Line break error on import, no automatic Google maps, category reset

[Thomas]

It appears the first bug (where line breaks are imported as “nn”) is already on your radar and going to be fixed at some point.

There are two other problems I’m having, but I’m not sure if they’re actual bugs or just something in need of an option to turn on/off. Normally I have all events set to display a Google map for the venue. When I import events via iCal, it doesn’t automatically check the box for the calendar. I would like it to do so, as it creates a problem that ties into my second issue.

When I make manual changes to events (checking the box for Google map display, or modifying the category), they are overwritten at the next scheduled import. I was under the impression the import would only affect events that were new/changed (from the source calendar), but it seems to do a full overwrite of every event. Is there a way to tell the program to only import new/changed events from iCal?

I love Events Calendar and the iCal Importer would be a lifesaver if I could just have a bit more control over what happens during the import.

[George]

Hey Thomas,

Thanks for the kind words about the plugins there at the end of your post – I’m glad that the plugins are useful and really sorry that some of these bugs are keeping them from being as awesome as they could be on your site! Hopefully I can address your concerns about these things as follows:

First of all, you’re right about the line-break bug already being on our radar. The .ics file format is very, very strict, so it’s a bit tricky to work with sometimes – we’re working hard on numerous fixes though and better support for line-breaks is one of them!

As for your other question, there is unfortunately both an outright limitation with the iCal Importer plugin itself, and a bit of a bug going on! 🙁

I’m really sorry about that fact – let me explain it a bit:

The limitation is that there is currently not a way to set up imported events to default to having their map checkbox checked upon import. The bug is that, indeed, our overwriting of previously-saved options on events is too aggressive, and upon import you have have the problem that you noted here where your changes are overwritten.

We agree with you completely that more control over things here would improve iCal importer greatly, and we’re working hard to introduce improvements in this area of things. I don’t have an ETA for such improvements at this time, but your feedback is important and only adds to our urgency to get these improvements out the door.

Does any of this information help? Let me know, and let me know if you have any other thoughts or questions here that I can help address. In the meantime, I want you to know that there might be a code solution to try and force the “Show Map” checkbox to remain checked. I will try to get this to work and will post if I’m able to get something working.

Thank you,
George

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