This freeware was developed for Daniel Vogt
Asociación Estoreña Para el Desarrollo Integral
AEPDI El Estor, Izabal, Guatemala
and the Q´eqchi´ Mayans that he works with.
http://www.aepdi.org/aepdieng.html

The advantage of this downloadable software is that they are java applets so that you can run them when you are not connected to the internet and you can print out the monthly calendar from the calendar builder. Also the online calendar converter now on the resonateview.org site is not accurate pre-1900 due to a leap year error whereas these java applets are accurate for any date.

Mozilla browser is a replacement for Netscape or Internet Explorer and is necesary to run these applets. Other browsers do not support the new version of java that these applets were programmed in. The Mozilla browser free and it does not have the security issues that the others have--it does not place spy software on your machine.

Go to: http://www.mozilla.org/ you will see the download links for Mac and PC in the right column. Mac users need OSX.

(Don't set your browser to automatically connect to the internet, if you want to use the applets offline.)

Now download the most recent version of our program at:

http://www.resonateview.org/mayacal/mayacal.zip

This is a zipped (compressed) file. You need to unzip my file with WinZip utility. If you do not have it, it can be downloaded free from:

http://www.winzip.com/winzipse.htm

After you unzip it, you should have a MayaCal folder with three files in it and a folder called resources. You can move the downloaded zip file into this folder too, for the future to give to someone else. Note that there is a file called mayacalendar.html and another one called calendarbuilder.html

Now go to the mozilla browser and click on File menu, them Open File menu item and then open either "mayacalendar.html" or calendarbuilder.html. The "calendarbuilder" builds a calendar for all the days in the current month. It may take a moment to load.

If the file does not load it is because you do not have the latest version of Java needs to be installed in Mozilla. If it is not already installed, you should get a message telling you to download it. After you download it, you just click on it to install it in Mozilla. It will not work in Internet Explorer. If you are not led to the java download automatically, the download link for the Java you need is:

http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.1/download.html

After downloading it, click on the downloaded java installer file while Mozilla is open. We recommend you make Mozilla your default browser as Internet Explorer has security problems.

We hope you enjoy this calendar freeware.

Introduction to the Mayan Calendar