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88 lines
4.4 KiB
PHP
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$title = "DAViCal Home";
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include("inc/page-header.php");
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<h1>About DAViCal</h1>
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<p>DAViCal is a server for calendar sharing. It is an implementation of the CalDAV protocol which is designed
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for storing calendaring resources (in iCalendar format) on a remote shared server. </p>
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<p>An increasing number of calendar clients support
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the maintenance of shared remote calendars through CalDAV including Mozilla Calendar
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(Sunbird/Lightning), Evolution, Mulberry, Chandler, and various other closed-source products
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such as Apple's iCal and iPhone. </p>
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<h2>Features</h2>
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DAViCal:<ul>
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<li>is <a href="http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.html">Free Software</a> licensed under the <a href="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html">General Public License</a>.</li>
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<li>uses an SQL database for storage of event data</li>
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<li>supports backward-compatible access via WebDAV in read-only or read-write mode (not recommended)</li>
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<li>is committed to inter-operation with the widest possible CalDAV client software.</li>
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</ul>
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<p>DAViCal supports basic delegation of read/write access among calendar users, multiple users or clients reading
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and writing the same calendar entries over time, and scheduling of meetings with free/busy time displayed. </p>
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<h1>Overview of Installation and Use</h1>
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<h2>Prerequisites</h2>
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To install and use DAViCal you will need:<ul>
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<li>a PostgreSQL database server</li>
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<li>a web server which can run PHP version 5</li>
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</ul>
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<p>We use <a href="http://www.debian.org/">Debian GNU/Linux</a> for this, but other people use various different
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versions of Linux, FreeBSD, Mac OSX and even Microsoft Windows. We definitely do not recommend using Windows
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for this unless you are completely hobbled by silly internal IT policies and have to do so.</p>
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<h2>Getting DAViCal and Installing DAViCal</h2>
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<p>You can download DAViCal from <a href="http://debian.mcmillan.net.nz/">http://debian.mcmillan.net.nz/</a></p>
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<p>Start looking on the <a href="installation.php">DAViCal Installation Page</a> for more places to download, and
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detailed instructions as to what to do when you have it.</p>
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<h2>Using DAViCal</h2>
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<p>Read here about <a href="clients.php">how to configure various CalDAV Clients with DAViCal</a>. There is also
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a page on the wiki which will sometimes have newer information.</p>
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<h2>Getting Help</h2>
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<p>Specifically: help on DAViCal!</p>
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<p>The <em>best</em> place to go for help on DAViCal is the <a href="http://wiki.davical.org/">DAViCal Wiki</a>.</p>
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<p>If you can't find your answer there, then the IRC channel #davical on <a href="http://irc.oftc.net/">irc.oftc.net</a> is
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a great next port of call. Many problems can be solved quickly with a short on-line chat.</p>
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<p>Almost as good as the IRC channel is the <a href="https://lists.sourceforge.net/mailman/listinfo/rscds-general">DAViCal General Mailing List</a>.</p>
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Other places to try include:<ul>
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<li>The sourceforge forums.</li>
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<li>Googling your problem.</li>
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</ul>
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<p>As a last resort, or in case your organisation likes that sort of thing, paid commercial support is available
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through the author's company <a href="http://www.morphoss.com/products/davical/support">Morphoss</a>.</p>
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<h1>Credits</h1>
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<p>DAViCal CalDAV Server was conceived and written by <a href="http://andrew.mcmillan.net.nz/">Andrew McMillan</a>.</p>
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Translations of the administration interface have been done by:<ul>
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<li>Lorena Paoletti (Spanish)</li>
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<li>Cristina Radalescu (German)</li>
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<li>Guillaume Rosquin & Maxime Delorme (French)</li>
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<li>Nick Khazov (Russian)</li>
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<li>Eelco Maljaars (Dutch)</li>
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</ul>
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Other contributors:<ul>
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<li>Maxime Delorme (CSS, LDAP, SyncML, French translations)</li>
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<li>Andrew Ruthven (Various enhancements)</li>
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</ul>
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<h1>Contributing to DAViCal</h1>
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<p>We welcome contributions from interested people. You don't need to be able to write code - there are lots of
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small tasks around the project that can be done.
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CalDAV server:</p>
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Here are some things you could do that will help us to concentrate on making DAViCal a better:<ul>
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<li>writing documentation</li>
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<li>helping people on IRC, on the mailing list or sf.net forums</li>
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<li>translating the DAViCal interface to another language</li>
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<li>managing the release process</li>
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<li>reviewing and tidying the Wiki updates</li>
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<li>writing and reviewing patches</li>
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<li>designing future functionality</li>
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<li>thinking of more interesting ways to contribute to DAViCal!</li>
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</ul>
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<p>Can you think of more?</p>
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