| While upgrading my thunderbird email software | | | | Install when prompted navigate to the lightening and |
| tonight I came across a great addon to allow me to | | | | then the google files (ending in the xpi extension). |
| integrate my Thumderbird with my Gmail calendar | | | | Restart Thunderbird. |
| that I thought I would share. | | | | Step Two |
| Firstly, I love thunderbird and but one of the main | | | | Go to your Gmail account, sign in and click on the |
| features I was missing was linking it up to a calendar. | | | | calendar option. Click on the calendar settings and go |
| Having been using Outlook for the past few years I | | | | to the very bottom of the options and click on the |
| became spoilt with an Exchange email account and | | | | XML link. Now copy and past the link you are shown. |
| was looking for ways to make my schedule more | | | | Step Three |
| streamline. | | | | Go back to Thunderbird and go to File - New - |
| Firstly, you will need to do three things and I am | | | | Calendar and select 'On the network'. |
| assuming you already have a Gmail account up and | | | | Select Google Calendar and paste in the link from |
| running: | | | | before. |
| 1) Install or upgrade to Thunderbirds latest version | | | | Give the calendar a name and hit next. |
| (links at the bottom) | | | | Enter your username and password (tick the |
| 2) Download the Lightening calendar addon | | | | remember option to save adding it in each time) and |
| 3) Download the Provider for Google Calendar addon | | | | there you go, your Gmail calendar is now up and |
| Step One | | | | running with Thunderbird, as easy as that! |
| Open up thunderbird and go to Tools - Addons - | | | | |