Hey, that is mighty fine sleuthing.

I don't know much about TiddlyDesktop (I live in Google Drive with 
TiddlyDrive Add-on).  It sniffs to me like it (being a desktop app) can't 
get to Google Calendar because it has no way of knowing/passing-along your 
Google sign-in when accessing Google Calendar (or something like that.)

On Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 12:30:41 PM UTC-3 ludwa6 wrote:

> Good thinking Charlie; in fact that doesn't work either - in 
> TiddlyDesktop, where i do all my tiddly-diddling, as a rule. 
> It does however work fine when i load this instance into Chrome browser. 
> Is this a bug in TiddlyDesktop, i wonder?
>
> /walt
> On Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 3:50:07 PM UTC+1 [email protected] wrote:
>
>> Silly thought: can you grab the iframe code and paste the whole thing in 
>> a new tiddler?
>>
>> Just in case my wording isn't quite right, here's a picture of what I 
>> mean for you to grab and paste in a new tiddler:
>>
>> [image: Screenshot 2021-04-25 11.47.11 AM - Display 2.png]
>>
>> On Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 11:37:31 AM UTC-3 ludwa6 wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks Charlie, but it didn't work.  Am logged into my gCal, got a good 
>>> URL from the "embed code" affordance, but she won't fly: still pulls the 
>>> same error.  No big deal, i don't really need this feature; it's just a 
>>> minor downer to look at the "sad mac" icon (since this is first to load on 
>>> default), so i'll just comment-out the option until/unless you find a way 
>>> to make it work generically.  /walt
>>>
>>> On Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 3:08:36 PM UTC+1 [email protected] wrote:
>>>
>>>> Ah poop, I thought I had tested that in incognito mode.  Let me look 
>>>> into that and get back to ya.
>>>>
>>>>    - While checking things out, I did figure out that a publicly 
>>>>    shared Google Calendar is actually only visible on devices when users 
>>>> are 
>>>>    logged in with their Google accounts.  Not logged into your Google 
>>>> account, 
>>>>    you can't access it.  Makes sense, I suppose.  All about getting people 
>>>>    into the Google ecosystem...
>>>>
>>>> In the meantime:  Add a Google calendar to your website 
>>>> <https://support.google.com/calendar/answer/41207?hl=en>.
>>>>
>>>> What you'll get is some html code meant to be pasted into a website.  
>>>> That code consists of an iframe.   Grab that code, paste it somewhere, 
>>>> then 
>>>> just grab the URL from that code, and use that in this tiddler we are 
>>>> playing around with to get a google calendar link for your calendar.
>>>>
>>>>    - If you happen to make your TiddlyWiki publicly available, do make 
>>>>    sure the calendars you embed have intended privacy settings for each 
>>>>    calendar.  If your calendar is set as private, embedding your calendar 
>>>> in 
>>>>    your TiddlyWiki is safe: people won't see your calendar items.
>>>>    - Aside: In Google Calendar, it is always a good idea to review 
>>>>    your security settings for each calendar you have created.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 4:00:54 AM UTC-3 ludwa6 wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> This would be perfect Charlie, if the Calendar call didn't pull an 
>>>>> error ("accounts.google.com" refused to connect"). So, two questions:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>    1. *The band-aid:* How can i modify this calendar call so it's 
>>>>>    pulling from my own Google Calendar? <option value="
>>>>>    
>>>>> https://calendar.google.com/calendar/embed?height=600&amp;wkst=1&amp;bgcolor=%23ffffff&amp;ctz=America%2FHalifax&amp;showNav=1&amp;showPrint=1&amp;showTabs=1&amp;showCalendars=1&amp;mode=MONTH
>>>>>    ">Calendar</option>
>>>>>    2. *The (minor) surgery:* As a community resource, can you make 
>>>>>    this downloadable utility to pull from a calendar that's publicly 
>>>>>    accessible w/o login -ideally one that would support our community in 
>>>>> some 
>>>>>    way (e.g. schedule of upcoming TiddlyWiki Hangouts, if that is still a 
>>>>>    thing)?  Otherwise, comment out that section of code, , i would 
>>>>> recommend, 
>>>>>    with instructions that would enable user to turn the feature on as per 
>>>>>    point (1) above.
>>>>>
>>>>> I really appreciate @Charlie how you are taking pains- and iterating 
>>>>> so rapidly based on user feedback! -to make this great tool really work 
>>>>> for 
>>>>> everyone.
>>>>>
>>>>> /walt
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 5:57:35 AM UTC+1 [email protected] wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Going from attachments to code posted in posts, I want to make sure 
>>>>>> that the latest version I have working is available as something that 
>>>>>> can 
>>>>>> be imported into any TiddlyWiki.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> So my most current version is attached, and it has:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>    - has an option to display google calendar
>>>>>>    - a few sample links to TiddlyWiki.com/static tiddlers
>>>>>>    - a few sample links to Wikipedia articles, accessing the mobile 
>>>>>>    version of wiki pages
>>>>>>    - the tiddler is renamed to more generic "Refs"
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>

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