Green Computing

Green computing, green IT or ICT Sustainability, refers to environmentally sustainable computing or IT. In the article Harnessing Green IT: Principles and Practices, San Murugesan defines the field of green computing as “the study and practice of designing, manufacturing, using, and disposing of computers, servers, and associated subsystems—such as monitors, printers, storage devices, and networking and communications systems — efficiently Read more about Green Computing[…]

Thin Client Technology

A thin client (sometimes also called a lean or slim client) is a computer or a computer program which depends heavily on some other computer (its server) to fulfill its computational roles. This is different from the traditional fat client, which is a computer designed to take on these roles by itself. The specific roles assumed by the server may vary, from providing data persistence (for example, for diskless Read more about Thin Client Technology[…]

FAQ’s

[jbox color=yellow] Is the first Technology Consultation free? Yes. If I have an existing server, can you maintain that? Totally. Can you set everything up for me? You bet. Can you migrate our data from a Windows server to something else? Yes. What does JPH stand for? Jeffrey Pine Hein or Just Plain Helpful! Do Read more about FAQ’s[…]

About Me

[jbox color=yellow]I have been working on computers professionally for over a decade and am excited to share my knowledge of open-source software, green technology, and affordable computing with an ever-expanding network of local non-profits. I understand that as a non-profit there is often a limited technology budget. I can get your needs met. [/jbox]

Installing WordPress in a sub-directory

Download WordPress: http://wordpress.org/latest.zip Using a FTP client, connect to your account. (server: example.com username: example password: ****************) Make sure you are in the “public_html” directory. Make a directory (test) Unzip wordpress into (test) directory Access the wordpress installer at: http://example.com/test/wordpress More information here: http://codex.wordpress.org/

Securing WordPress

Update wordpress Update plugins and themes Delete any unused themes and plugins Audit user list Login security askimet delete “admin” acount use complex passphrases captcha on all forms (comments, registering, login, etc..) understand file permissions use sftp or ssh to transfer file or modify permissions (regular FTP does not use encryption) Use SSL when doing Read more about Securing WordPress[…]

Modifying or Adding .htaccess File

You are getting this error: It looks like something needs to be adjusted in the .htaccess file?:  If your .htaccess file were writable, we could do this automatically, but it isn’t so these are the mod_rewrite rules you should have in your .htaccess file. Click in the field and press CTRL + a to select all. <IfModule mod_rewrite.c> RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / Read more about Modifying or Adding .htaccess File[…]