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++ Horde User's FAQ

+++ Kronolith Questions
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++++ Does Kronolith have shared calendar support?
+Yes. Kronolith 2.0 introduced shared calendars. You can view as many  
calendars as you want in one overlaid view, and control access to each  
of your calendars on a per-user basis.
+
++++ Can Kronolith sync with my Palm Pilot?
+Preliminary syncing support is available in the bleeding-edge  
development releases. See http://horde.org/sync/.
+
++++ How do "alarms" work?
+If your system administrator has configured it, and you have set an  
email address in your Horde preferences, you will get an email when an  
alarm "goes off".
+
++++ Does Kronolith support iCalendar invitations?
+Yes. Kronolith 2.0 supports the iCalendar/vCalendar format for  
importing and exporting and sending iCalendar invitations for e-mail  
based scheduling. As such it is now interoperable with any  
calendar/email system which can either send or receive standard  
iCalendar attachments. This means that you can create a kronolith  
event, send invitations for that event to any email addresses desired,  
and the email recipients can then add the event to their calendars  
automatically.
+
++++ How do I use Free/Busy URLs?
+A Free/Busy URL does just what it says: it provides information about  
whether something or someone is free or busy, via a URL. Generally,  
this will be in iCalendar format, with a VFREEBUSY component.  
Applications generate these in different ways and publish them in  
different ways. In Kronolith you can specify the number and which  
calendars are used to generate the data.
+
+In Kronolith 2.0.x, you have to specify each calendar separately in  
the Free/Busy URL.  So if you want to have two calendars, say one with  
public events, and one with private, and you want the combination of  
events on both of them to constitute your Free/Busy info, you have to  
specify both of them because the URLs are calendar based only.  The  
URLs are of the form:
+<code>
+http://www.example.com/horde/kronolith/fb.php?c=kronolith_share
+http://www.example.com/horde/kronolith/fb.php?c[]=kronolith_share1&c[]=kronolith_share2
+</code>
+You generate this on the {{My Calendars}} screen - pick the calendar  
and your Free/Busy URL is generated in the field below that.
+
+In Kronolith 2.1 or higher, there is a new preference available that  
lets you specify one or more calendars, whose entries are to be merged  
to generate your Free/Busy information.  The above formats still work,  
for a per calendar share basis, but a new format is added of the form:
+<code>
+http://www.example.com/horde/kronolith/fb.php?u=username
+</code>
+If this URL is referenced, Kronolith generates the results based on  
the calendars you've selected, or if you've selected none, defaults to  
your default share.
+
+Now how is this information useful?  Well, if you're using  
applications that know how to use these URLs to check if you're free  
or busy, it can facilitate scheduling of meetings or events.  So the  
idea is you publish a static URL (in much the same way that you give  
out an email address, a phone number, mailing address, etc.) and then  
people can use that to check if you're available.  Important to note  
is that no information about //what// you have scheduled is available.  
  It's just whether or not you are free or not.
+
+To fully use this in Kronolith you need:
+
+# An identity setup, configured with a From: address (this ensures  
that your Free/Busy information is returned when Kronolith is queried)
+# An address book that contains Free/Busy URLs for entries (this  
allows you to store or utilize existing entries when creating events)
+# Kronolith configured to use the above address book
+
+Now, when you create an event, check out the {{Attendees}} area.   
Type in one or more email addresses, and if they are in your address  
book, and if they have a Free/Busy URL, their availability will show up.
+
+For others to use your URL, if they are on your system, they need to  
have you in their address book, or there needs to be a shared address  
book that contains these entries (we maintain and publish these as  
part of our organizational directory, for instance).  If the users  
aren't on your system, just give them your URL and they can plug it  
into whatever they are using that takes advantage of it.