Tools & Techniques
W&M Email Address Protection | Export a Calendar
W&M Email Address Protection
To link a William & Mary email address in the event Contact, Summary or Full Description, start with a W&M Username (for example "tgriffin"). Prepend the W&M Username with a letter or department identifier and a vertical bar or pipe (|). Surround it with double square brackets, e.g. [[w|tgriffin]].
The combination of letter and '|' tells the events system into which W&M email format to convert the W&M Username according to the following rules:
Prepend |
Rule |
Example |
|
w| |
Converts to W&M email format: username@wm.edu |
[[w|tgriffin]] converts to tgriffin@wm.edu |
|
e| |
Converts to the W&M Gmail format: username@email.wm.edu Note: Student, faculty, staff and organization @email.wm.edu accounts are migrating to O365 email with an @wm.edu address. |
[[e|tgriffin]] converts to tgriffin@email.wm.edu |
|
v| |
Converts to VIMS email format: username@vims.edu |
[[v|tgriffin]] converts to tgriffin@vims.edu |
|
m| |
Converts to Mason email format: username@mason.wm.edu |
[[m|tgriffin]] converts to tgriffin@mason.wm.edu |
|
cs| |
Converts to CS email format: username@cs.wm.edu |
[[cs|tgriffin]] converts to tgriffin@cs.wm.edu |
|
math| |
Converts to Mathematics email format: username@math.wm.edu |
[[math|tgriffin]] converts to tgriffin@math.wm.edu |
|
physics| |
Converts to Physics email format: username@physics.wm.edu |
[[physics|tgriffin]] converts to tgriffin@physics.wm.edu |
This works for linked phrases, too. For example [[m|tgriffin,The Griffin]] will make the text "The Griffin" a mailto link to tgriffin@mason.wm.edu like The Griffin.
Export a Calendar: Download or Subscribe
Calendars in W&M Events offer a dynamic iCal feed that can be used by your calendaring tool of choice — it can either be downloaded and used as a static import of current data only, or the URL can be used as a dynamic subscription address. An export button ( 
) is located on individual calendar homepages.
- Click or tap on the button to download the current calendar data. The downloaded file will not update as items are added, deleted or edited in W&M Events.
- Right-click and copy the URL of the button to get the dynamic web calendar address.
