Google Calendar in Your Sidebar (again!)

December 6, 2007 at 10:16 am · Firefox Hacks, Firefox Usability

I love my Google Calendar, but loading up the official web site each time I want to check it out is sometimes a burden.

Since I use it much more as a to-do list rather than actually setting up events and times I needed a quicker way to access. So I thought, why not figure out a way to open it in the sidebar in Firefox?

Google Calendar in Firefox Sidebar

Here are the steps to get it done:

Create a new bookmark (right-click and select “Bookmark this link…”) for this address or drag it to your bookmarks toolbar:
Mini Google Calendar
Right-click on that bookmark and select “Properties”.
Check the box that says, “Load this bookmark in sidebar” and you are good to go! I promise you this is a tip that is easy enough for anybody to use and setup.

Now you can access your Google Calendar and upcoming events on your agenda without pulling up a new web page.

Bonus: Check out my previous Google Calendar/Sidebar hack using the iPhone friendly version of Google Calendar. Also you can open Google Notebook to your sidebar too. Don’t forget about adding Google Talk to your sidebar!

For more help, check these out...

Tags: agenda, Calendar, Google, hacks, help, sidebar, tips

Ellie said,

December 6, 2007 @ 10:43 am

Didn’t display like that for me. :( Long list of days, instead of a calendar.

Mitch said,

December 6, 2007 @ 11:04 am

Hi Ellie, it comes from the iGoogle gadget for it, so you might check there and make sure you don’t have it set to hide the calendar.

Also make sure your logged into Google Calendar/Google too. Hope that helps!

James said,

December 6, 2007 @ 11:23 am

Works a treat here, even with my Google Apps calendar (which usually means all the clever tricks won’t work).

Thanks!

Ellie said,

December 6, 2007 @ 12:13 pm

I tried it two more times, but it still displayed strangely - with the dates being listed one by one on separate lines; then my agenda at the bottom.

Now, I have tried it again (same browser, settings, etc.) and it looks just fine.

Go figure! :) Thanks, Mitch!

Howard said,

December 6, 2007 @ 12:25 pm

You can also use the Prism GCal.webapp from Mozilla to access your Gmail, GReeader, GDocs etc….

You can also build your own (bookmarklet):

[url]http://prismspectrum.com/bookmarklet/[/url]
prism bookmarklet

Mitch said,

December 6, 2007 @ 2:59 pm

looks interesting Howard!

Daniel said,

December 7, 2007 @ 8:11 am

Quick Add fails to work here.

Sean said,

December 7, 2007 @ 9:50 pm

Works great here!

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anonymous said,

January 14, 2008 @ 12:00 pm

works nicely. but loads in fullscreen, when loading by keyword. those anyone know a fix for this?

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January 14, 2008 @ 1:26 pm

Heinz said,

January 14, 2008 @ 1:32 pm

how do i change the URL to get the time format to 23:54,
i managed to change the language to german but still having problem with the time… greetz

Mitch said,

January 14, 2008 @ 1:47 pm

Heinz, try the tip in comment 2. :) Thanks for all the feedback everybody - hope you subscribe an keep coming back for more.

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Noel said,

January 14, 2008 @ 11:54 pm

Comment similat to Heinz’s: Can’t get the ‘proper’ date format, even though I made and saved changes on the iGoogle version: The changes won’t bleed through tot he sidebar version. Want it to show 31/12/05 not the US format.

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nudel said,

January 15, 2008 @ 4:58 am

To change the event list date format from US m/d to UK/AU d/m, change ‘up_dateFormat=0′ to ‘up_dateFormat=1′ in the URL string.

I.e.
http://www.google.com/calendar/gadget?up_showAgenda=false&upt_showAgenda=hidden&up_calendarFeeds=({})&upt_calendarFeeds=hidden&up_firstDay=0&upt_firstDay=enum&up_dateFormat=1&upt_dateFormat=enum&up_timeFormat=1:00pm&upt_timeFormat=enum&up_calendarFeedsImported=0&upt_calendarFeedsImported=hidden&up_showCalendar2=1&upt_showCalendar2=bool&lang=en&country=us&.lang=en&.country=us&synd=ig&mid=0&parent=&libs=9yKJTwdwCZw/lib/libcore.js,DXEULJSfpLM/lib/libdynamic-height.js,c64nWSZKWFg/lib/libsetprefs.js

nudel said,

January 15, 2008 @ 5:00 am

sorry here’s the full URL

lorenzo said,

January 15, 2008 @ 7:51 am

how come it doesn’t follow the time in google calendar?
it still follows the US timezone even if my google cal is set in another continent. how to fix please?

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Al said,

January 18, 2008 @ 1:39 pm

Also works in Opera by adding it to the panel

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Noel said,

January 27, 2008 @ 7:38 pm

@nudel: Thanks for that - works a treat.

Sara said,

January 29, 2008 @ 2:49 pm

I fought with this for a while, and then found a setting on my sidebar (All-in-One Sidebar extension, so may not be global) that said “Small screen rendering” That was causing the single line digits. So, that might help some folks.

Mitch said,

January 29, 2008 @ 3:23 pm

Thanks Sara!

Crazy Piojo said,

February 1, 2008 @ 2:35 pm

GREAT! *_*

Amazing, easy and useful!

Thanks ^_^

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