Tools & Techniques
Linking W&M email addresses
To link a William & Mary email address in the event Contact, Summary or Full Description, start with a W&M Username (for example "txjeff"). Prepend the W&M Username with the letter w, e, v or m followed by a vertical bar or pipe (|). Surround it with double square brackets, e.g. [[w|txjeff]].
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: userid@wm.edu |
[[w|txjeff]] converts to txjeff@wm.edu |
|
e| |
Converts to G Suite email format: userid@email.wm.edu |
[[e|txjeff]] converts to txjeff@email.wm.edu |
|
v| |
Converts to VIMS email format: userid@vims.edu |
[[v|txjeff]] converts to txjeff@vims.edu |
|
m| |
Converts to Mason email format: userid@mason.wm.edu |
[[m|txjeff]] converts to txjeff@mason.wm.edu |
|
cs| |
always converts to CS email format: username@cs.wm.edu |
[[cs|txjeff]] converts to txjeff@cs.wm.edu |
|
math| |
always converts to Mathematics email format: username@math.wm.edu |
[[math|txjeff]] converts to txjeff@math.wm.edu |
|
physics| |
always converts to Physics email format: username@physics.wm.edu |
[[physics|txjeff]] converts to txjeff@physics.wm.edu |
This works for linked phrases, too. For example [[m|txjeff,Thomas Jefferson]] will make the text "Thomas Jefferson" a mailto link to txjeff@mason.wm.edu like Thomas Jefferson.
Downloading or subscribing to a calendar
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. The iCal 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.
