Publish ical on private server

Not so long ago I had my ical calendar published on my own http server. Times went by and after numerous OSX and ical updates I find that I can't publish my calendar on private server. I understand that this is because of my server does not have webdav installed.
So, my question is: is there a workaround to publish my calendar on private server that does not have webdav installed? I don't want to use google or any other web hosting calendars for a privacy sake.

I need the same information!!! PLEASE someone help us!

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Troubleshooting Publishing To A Private Server

Anyone can help me, please do! I need to publish to my own private server, but keep getting the message:"http://[email protected]/calendar.html/Event%20Calendar.ics is not a valid location for this request". My base URL is www.catfishpoetry.com.

Well, I emailed the .Mac tech support, and here's what I got:
=====================
Dear Phil,
Thank you for contacting Apple.
The .Mac Support Team answers questions about the .Mac collection of software and services.
We appreciate your question and understand that you are having difficulty with Mac OS X and iCal. As this is related to Mac OS X, not to the .Mac Suite of Services, we recommend that you review in-depth support and usage information available at the iCal Support website <http://www.apple.com/support/ical/> .
For assistance with Apple products other than .Mac, please see the AppleCare Support website:
<http://www.apple.com/support/>
For help with products or services not provided by Apple, please refer to the product vendor or manufacturer.
Sincerely
Karim
.Mac Support Team
=====================
In the amount of time it took for them to send this non-answer to me, they could have forwarded it to what ever iCal experts they have.
Anyway, I replied and told them that this has to be their area, since the problem only arises after syncing with .Mac- iCal by itself works just fine.
We'll see where that gets me...
-Phil

Cannot publish to a private server

I am testing this out. I am using Dreamweaver MX and iCal 06. How do I publish a calendar so that it is viewable on my website through a web page? I can publish an .ics file, but it doesn't seem to know what that is or how to display it. I need help on this. Thanks

Thanks Bill,
I have been using WebDav for so long to view my iCals remotely that I can't figure out what your problem could be. It has always worked so well for me, and I use phpiCalendar to view them remotely.
My set up until yesterday was syncing my Palm to the office mac, publishing them to the WebDav server, as well as publishing my wife's iCals to the server, for a total of 4, all easily viewable from the net.
Lately I hve been looking into alternatives to that and at the risk of hijacking your topic, I have discovered another solution that provides a huge benifit to us.
As of today I can view AND edit any of the 4 iCals from either of our machines, AND keep them in sync WITH edit capabilities, as well as sync to my Palm Treo, and also publish to the web server as I did before for view only or subscrtiption, although the publish route seems pretty redundant now as I have all the cals on my palm from both machines and I have a live editable calendar on all 3 of my macs (the remote portable included) of all 4 cals!. I also sync to the cals remotely (across the internet) on my Palm.
If you want to know more about this set up, I would be glad to expand on it. It seems to finally answer all my syncing, editing multiple cals on multiple machines, needs.
Hope this helps,
Jamy

Can not publish cal to private server

I'm trying to publish a calendar to a private server. I've double checked all of the info, the url, the server is wedDAV enabled (so they say). I use Earthlink as my web hosting isp. Is there anyone out there that has done this successfully? The error message that I get is... "it is not a valid location for this request"
Help.
mb

So they say? Hmm…
Here are some outdated but still applicable instructions to do so under Mac OS X here:
http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/2000/11/10/osxwebdav/osxwebdav.html
You might use these instructions simply for background on the technology, or as a checklist to setting up your own server.
Your digitally challenged friends with PCs can publish calendars to the same server if they use either Mozilla Sunbird, or the Calendar component available with Firefox. More information about both is available here:
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/sunbird.html
That original link explained how to set up a WebDAV server on an OS X box. If you want your ISP to provide those services, you'll have to contact them to arrange it. If you're attempting to configure these services on a server provided by Earthlink, you'll have to have them help you. Typically, an 'outsider' cannot configure such services unless a predetermined set of procedures to do so are in place, and you have been given the required access.

ICal on private server doesn't appear as I expected it to

Hi all,
I've worked with the SysAdmin on my server to get the WebDav set up correctly so I could publish my calendars to my own server. When we got it working, I saw it was published as a feed, but not as an html page. I don't want people to subscribe to my calendar, because not everybody I know uses a mac. I want them to be able to look at a URL in their browser and see my calendar, similar to the way my client gave me the URL for her published calendar so I can pull it into her website as an include.
That URL is here: http://ical.mac.com/stephvdw/Beach%20Glass%20Events
I realize that's a .mac account, but for some reason, I expected a regular URL so I can include it inside of other pages. The URL I got when I published my cal on my server was this:
webcal://www.eeep.com/calendar/personal.ics
Any suggestions? Am I looking for something that's impossible?
thanks!
Tracey
iMac 2 GHz PowerPC G5 Mac OS X (10.4.7)

Hi Welcome to Apple Discussions.
To view the contents of the .ics file as a screen calendar online you'll need to use something like phpicalendar. This needs PHP to be running on the server. You'll probably need to have another chat with your SysAdmin.
Best wishes
John M

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I haven't been able to find much info on this subject in general, as it seems I must be the only one not using Adobe Connect Server.
Any guidance is appreciated.

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Can you share the sample file with us ?
Please create a package file and mailto: [email protected]
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Publish iCal Local Account Calendar on OS X Server

I'd like to publish my iCal calendar (iCal>Calendar>Publish...>Publish on: A private server) on my OS X Server 10.6.7 ().
Whenever I attempt to do this using my local account on tthe server, I get the error:
http://username@domain_name/Home.ics is not a location that supports this request.
I've tried all the obvious stuff: turning off the firewall, sanity checking the iCal service authentication settings, everything obvious. I believe that this is an authentication issue for local accounts on OS X Server. Because the server is set up as a standalone (i.e., no network accounts, all local accounts), Open Directory is turned off, and there's no Kerberos authentication that I'm aware of.
Would someone please tell me how how to publish iCal calendars of local accounts on OS X Server?

According to iCal Server Administration, OS X Server requires an Open Directory account, so you cannot publish your local account's iCal calendar.
You can, however, use iCal itself and a modification of the OS X Hint "Publish iCal calendars with local WebDAV server" to publish local account calendars.
0. Server Admin>Web>Sites Turn on the Web with an enabled host name. Make sure that WebDAV is enabled under Server Admin>Web>Sites>Options. Enable SSL with your server's certificate under Server Admin>Web>Sites>Security to ensure that your personal calendar information is SSL encrypted over the web.
1. Append this directive to the end of the file /private/etc/apache2/httpd.conf:
Include /private/etc/apache2/other/*.conf
and make sure that there's no conf file in ./other that you may not wish to load, such as httpd-userdir.conf. Move these to *.conf.original or some such if necessary.
2. Create the file /private/etc/apache2/other/httpd-webdav.conf with the contents:
# WebDAV configureation for Publishing local account iCal calendars
# Based in part on Mac OS X Hint "iPublish iCal calendars with local WebDAV server Apps"
# http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20020912065811863
# copied from /etc/apache2/sites/0000_any_443_myserver.conf
# which is automatically generated by Server Admin>Web
# No need to replicate these directives here, so comment out
#<IfModule mod_dav.c>
#       DAVLockDB "/var/run/davlocks/.davlock100"
#       DAVMinTimeout 600
#</IfModule>
<IfModule mod_dav.c>
<Directory "/Library/WebServer/Documents/webdav">
    DAV On
    AuthType Digest
    AuthName 'WebDAV'
    AuthDigestFile /private/etc/apache2/httpd/.htdigest
    AuthGroupFile /dev/null
#    <LimitExcept GET HEAD OPTIONS>
      require valid-user
#    </LimitExcept>
</Directory>
</IfModule>
3. Create the apache htdigest authentication file:
$ mkdir /private/etc/apache2/httpd
$ chmod 0755 /private/etc/apache2/httpd
$ touch /private/etc/apache2/httpd/.htdigest
$ chmod 0644 /private/etc/apache2/httpd/.htdigest
$ htdigest /private/etc/apache2/httpd/.htdigest WebDAV username
Adding password for username in realm WebDAV.
New password: md5 hashed password
Re-type new password: md5 hashed password
4. Create the WebDAV directory:
$ mkdir /Library/WebServer/Documents/webdav
$ chown www:www /Library/WebServer/Documents/webdav
$ chmod 0755 /Library/WebServer/Documents/webdav
$ mkdir /Library/WebServer/Documents/webdav/iCal
$ chown www:www /Library/WebServer/Documents/webdav/iCal
$ chmod 0755 /Library/WebServer/Documents/webdav/iCal
and sanity check that the OS X Server davlocks directory /var/run/davlocks exists [it should!] and has www:www ownership with permissions 755 [it should!].
5. Sanity check your apache config files:
$ apachectl -t
should yield "Syntax OK". Then Server Admin>Web>Stop and Start to restart your web server with the new configuration.
5. Under your local account on OS X Server, iCal>Calendar>Publish... Publish on a private server with the URL:
https://osxserver/webdav/iCal
using OS X Server's local account username/password. Success will be reported with a URL of your calendar on the server.
6. Under another client account from which you wish to subscript to your OS X Server local account's Calender, iCal>Calender>Subscribe... Enter the URL on OS X Server. You will be prompted for the htdigest name/password pair you created above -- enter this, not the username/password of your local account on OS X Server. Even though you should be protecting this channel with SSL and md5, don't reuse your username/password to access the WebDAV directory you created. You will now be subscribed to your local account's iCal Calendar residing on OS X Server.

Publishing on private server causes lags

After I upgraded to Lion, iCal started to "freeze" every now and then. For instance, when entering a new entry, iCal suddenly stops being responsive to key entries, and after a while picks up and shows all I have typed previously. I did a clean install and didn't solve the problem.
The problem appears to be the fact that I have a few calendars published on a "private server" (as opposed to MobileMe), namely icalx. I tried to remove them and re-insert them but no luck. After tinkering for a while and reading other threads, it appears that the "freezing" behavior occurs only when the option "Publish changes automatically" is checked. In this case, it's as if iCal starts updating the remote version while I'm still typing. In any case, I observed that while updating any calendar the entire iCal freezes.
Is anyone experiencing a similar behavior? Any ideas?

To publish calendars without .Mac, you'll need to configure a WebDAV server. You can follow these somewhat outdated—but still applicable—instructions to do so under Mac OS X here:
http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/2000/11/10/osxwebdav/osxwebdav.html
[You could also choose to use a Windows OS box as a WebDAV server, using software which runs on that platform.]
Background information on the mod_dav patch for Apache under Mac OS X is here:
http://www.webdav.org/mod_dav

Publish iCal Calendar using Tiger Server

I've been searching for a simple way to publish iCal calendars using Tiger Server. Here is what I need to do:
I need one user to be able to publish multiple "studio schedule" calendars to the Tiger server...and I need all the regular users in the studio to be able to subscribe to it so that they can see what work they have scheduled for the day. The regular users do NOT need to be able to make changes to the calendar...they only need to see it. (and print it if needed) Only the studio manager needs to be able to see and edit the published calendar.
I called Apple support for help on this one and they told me they would have to charge me $695 just for me to be able to get help on this....which surprised me because I'm just trying to use their software to do something it is supposed to be able to do! LOL The only other suggestion he could give was for me to look to the discussion groups here for help....so here I am!
HELP!
xServe G5 Mac OS X (10.4.6) xServe G5

The first thing you need to do is set up WebDAV on the Server and share a directory. If you need instructions on how to that just follow this thread.
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=2793917#2793917
Once you've set up a shared directory you just publish the calendar to it from within iCal.
To do that, set up a calendar, select it and then select 'Publish' under the 'Calendar' menu. In the dialog box that opens up give the calendar a name without spaces. Select 'Publish on: a Private Server'.
In the field for 'Base URL:' fill-in the complete url to the server directory you set up previously using the WebDAV instructions. For example, if you set up a directory on the server called 'calendars' and the URL of the server is www.example.com you would put in 'Base URL: http://www.example.com/calendars'.
Now enter the 'Login' name and 'Password' for an account that has access to the shared directory as you've set it up using the WebDAV instructions.
Select the other options you want to enable in the dialog box and then click on 'Publish'. Now the calendar is published and available for others to subscribe to.
Now to subscribe to the calendar, just select 'Subscribe' under the 'Calendar' menu in iCal and enter the URL for the calendar. Using the example from above you would enter 'webcal://www.example.com/calendars/StudioWork.ics' for a calendar that was named 'StudioWork'.
You can also email the URL for the published calendar by selecting it in iCal and selecting 'Send Publish Email...' under the 'Calendar' menu in iCal.

Proxy server and Publishing ICal Calendars

I am using Ical Calendar publishing via a "Private Server" The way I have to set it up is using a string like ftp://domainname.com/path-to-folder/file. Then I have my user and password in the login area for the protected folder on this server.
This works GREAT, however, I noticed when I'm at work and work has a proxy server for FTP I cannot connect to my domain and update - publish to my private server doesn't happen.
Would anyone know how to make ICal use a proxy? Having the proxy in the Network Prefs under FTP and the box checked does not work. Both passive and unpassive does not make a difference.
Is there a way to enter proxy information in the ftp:// string I am using?
I can get the calendars no problem. I know there is an HTTP proxy but ICal seems to be able to get through this fine?
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
THANKS!
Message was edited by: Pintom1

Pintom1 wrote:
This works GREAT, however, I noticed when I'm at work and work has a proxy server for FTP I cannot connect to my domain and update - publish to my private server doesn't happen.
Would anyone know how to make ICal use a proxy? Having the proxy in the Network Prefs under FTP and the box checked does not work. Both passive and unpassive does not make a difference.
Is there a way to enter proxy information in the ftp:// string I am using?
I can get the calendars no problem. I know there is an HTTP proxy but ICal seems to be able to get through this fine?
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
THANKS!
Message was edited by: Pintom1
We had issues when we first published our calendars at work too. I am not certain that this will help, but you can try it. What we did was go to the Network Preference Pane and add the IP address of the Cal server to the list of IP's that bypass the proxy server. After that we had no issues viewing or updating our calendars. I don't know exactly how your network is setup, but it may be worth a shot.
Brian

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i want to securely share (publish/subscribe) calendars among just the members of my family. we share a .Mac family account with a Shared iDisk folder that is, in theory, for our exclusive use.
if i publish to .Mac, it appears the calendars are viewable by anyone with the correct URL, not just my family.
if i try to publish to a Private Server using the URL for the .Mac Shared folder (Base URL: http://idisk.mac.com/myaccountname/Shared), the required Login: account name intrudes into the syntax for the pathname to the location. text box says "Publish failed for calendar "xxx". Could not create calendar on http://[email protected]/accountname/shared/calendarname.ics"
any ideas on how to securely share iCal calendars among family members on .Mac?
thanks very much.

after a couple more hours of digging, i answered my own question.
here's a relevent article with the answer: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=61725
the .Mac Family Pack includes an iDisk Shared folder to which all accounts (master account and up to 4 sub-accounts) have shared access. by substituting "Shared" for "Documents" in the URL pathname syntax in the article, i was able to publish calendars into the Shared folder. then, subscriptions were per the article except that any family member's account name and password provided access to the folder.
i think i just had the syntax wrong for publishing to begin with. i don't remember for sure, but i think i may have been using "www.mac.com" instead of "idisk.mac.com".
anyway, it appears to be working.

Publishing iCal - which URL of lion server in private network???

I was looking in apple support and in the web for hours, I simply want to publish may calendar on my private server (NOT in the internet!) services are already running (profilemanager, iCal...). When I open iCal on my client (MacBook) and want to publish my calendar, I am asked for the base-URL of my private server, I tried it with "server.local", "macintosh.local", "192.168.1.xx" - always get the answer: "invalid URL"

I would suggest creating a directory in the Documents directory called something like ical. Do a "sudo chown www:www ical". Set the Web folder in Server Manager to /Library/WebServer/Documents/ical and you should be away. The URL for publising would then be http://aaa.bbb.ccc/ical
(I also turned off the performance cache.)
I've had a range of problems with the way virtual hosts work on 10.4. (It seems even the order of stuff inside each virtual host file in /etc/httpd/sites can screw things up - go figure) As you guess, permissions seem to be at the heart of it.
Hope this helps

No longer seeing Publish to private server after OSX/iCal upgrade

Hi,
After Upgrading to OSX Lion and updating Ical, I have come across a problem.
Excuse me if I do not get all the options and menu options correct, I'm using a dutch version.
I have been using Ical to publish the calendar of our business to our website for some time now, I publish it to an ftp server where a php script presents the calendar to the visitors. After the upgrade I no longer see the "publish to private server" option under publish. I now only see "share with everyone" and "share with invitees". It has since not been synchronizing. I hope someone knows a solution or can give me directions as to what I'm obviously not seeing.
Thanks.
Versions
iCal : 5.0 (1535)
OSX: 10.7.1

Calendars listed under your MobileMe login name (which reside on the MobileMe server) cannot be published to a web page. This facility is still available as before for calendars listed under 'On My Mac'.
MobileMe calendars can be shared privately to other MobileMe members (read-only or read-and-write); or publicly (read-only) to anyone with a CalDAV client - this includes iCal and Google Calendar (free subscription required for the latter).
Please see this page for more details:
http://www.wilmut.webspace.virginmedia.com/notes/sharedcalendar.html

Ical publishes 0KB file to private server

Hello. I am publishing one of my iCal calendars to a private server. It publishes, however there is no information in the file. It is a 0KB file. How can I encourage a successful publication?
Thanks!

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ICal 2.0.2 wont publish to Windows 2000 Server

After upgrading to Tiger, I am no longer able to publish an iCal Calendar to a private server which works perfectly on 10.3.X / ical 1.5.5.
I'm running OS X 10.4.2 and iCal 2.0.2. I am trying to publish to a Windows 2000 server running IIS. When I attempt to publish, I see the dialog box which says, "Publishing <Calendar Name>"... The progress bar gets about 75% across and holds for a while. Finally, I get an error dialog which says, "Publish failed for calendar <calendar name>. -- Request to <hostname> failed after trying for 30 seconds."
Now, I KNOW the permissions are set correctly on the server for two reasons. 1.) I can get it to work from 10.3.9 with no problem at all. And 2.) Under Tiger, if I try to publish this calendar, and there's already a .ics file on the server with the same name, iCal deletes it! It certainly wouldn't be able to delete the file if there were a permissions issue.
So, iCal 2.0.2 does a GREAT job of deleting a calendar on the server, it just won't write a new one. I have even checked the Event viewer on the Windows 2000 server. I'm auditing successes and failures of all events and I see nothing to indicate that it's having a problem.
Thanks in advance for any help/suggestions.
-Chris

I'll reply to myself here...
WebDAV between ical 2.0.2 and Win2000 Server just does not work. This used to be a problem in earlier versions of iCal. That's where "FTP iCal" really came to the rescue.
They finally fixed it, but now it seems to be broken once again.
"FTP iCal" lives once again as "FTP iCal calendars." I guess I'll be using this little gem until Apple fixes iCal AGAIN. Here's the developer's site in case anyone else is interested.
http://www.ese.u-psud.fr/epc/conservation/FTP_iCal/index.html
-Chris

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