Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Test New Patriots Schedule Add To Calendar Feature
It always seems to be the last thing I do to prepare for an upcoming Patriots season - adding the game dates to my personal calendar. Every year when I do it, it is a manual task. As I was toggling between the GoPats.com Schedule page and Outlook, it came to me there is a better way to do this.
At the top of the schedule page is a “beta” announcement stating, ”Click on the date link to add the game to your calendar (e.g. Outlook)” and all schedule dates for this season (and previous seasons) have an active link on the dates. When you click it, a file in the iCal format is generated. Depending on how your browser is configured, it will ask you what you want to do with the file, or go ahead and try to process it. If the former, you can try to open it with your preferred calendar program and it will try to add it as a new event.
I put the “beta” tag on it as I am inviting people to try it out, and give us feedback if it works for you or not. I have tested it myself with Outlook 2003 and all worked well. The events list the opponent, whether it is a home or away game, the season and part of the season (preseason, regular season, playoffs). Any and all comments, errors - even compliments - are appreciated!
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