How to Sync Google Calendar and Setster
October 28th, 2009With a Setster Pro account, You can Sync your Google Calendar with Setster. The purpose of the Sync is to make sure when you are unavailable in your primary Google calendar that unavailable time shows up in Setster so your clients can not book that time.
Set up is simple.
- Log into your Google account.
- Click on the Calendar button on the top left.
- Choose your Calendar under the my calendar section and select “settings”.
- Choose the “Shared:Edit Settings” button in My Calendar Section.
- Check “Share this Calendar with others”.
- Check “Make this Calendar Public”.
- Using the drop down menu, select “see only free/busy (hide details)”.
- Save your work.
- Click on your calendar in the “my calendars” section it will bring up the “Calendar Details” section.
- Scroll down the page to the Calendar address section and click on the green “ICAL” button.
- A pop up will come up with your Google Calendar URL internet address. Copy the entire address.
- Log into your Setster account.
- Go to the Availability tab.
- Under Import calendar from, select Google in the calendar source drop down menu.
- Paste the Google calendar URL that you copied from a previous step.
- Save your work.
That is all you need to do. To make sure it is working, you can set a busy time or appointment in Google, open your widget and try to book the same time in Setster. You will notice that the time is unavailable for booking.
I use Google Calendar, what if I already have an appointment on my calendar?
October 28th, 2009Setster Free: Setster will always set the appointment. If you use Google Calendar and have an appointment already on Google, your clients will still be able to book that same time in Setster. The only way to avoid this is by syncing your availability between Setster and your Calendar.
Setster Pro: In the Pro Version, Setster communicates directly with Google Calendar. When you make an appointment in Google, the time slot and your availability are removed. Clients will not be able to book appointments with you if you are busy.
Blocking times with Setster, Google Calendar, Outlook and iCal
October 14th, 2009Pro version users of Setster can block their unavailable times when using third party calendars like Outlook, Google Calendar and iCal by using a published calendar. So, if you make a calendar entry in Outlook on your desktop for example; it will block that time from being available to your clients in Setster.
Here’s how it works. Every time an appointment is set up, an email is sent to both the service provider and the client that includes an .ICS file. ICS stands for Internet Calendar Standard. The ICS file is used for exchanging calendar information between calendar programs the run on your PC and online.
When an appointment is made, an email is sent to both the service provider and the user. The email includes all the information about the appointment and an ICS file that again, has all the appointment information. The ICS file is automatically imported to your calendar application where the appointment is available to view.
Once you publish your calendar, Setster is able to view and subscribe to the published calendars updates, which will let us know your available/unavailable times and blocks or opens times for your clients.
You must have a Pro Version subscription to use this option. The following blogs provide specific insutuctions for each Google, Outlook and iCal calendars.