Apr 21

CSV to iCal (Generic) Update 3

Category: CSV to iCal,Nerd

So, I think I have finally completed it.  It authenticates against my userbase and does everything I feel it needs to do at a minimum.  Feel free to check it out.  http://www.thegreatco.com/csvtoical/login.php You will need to sign up for an account on my blog to get access to it.  But it is free and I am just using the login as a little extra security.  Let me know what you think.


UPDATE: I have removed the requirement for you to log in to access the converter. Should be open for all. Please post updates to let me know what needs improvement.

UPDATE: Please check here for the latest update on the subject!

16 comments

16 Comments so far

  1. russ@meer.net April 27th, 2008 3:00 am

    I feel silly, but can’t figure out how to download “csvtoical”
    I created an account, but when I log in it appears to want me to upload a csv file…
    Oh, maybe I get it…
    Your login does the conversion?

  2. TheGreatCO April 28th, 2008 1:30 am

    You must upload a file to be converted. It is not a program to be downloaded. I figured it easier to do all the conversion on my server instead of making people install PHP and run it that way. Just easier to have them upload a CSV and do the conversion on the server. Email me with any problems.

  3. csv June 10th, 2008 3:30 pm

    Is this supposed to be working still? I tried it but kept getting “File is not a CSV, only CSV files are allowed to be uploaded.” even though it’s definately a csv file i’m trying to load

  4. TheGreatCO June 11th, 2008 3:52 pm

    Well, it should still be working. I will look into it. The file must have the file extension “.csv”.

  5. Jamie September 2nd, 2008 2:00 pm

    Hi, your service was exactly what I was looking for, being forced to use MS Outlook at work, and not being able to sync with my phone/CSV files.

    However, it doesn’t work for me – the days and months are the wrong way round, ie instead of being DDMMYY, it seems to be MMDDYY. Is there a workaround for this?

  6. TheGreatCO September 2nd, 2008 2:03 pm

    I will definitely add this to my list of things to look into. Can I ask what format they are in for your file?

  7. Jamie September 5th, 2008 2:41 am

    Great, it’d open it up to a lot more people if there was a way to change this – I think it is only America that uses MM/DD/YYYY.

    My csv file is DD/MM/YYYY

    Thanks for your hard work

  8. Lawrence September 16th, 2008 9:52 am

    I tried using your converter on an Outlook csv I downloaded from the Thrashers. I received this error “File is not a CSV, only CSV files are allowed to be uploaded.”.

    I was using this file “http://thrashers.nhl.com/ext/PDF/0809Thrashers_schedule_outlook.csv”

    -Lawrence

  9. Jen September 24th, 2008 5:02 pm

    I’m having the same problem–it says my file isn’t a csv file, although it is and it has the .csv extension. I edited and saved it in Excel as a .csv.

  10. TheGreatCO September 27th, 2008 9:28 am

    Are you uploading files from a mac? I have a feeling there is a difference in the way mac’s and pc’s provide the data type information to the server. I don’t use mac’s so I’m not sure how I’m gonna get around that…

  11. Eric October 7th, 2008 10:19 am

    I am getting the same error as everyone else. Just to check, I used the export function from Outlook, and even then it says, “File is not a CSV, only CSV files are allowed to be uploaded.”

  12. jukebox85 February 6th, 2009 2:21 pm

    Hi

    I tried to registr – never recieved PW

    Can you help me??

  13. shawn February 10th, 2010 10:23 pm

    Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_BOOLEAN_OR in /var/www/thegreatco.com/www/csvtoical/config.php on line 356

  14. shawn February 10th, 2010 10:25 pm

    My previous post is the error I receive when trying to use the converter.

    Thanks

  15. TheGreatCO February 16th, 2010 9:04 am

    I fixed the code, I didn’t realize it was generating an error. It should be working now.

  16. TMAT December 21st, 2011 8:35 pm

    Is this still working? I can see that last comment was from 2010. I have registered a couple of weeks ago but never got my password.

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