc.net isa great next port of call. Many problems can be solved quickly with a short on-line chat.

Almost as good as the IRC channel is the DAViCal General Mailing List.

Credits

The DAViCal CalDAV Server was conceived and written by Andrew McMillan.

Many people have contributed to DAViCal, through providing translations of the interface, reporting bugs andsending patches for things here and there. Some more notable contributors include:

Maxime Delorme (CSS, LDAP, French translations)Andrew Ruthven (Various enhancements)Rob Ostenson (LDAP Scheduling contributions)Leho Kraav (RSS feeds)Contributing to DAViCal

As of Spring, 2014, DAViCal has transitioned to a community support model. We welcome contributions from interested people. You don't need to be able to write code - there are lots ofsmall tasks around the project that can be done.

Here are some things you could do that will help us to concentrate on making DAViCal better:

Writing documentationHelping people on IRC or on the mailing listTranslating the DAViCal interface to another languageManaging the release processReviewing and tidying the Wiki updatesWriting and reviewing patchesDesigning future functionalityThinking of more interesting ways to contribute to DAViCal!

Can you think of more?

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