Before you can get started, you'll need to ensure that MobileMe has been configured and synchronized on your computer. Instructions for setting up MobileMe and syncing your calendar are available at the following Apple help website: http://www.apple.com/mobileme/setup/

Open iCal, select the calendar that you want to post online, then click on the Calendar menu and select Publish.

Type a title for your calendar, choose the option to publish the calendar on your MobileMe account, and then click on Publish.

After your calendar has been published, you will be given a public URL that anyone can use to view your calendar online. In the example above, the URL is http://ical.me.com/rossrader/Lawn%20Maintenance. Record your calendar's URL and click OK.

Visit http://www.hover.com and click on the Sign In link.

Sign in with your Hover username and password.

Under the List of Domains tab, click on the domain name that you want to use to forward to your calendar.

Click on the Manage Domain tab then click on Name Servers. Make sure that your domain name is pointed at ns1.hover.com and ns2.hover.com. These are Hover's name servers.

Instructions for changing name servers can be found in this tutorial: http://about.hover.com/ChangeNS

Please be advised. If you are already using your registered domain name with third party web hosting or email services, changing your name servers may cause any existing websites or other hosted services to stop working! Please contact a Hover Customer Advisor for advice if you already have a hosted website and need assistance with your name server records.

Select the Manage Forwards tab then click on the plus sign next to Hover Preferences.

The Hover Preferences section has three options that can be configured:

1. The Enable stealth redirection option will mask your domain's destination (or forward to) address. This is useful if you want your registered domain name to remain in the address bar after it has been redirected to your calendar.

2. To use domain forwarding, select Forward to another website from the drop-down list.

3. Enter the website address of your published calendar into the Forward to: text field.

Click Save.

In the example above, you can see that www.awesomelawncare.com now redirects to the published calendar.

Alternatively, you can to create a subdomain for your calendar, such as calendar.yourdomain.com or ical.yourdomain.com. This has the advantage of leaving your root domain name available for another website or URL forward.

To forward using a subdomain, click on the plus next to Create A New Hover. The following settings need to be entered:

1. Put a check next to Make this Hover a subdomain.

2. Hover Name: Enter the name that will be used to create your subdomain. In the example above, I entered iCal. This will create http://ical.awesomelawncare.com for the subdomain forward.

3. Original Address: Enter the URL of your published calendar.

Click Save.

http://ical.awesomelawncare.com is now being redirected to the MobileMe calendar.
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