Gcal sync

[Jon]

Hi and thanks for the great work on this plugin.

We’re considering purchasing the Event Aggregator add-on but are curious about exactly how the data is updated on the site if an event on the Google Calendar side is removed. Once the import is done again, would that deleted event also be removed on the site?

Thanks

[Barry]

Hi Jon,

Thanks for your interest in our plugins and services 🙂

By default, if an event is removed from Google Calendar (or any other iCal type of source) the corresponding imported copy will not be deleted – though you can of course delete it manually if you wish.

Do let me know if you have further questions about this.

[Jon]

Thanks for your reply!

When you say ‘by default’, does that mean there are configuration / addon / or customization options to enable this?

Warm regards

[Barry]

Great question!

That’s the baked-in behavior, we don’t provide settings to make it behave in any other way.

I believe as a piece of further custom dev work it would be possible to alter that behavior to provide a different outcome (ie, if a previously imported event is missing from the feed, delete it locally) however to do that safely could be a complex business.

One of the problems is if the source feed provides something like a maximum of 100 events and they are all imported to a WordPress site, then if the owner of the source calendar then adds additional events (but deletes none) it might push a number of events out of the feed (because it can only return upto 100 events). Deleting those locally wouldn’t generally be ‘correct’ in such a scenario.

At any rate, I hope that better explains things (and don’t hesitate to let me know if I can further clarify things) 🙂

[Jon]

ok, thanks!

[Barry]

You got it 🙂

[Jon]

Hi Barry,
Actually, one more question… is there a way for me to try out the aggregator addon? I’d hate to spend the money only to realize it doesn’t do what I’m hoping it does.
Sincerely,
Jon

[Barry]

Hi Jon,

We don’t generally offer trials but we do provide a 30 day refund window, so if you discovered it didn’t work for you then you could seek a refund in the initial month – we’d be happy to oblige you 🙂

Though you’ve been asking about Google Calendar, I do also want to highlight that although Event Aggregator nominally supports importing from Facebook that specifically is not possible at present (due to changes made to the Facebook platform). Just wanted to avoid disappointment in case you also had it in mind to import from Facebook.

[Jon]

ok, great, thanks Barry!

[Barry]

Welcome 🙂

[Support Droid]

Hey there! This thread has been pretty quiet for the last three weeks, so we’re going to go ahead and close it to avoid confusion with other topics. If you’re still looking for help with this, please do open a new thread, reference this one and we’d be more than happy to continue the conversation over there.

Thanks so much!
The Events Calendar Support Team

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