Client/Server Calendar Program? 49
Dethnyte asks: "At my office, we currently use Calendar Creator Pro, it's just not a very good or user-friendly program for multiple people entering data into a calendar. We don't want to use Outlook or anything that requires a server, or at least a server program we have to pay for. Is there anything Open Source that can help us out? We'd use Sunbird, but it still has too many bugs. We need something simple that can keep dates, multiple schedules, and still be readable when printed out."
web based (Score:4, Insightful)
Re:web based (Score:2)
I would go with OpenGroupware.org since it's actually compatible with multiple clients. It can be used with Evlution, Moz Calendar, Outlook and probably more. It also has a web interface.
Having Freedom to choose is always nice ;)
Re:web based (Score:2)
What is a kernel doing in that list?
phpgroupware (Score:5, Informative)
Re:phpgroupware (Score:5, Informative)
PHProjekt is nice, including multiple profiles, email support, Palm sync, objects, chat, bulletin board, helpdesk, file storage, and a host of other useful stuff. I have set it up for my own company as well as for a number of clients and it works a charm.
Re:phpgroupware (Score:2)
Typo in Link (Score:4, Informative)
Re:phpgroupware (Score:1, Informative)
Another project in the same vein is eGroupware [egroupware.org] (which is a fork of phpGroupWare).
Re:phpgroupware (Score:1)
I couldn't agree more. I introduced PHProjekt at a past and my current employer. We use it for project management and time sheet tracking. It was easy to setup and works just fine.
If you dont like the default look (yeah.. its a bit plain) you can always install one of the available skins or make your own.
In terms of the calendaring I have to mention that you can flag events as public. I actually wrote an extension that allows you to display those public events on a separate calendar on a website (plai
Works well, looks blah? (Score:2)
Now, my own design skills are somewhat limited. I can't make a snappy graphic-filled website without a lot of work (as my own demonstrates, my graphics are blah at the moment) - but even I can see that this needs a remodelling job. Default colour scheme is blahhh.
Look at slashdot... yes some of the schemes are hard on the eyes but overall it's not too bad.
Look at some o
Re:Works well, looks blah? (Score:2)
Snappy designs ARE a lot of work. My partner has an ability for creating great looking designs for browser based applications but I find as the design complexity increases the programming required to pull it off grows exponentially.
Re:Works well, looks blah? (Score:1)
Mozilla Calendar (Score:4, Interesting)
Although, in an enterprise, concurency issues might crop up.
Still, it's worth a shot.
Re:Mozilla Calendar (Score:4, Interesting)
I hate to detract from it because it will be a great product when finished. For being a 0.2 release it is quite usable, but I would not inflict it on the unwahsed masses yet.
Re:Mozilla Calendar (Score:2, Interesting)
Re: (Score:1)
Re:Just get a database solution (Score:3, Informative)
Obviously, whatever they use should use a database, but it's the interface and application that actually matter.
Do you have to host it in-house? (Score:5, Insightful)
Don't want a server, don't want to pay for it, do want to track dates and multiple schedules.
Keeping multiple calendars that can be seen by others and can show busy/free times on a per-user/resource basis is inherintly a client/server relationship. If you don't want to use Exchange or one of the other closed-source solutions, why not have someone else maintain the server for you. Here's what I use:
http://calendar.yahoo.com/ [yahoo.com]
Seconded (Score:3, Informative)
Re:Do you have to host it in-house? (Score:2)
I'd agree that this is *typically* done via the client-server architecture, but there's nothing inherent about that unless you've got that architecture in your head beforehand. I can imagine this sort of thing behing handled via a P2P architecture if one wanted.
For most enterprise calendaring apps (like Exchange, even MeetingMaker) there is a requirem
Evolution Calendaring (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:Evolution Calendaring (Score:2)
Schoolbell (Score:4, Interesting)
Schoolbell has a calendar component [schooltool.org] (schoolbell is a subset of the code for Schooltool [schooltool.org], a school administration server being developed with $$ from Mark Shuttleworth [markshuttleworth.com]). It could be the free-server end of what you want (you said you didn't want a server that cost anything; I assume a free one is okay).
From the webpage:
SchoolBell allows users to manage their personal calendars, group calendars and calendars for resources, e.g., rooms, projectors, etc, via a web interface, or using an iCalendar compliant client such as Mozilla calendar or iCal.
You can:
Once you've got your calendars in ICal format, there are a number of other tools that can help you manage them, such as evolution [novell.com] for users, or pcal to output calendars as postscript. [uwasa.fi]
stuff (Score:2)
iCal (Score:4, Interesting)
OX (Score:4, Informative)
Rephrase the question (Score:5, Funny)
I need a free solution that does everything! Someone write one for me!
Reprhase the parent post (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Reprhase the parent post (Score:2)
we use Very Simple Calendar (Score:1)
its a pretty simple calendar. i like it. might be too simple for many people though.
Roaring Penguin's REMIND (Score:1)
http://www.roaringpenguin.com/penguin/open_source
Wiki (Score:3, Interesting)
ExtCalendar 2 (Score:2)
http://extcal.sourceforge.net/
Easy to set up, offers user accounts with varying levels of permissions, multiple views, moderation, etc.
outlook, reconsideration (Score:2)
Re:outlook, reconsideration (Score:2)
Meeting Maker (Score:2)
http://www.meetingmaker.com/home.cfm
Kolab (Score:2)
I wrote my own (Score:2)
WebCalendar (Score:1)