Add your TSSC schedule to your phone so you never miss a game!

It will be summer again soon, yay! So that means that summer sports with TSSC will be top of mind. Why not add your team schedule to your phone so you never miss a game?
In this guide I will show you how to get this done, from start to finish. The instructions may be different for each phone and service you are using but once you do this you can reuse the procedure for any other service that publishes iCal or online calendars that can be accessed by a website compatible with your online calendar provider.

Lets get started:

Get the Calendar data from TSSC:

  1. Go to the TSSC website and login to your account and go to the My Profile Page (should go there automatically)
  2. Under the Registrations tab find your team in the table, the team is listed in the second column
  3. Select ‘Schedule’ under the ‘Info’ column
  4. Select the Export Schedule Icon as shown here:

    1. You can either:
      1. use the http:// link and add that to your calendar app (Gmail or other account) the link will join to an iCal format updatable schedule (if the schedule changes you will receive the updates)
      2. Or click the download link to save an iCal list. This iCal list is standard format. (this list will not update if there are changes to your schedule.)

Add Calendar to your online Calendar account:

Gmail:

  1. Login to Gmail
  2. Go to Calendars (via Menu Square > Calendars)
  3. Under the ‘Other Calendars’ Click the down box arrow and then the plus icon
  4. Click ‘Add by URL’
  5. Paste full HTTP:// link from above and Click ‘Add Calendar’
  6. Click Add Calendar, then back
  7. Select your new calendar, then the three dot menu, then settings
  8. Under Calendar Name, change it to something useful like ‘Softball Summer 2016’ Click the back arrow next to settings

Hotmail:

  1. Login to Hotmail
  2. Go to Calendars (via Menu Square > Calendars)
  3. Click Import
  4. Click Subscribe
  5. Paste Calendar Link from above
  6. Give the Calendar Name something useful
  7. Click Subscribe

Yahoo (why are you still using Yahoo? * ):

  1. Login to Yahoo Mail
  2. If you don't see your calendar(s) listed, click My Calendars in the left panel menu to show your list of calendars.
  3. Click the more options arrow next to the calendar you want to import the events to.
  4. Click Import.

Add Calendar to your phone:

Android:

  • To add the calendar to your phone, you will have to follow these steps:
    • Go to Settings Menu
    • Go to Accounts
    • Find and click the Account type (Google/Hotmail/Yahoo)
    • Select the specific account
    • Click the menu button
    • Select Sync Now
      • Note any sync error
      • If there is an error turn the source off/on and resync
    • You may have to go to your Calendar app and select the new Calendar in order for it to display.

iPhone:

  • To add the calendar to your iPhone (if it’s not added already)
    • Go to Settings App
    • Scroll down to and select Mail, Contacts, and Calendar
    • Do one of
      • Fetch New Data (setting)
        • Change data retrieval setting for the active account
      • Add Account
        • Select the account type and follow the prompts to add your account
    • You may need to 'Add' the calendar to the Calendar app, for example if you have Google/Gmail: go to the following website and make sure your calendar is selected (you will need to login to your google account again if you logged out previously)


      * Yahoo has been proven a very insecure platform of late. Kamman! How many times does it take of you having to wake up with your phone now speaking Russian back to you for you to up and decide that maybe Yahoo isn't the best place to store your life history?

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