News Formats
Instead of checking our website daily to find out what new things are happening in the world of IRHC, we have several options for you to automatically receive updates. Commonly known as feeds, this method of downloading short descriptive updates can either be run through your browser or in a web aggregator. If you have one of the following online aggregators, you can just click on the button to add our feed to your page. If you either use a different aggregator or would like to just view or feed, you can click on the RSS or Atom buttons below.
Web Aggregators
Web Feeds
Podcasts
This will be a link to the most recent podcast with download options as well as subscription links.
News: website
Past Events Information Online
Wednesday, April 9 2008 - Jacob Emerick - Tags: website
Though it took some tough love and a good amount of foul language, the past events information is now available for viewing in several different ways, similar in presentation to the news page. You can view past events by date, name, location, or tag. We plan on reviewing and enhancing the tagging process over the next few days, and have already seen considerable improvement.
Also, a new feature we hope to add is the ability to add a 'results' portion to each event. This way we'll be able to give an aftermath of each event: who won, how many people were there, etc. By doing this, anyone will be able to see how successful or bad each event was, and by comparing this to our budget, the quality of IRHC event expenditures.
Art Show Voting
Monday, April 7 2008 - Jacob Emerick - Tags: art show, website, voting
After all of the art was submitted last Saturday, some of the web developers got together and decided to make a website with online voting. Based on feedback received by our last project, the egg decorating voting, we changed up the format of the vote to allow each user only a single vote, though one can go back and change their vote at a later date. Also, artists go in and see how their art is doing, but all total stats will be held private until voting closes on Thursday at 9am.
Based on the bad representation of some of the art on a computer screen, we do recommend that you actually view the art show in person before voting online. The link is housing.mtu.edu/irhc/art.
More Website Updates
Friday, April 4 2008 - Jacob Emerick - Tags: photos, website
There have been extensive changes to the tagging interface on the news page and images page, and these changes will soon be recreated on the events page as well. These changes allow users to quickly and easily browse through existing and past content, hopefully increasing the usefulness of the site and allowing a vast amount of scalability. If you have any suggestions on other ways we can increase the usability of the site, feel free to let us know!
Also, we put up a lot more image galleries up. You can view pictures of a number of IRHC events, mostly from the fall of 2005 to present, though we do have some photos from ancient times as well. As all of these pictures were taken during IRHC events by IRHC members, we ask that you shoot us an e-mail at irhc@mtu.edu before you use any of these photos. If you ask nicely, we might even send you a hi-res version.
Egg Decorating Website Problems
Monday, March 24 2008 - Jacob Emerick - Tags: egg decorating, website
Without access to a reliable database, we had to use a backwards method for tallying votes. With a high number of votes, this method results in a server lagging. Over the next few hours (now that we have access again), we hope to optimize some of the background code to allow faster voting and site viewing.
Egg Website Launched (with voting!)
Friday, March 21 2008 - Jacob Emerick - Tags: egg decorating, website, event
Just in time for the egg decorating competition on Friday, March 21, the voting website was launched to let anyone, even people who didn't make an egg, vote on the bestest eggs. The website is somewhat of a test, as eggs in particular are usually round and decorated on multiple angles, which makes a 2-D picture difficult to judge the creativity and art put into the pieces. However, we hope that this allows more people to vote on the eggs and gives our volunteer staff an easier task for future years. As always, feedback is more then welcome.
Photo Gallery Online
Thursday, March 20 2008 - Jacob Emerick - Tags: photos, website
As part of IRHC's attempt to better advertise it's events and show interested parties examples of the type of things we do (like, the department that gives us funding), we usually take pictures of different events that we put on. This includes everything from Frisbockey to K-Day, and after several years, we've collected quite a few photos. We've put up a selection of some of these pictures on the images page for all to view, and we'll continue updating this page as more events happen and we get around to it. If you'd like a hi-res of a photo or want to use any of these images, please let us know at irhc@mtu.edu first as a courtesy.
Art Show Website Online
Friday, February 29 2008 - Jacob Emerick - Tags: art show, website
The second annual awesome IRHC art show will be held in early April, and publicity and a website have been launched. While some areas of the site will be updated over the next few weeks (like, the 2008 rules and photos), there's a bunch of information online already about the history of the show, how it's run, and even pictures from last year's amazing creations. There's going to be several cool additions this year that will be included in upcoming announcements, so keep your eyes peeled!
To view the new site, visit housing.mtu.edu/irhc/art.
Dodgeball Finals and Pictures
Friday, February 29 2008 - Jacob Emerick - Tags: dodgeball tournament, event, website
Out of the fourteen teams who are playing dodgeball this year, only twelve made it to the single elimination tournament that will determine the overall champions of this tournament. The playoff schedules is available at housing.mtu.edu/irhc/dodgeball/schedule.html. Also, the photo gallery and standings have been updated on the site, so be sure to look around a bit.
Prizes for the tournament this include 100 film board passes, free dodgeball t-shirts, and sweet trophies. There's only one more night of dodgeball action left, and it's sure to be a good one!
News Page Updated
Monday, February 25 2008 - Jacob Emerick - Tags: website
IRHC never really had a good method of handling past news posts. In previous websites, the past posts were deleted, thrown aside, and trampled on in favor of the 'most recent posts'. This obviously creates a giant hole of missing information. While some web programmers could make a tagged xml database with hands behind their backs, this took the webmaster some time, mostly because he's a bit thick in the head.
Anyways, you can now view different posts based on category, author, and date. We will be looking at different options, including some simple pagination and search options, but if you have any ideas, let us know at irhc@mtu.edu.
Event Information Available
Wednesday, February 20 2008 - Jacob Emerick - Tags: event, website
While there were several technical difficulties to overcome, the event information on the IRHC website is now available. Not only is it available on our homepage and under the 'events' tag, but you can view it in RSS 1.0, RSS 2.0, and Atom 1.0 formats. More formats will be available in the future, including iCal and vCal, and one day we might actually release a dynamic pdf calendar too.
New RSS Format Available
Tuesday, February 12 2008 - Jacob Emerick - Tags: website, rss
After several frustrating technical hurdles and at least one 'No Duh!' moment, RSS 1.0 has been added to the feed format options. For the layman, RSS is a way that you can easily view updates to this website without actually visiting it. Our feeds allow you to be updated whenever a new 'news item' is posted. RSS 2.0 and Atom 1.0 has been available for this time, but we had a hard time scripting for RSS 1.0. This format is seen as more strict and RDF-ish for some users, but most can use whichever feed they prefer. For more information and available feeds, you can simply scroll up to the top of this page.
Tetris Website
Friday, February 1 2008 - Jacob Emerick - Tags: event, tetris tournament, website
Another IRHC event website has been created this Spring, this time for the Tetris Tournament. You can view it at housing.mtu.edu/irhc/tetris. This site includes information about the tournament, with timelines, rules, and general information. Of course, it is fully xHTML 1.0 compliant, as is all IRHC websites these days :D.
Website Update
Wednesday, January 30 2008 - Jacob Emerick - Tags: website
Over the next week (or longer), the IRHC website will be undergoing several updates. The reason for the lengthy updates involve limitations of the web developer and his current tools. For now, if you wish to visit the old website, it can be found at housing.mtu.edu/irhc/old. However, the old website will soon be completely removed when the new one is finished.
UNDER CONSTRUCTION
Friday, January 18 2008 - Jacob Emerick - Tags: website
Due to some behind-the-scenes web work, the IRHC website will not be updated for a while. If you need some updated information or would like to register for the IRHC Chess Tournament, please contact us at irhc@mtu.edu. Sorry for any inconvenience.
Penny Wars Update
Thursday, December 6 2007 - Jacob Emerick - Tags: event, penny wars, website, fundraiser
The first wild card has been used! Strange Crew in McNair used the Revenge of the Jedi card to command an impressive lead over the other halls. There's only one more day to use wild cards and three more days of Penny Wars, and the competition is heating up fast. For more information on Penny Wars, as well as updated stats and rules, visit the sweet flash site here.
Penny Wars Website
Saturday, December 1 2007 - Jacob Emerick - Tags: event, penny wars, website, fundraiser
Now that Penny Wars has started, there is a new really cool flash based website with rules, history, standings, and lots of cool animations. You can check it out at Penny Wars or visit it under the events page.
Safehouse Website Online
Monday, October 15 2007 - Jacob Emerick - Tags: event, website, safehouse
The new website for Safehouse guests is online. It's pretty sweet! It has details about the event, directions to MTU, photos from previous years of Safehouse, and more! If you're curious about Safehouse or just want to check it out, be sure to visit mtu.edu/safehouse.
CPR/First Aid Registration Open
Monday, October 8 2007 - Jacob Emerick - Tags: event, website
Are you interested in getting Red Cross Certified for Adult CPR and First Aid? If so, we sure do have a program for you! Registration for our "Learn Something" event is now open and can be found on the Events Page under the Learn Something link. Alternatively, click here to register!
Updated Events
Monday, October 8 2007 - Jacob Emerick - Tags: event, website
If you browse through both our upcoming and past events, you'll notice a lot of updates. IRHC members spent most of the weekend planning new events for October and filing records for the ones from September. With the variety of upcoming events we've got planned, we're sure there's something everyone can enjoy.
Site Updates
Monday, September 3 2007 - Jacob Emerick - Tags: event, website, photos
Several areas of the website have been updated after a very busy weekend. Information on several of our events has been added under the past events section and over 60 photos have been added to the event photo section. Whether you participated in some of this weekend's events or want to see what you missed, you should definitely check out some great pictures.
Website Finished
Monday, August 20 2007 - Jacob Emerick - Tags: website
Our website is 'finished'! There are no more *under construction* pages left, and any blank areas are merely waiting for the school year to start so we can start putting up more IRHC information. However, as we have events right away during Orientation Week, be sure to keep your eyes open for updates as new events come up and old events get photos.
More Events Info Online
Monday, August 20 2007 - Jacob Emerick - Tags: event, website
As the school year gets closer, members of the Inter-Residence Hall Council are getting more event details finalized before it's too late! Check out the Upcoming Events page to view more info about our September events, which is all available in the calendar formats available for download. Also, the official Michigan Tech web calendar should start showing our September events within a few days. Keep an eye out for more event updates over the next week.
Events Calendar
Wednesday, August 15 2007 - Jacob Emerick - Tags: event, website
The IRHC events for the entire fall semester is now available in iCal and xml formats for anyone who'd like to import our events into their existing calendars! Check them out on the events page.
More Updates
Tuesday, August 14 2007 - Jacob Emerick - Tags: website
Over the last few days our site has been once again updated. The history page now has records and information about the past of IRHC, including fantastic low-resolution pictures of IRHC events and members. The largest change is internal, as usual. With the update of gd by Aux Tech we now can upload, resize, and thumbnail images in our event gallery. Be sure to check back after a few events to see some cool pictures.
Homepage Slideshow
Wednesday, August 8 2007 - Jacob Emerick - Tags: website
Almost 100 images have been added to the slideshow on the homepage today! While this looks totally awesome, the speed of loading different parts of the page are now severely impacted. We'll try to optimize it so the rest of the page isn't slower while maintaining the variety and quality of pictures on the show. Hope you enjoy them!
Update: The slideshow has been shortened but fixed. Also, it is now easier for IRHC members to choose what pictures appear on the slideshow, so there is still a variety of images to view.
More Site Updates
Monday, August 6 2007 - Jacob Emerick - Tags: website
Once again, there are plenty of updates. You can now view a list of the current IRHC members under 'About Us', as well as view more information on the featured event, Schoolyard Olympics. Other minor changes have been made, including: increasing w3c compliant pages, fixing a bug in the featured event area, and beginning groundwork for the projects pages. Keep checking back to see more updates on the site.
Site Updates
Saturday, August 4 2007 - Jacob Emerick - Tags: website
Several portions of the website have been recently updated, including upcoming events and meeting minutes area. Feel free to view the upcoming events for IRHC and check out minutes dating back two years.
Fall Welcome
Wednesday, August 1 2007 - Jacob Emerick - Tags: website
Welcome to our website! There's a lot of 'construction' going on, but feel free to check out our events, official documents, and general information. Over the next few days we hope to have a lot more information going online, so come on back and see what the Inter-Residence Hall Council has to offer you
News Finder
Here are some simple ways to navigate around our past and present news stories. If you like it or have some suggestions on how to make it more usable, please let us know at irhc@mtu.edu.
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