Updated Facebook Events & Birthdays Export

Well, as you can probably tell, Facebook updated its interface shortly after I made my how to! So I needed to update my instructions on how to export your Facebook Events to your mobile device or Google calendar! I imagine I may have to do this again in the future with Facebook's frequent updates!

I have quite a few events made and posted on Facebook and I wanted to be able to view my event calendar without logging into Facebook each and every time. I became determined to be able to view the events on my iPhone and/or on my Google calendar.

With the recent Facebook updates, you can now also export your friends' birthdays to your calendar! Never forget another birthday!

So here are the steps I took:

1. Go to www.facebook.com in your browser
2. Go to Events
3. Click on the Options button (the toothed washer item) and then click "Export" 

4. The "Export Events and Birthdays" popup will appear. Right-click on the "upcoming events" link and choose "Copy Link Address." 
• For the demo, I will just show how to do upcoming events, however you can do the exact same steps for Birthdays!
5. Paste the link into an email to yourself so you can keep it for your records.
6. Open the email on your mobile device and click on the link. 
7. Follow the steps on your mobile device to subscribe to this calendar. Wah lah! You are now subscribed to your Facebook Events Calendar.
8. Want to subscribe to your friends' Birthdays too? Follow steps 1-7, just choose "export your friends' birthdays" during step 4 this time!

Want to add the calendar(s) to your Google Calendar? That's simple too!

1. Open your Google Calendar and find the Other Calendars section.
2. Click on the drop-down box and choose "Add by URL"
3. Paste the URL that you emailed yourself earlier into the popup and done! 

Enjoy!

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Google Map Sharing

Did you know that you could save locations on a Google Map and then share and collaborate with others?

This works great when you are planning a weekend getaway with friends! I was able to save all our locations to one map, and then send that map over to my girlfriends! That is so much easier then having a list of addresses for everyone to google, or look up in their MAPSCO (does anyone still have one of those?). Also, they could add to and edit the map with me!

Here's how I did it:

1. Go to https://maps.google.com/
2. Click on "My Places"
3. Click on "Create Map"                                     
4. Name your new map and choose your privacy settings
5. Click Save
6. Search for a location that you would like to add to your new map
7. Once Google has found your location, click on the pin and choose "Save to Map"                                                                 
8. Choose the Map you would like to save to and click Save
9. Do this for every location you need to add to your map
10. Go back to your map by clicking "My Places"
11. Once viewing your map, click "Collaborate" 
12. Add Collaborators by their email addresses and send invitations.

This is a great way to plan an event with others! I have certainly enjoyed using it with many organizations since I discovered it. 

Need to send the link of the map to someone but don't want them to have access to edit it? Simple! Just click the link button. I personally love the short URL feature!

Enjoy!

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Facebook Events Export

This post has since been updated! Check out the new post!

Here's to my first blog post! I'm brand new to this so please forgive me...

I wanted to start a blog for those who aren't super techy but love those tech tips to help organize their daily lives! So for my first post I will share one of my recent favorite tips!

I don't know about you, but I'm a sorority girl, and we have tons of events! A lot of those events are made and posted on Facebook. Well I wanted to be able to view my event calendar without logging into Facebook each and every time. I became determined to be able to view the events on my iPhone and/or on my google calendar. So here are the steps I took:

1. Go to www.facebook.com
2. Go to Events
3. Click on the magnifying glass and then click "Export Events" 
4. The "Export Events" popup will appear. Highlight the URL that appears in blue font and copy it.
5. Email the link to yourself so you can have it for your records.
6. Open the email on your mobile device and click on the link. 
7. Follow the steps on your mobile device to subscribe to this calendar. Wah lah! You are now subscribed to your Facebook Events Calendar.

Want to add the calendar to your Gmail Calendar? That's simple too!

1. Open your Gmail Calendar and find the Other Calendars section.
2. Click on the drop-down box and choose "Add by URL"
3. Paste the URL that you emailed yourself earlier into the popup and done! 

Well that's all for now. Please comment on what you would like to see next time and enjoy!

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