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## Read-only access
-If you only need to read a calendar maintained by others,
+When you only need to read a calendar,
then the best (most efficient) is to subscribe to an "iCal" calender:
1. Go to web page http://[[!template id=eventhost]]/
@@ -40,23 +40,17 @@ and require a secure connection (TLS or SSL, or "https://" address).
## Read-write access
To both read a calendar and help maintain its content,
-you need to setup a "CalDAV" profile.
+you need to setup a "CalDAV" profile:
-Some calendaring clients (e.g. recent Apple Calendar) need little profile info:
+ 1. Open calendaring client, and add new account profile of type "CalDAV" (a.k.a. "on the network").
+ 2. Server address: **[[!template id=eventhost]]:8443**
+ 3. Username and password: Either personal or calendar-group account credentials.
- * Server address: **[[!template id=eventhost]]:8443**
- * Username and password: Credentials for either your personal account or a custom group account
+If above fails, or if you want to specifically pick a single calender,
+use this alternative approach:
-Some calendaring clients (e.g. older Apple ical) need slightly more profile info:
-
- * Server address: **https://[[!template id=eventhost]]:8443/calendars/users/**
- * Username and password: Credentials for either your personal account or a custom group account
-
-Other calendaring clients (e.g. Mozilla Lightning) need exact calendar address:
-
- 1. Go to web page https://[[!template id=eventhost]]:8443/calendars/users/USERNAME/
- (replace USERNAME with personal or calendar-group account name)
+ 1. Go to web page **https://[[!template id=eventhost]]:8443/calendars/users/USERNAME/**
+ (replace USERNAME with either personal or calendar-group account name)
2. Copy address for relevant calendar (a.k.a. "Collection").
- 3. Open calendaring client, and add new account profile.
- 4. Request creation of a new "CalDAV" profile (also called "on the network")
- 5. Paste the calendar address as server address.
+ 3. Open calendaring client, and add new account profile of type "CalDAV" (a.k.a. "on the network").
+ 5. Server address: Paste the calendar selected previously.