Engineering Council provides many computer resources to its societies. An outline of these resources is given below. For help in obtaining or using these resources, please contact the system administrator.

EC Server User Accounts
Each society's president, Engineering Council rep, and webmaster are given accounts on the EC server. These accounts can be used for SSH/FTP access to the server. These society officers can use the server to store files or to host their Web site.

Webspace
Each society is given 50 MB of webspace on the EC server to host its Web site. The URLs of sites hosted on the server are of the form http://<societyacronym>.ec.uiuc.edu. Societies can use Perl, PHP, and ColdFusion scripting languages and MySQL databases with their sites. The server also has an SSL certificate for secure transfer of data.

Bluestem Identification
Societies can use Bluestem, the University of Illinois WWW indentification service. If certain sections of societies' Web sites require students to login, they could do so through the Bluestem system.

Mailing Lists
Societies can host mailing lists on the EC server. Societies often use mailing lists for their executive boards and members to easily communicate with each other.

Event Calendar Application
The calendar application allows societies to incorporate calendars into their Web sites to publicize events. The calendar's color scheme and other attributes can be customized for a society's Web site.