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''No. '''upCurrents''' only collects parts of stories found in UP websites. To view the full story, one has to visit the online site concerned.'' | ''No. '''upCurrents''' only collects parts of stories found in UP websites. To view the full story, one has to visit the online site concerned. The app encourages access of UP sites used in upCurrents.'' | ||
Revision as of 12:15, 22 February 2014
upCurrents is a personal updater for things UP (University of the Philippines). It automatically gathers UP-related news, updates, RSS feeds, videos, event calendars (music, sports, arts, academic). upCurrents also plays UP-FM, an online music radio of the university. More info: dilc.info/currents || Support: dilc.info/help || Facebook.
dilc.info/currents
upCurrents now collects updates from the following sites:
- UP Diliman
- UPD OVCRD
- UP System
- DILC
- OVCCA
- OVCAA
- OICA and its tweeter feed
- GoogleNews RSS on "University of the Philippines"
Many UP sites should be included but the challenge is that they're not RSS-ready.
Mobile Download
- Available on Google Play and App Store.
Features
Both upCurrents site and mobile app
- updates aggregated from various official sources
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upCurrents Site
- geotagged updates
- quick sharing of updates using Facebook, Twitter or email
- content embedding using the ff html codes that you can cut and paste into your
- watch youtube video channel
- plays UP-FM
upCurrents Mobile
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Q & A
- Will upCurrents replace actual visits to different sites?
No. upCurrents only collects parts of stories found in UP websites. To view the full story, one has to visit the online site concerned. The app encourages access of UP sites used in upCurrents.
Development Team
upCurrents Site (RC)
- Althene Faustino
- James De Dios
upCurrents Site (beta)
- Eriel Bondoc
- Glaiza Marie Enriquez
- Erickson Sombillo
upCurrents Mobile (v2.x)
- Darwin Gonzales
upCurrents Mobile (v1.0)
- Janice Cereno
- Mary Kristine Flores
- Febbie Ann Navis
Project Management
- Ma. Cristina Dalupan
- Daniel Villareal
Feedback
- Comments, suggestions are most welcome. Email them to dilc@dilc.upd.edu.ph
To Do
- Events (via iskwiki)
- thumbnail photos for news items
- campus-specific, status-specific (student, faculty, staff, alumni, parents) initial setup
Known Issues
- error in parsing some non-rss pages
- impartial fetch of some non-rss pages