Update: For SAI (Student Aid Index)
The latest update is now available. The WP Net Price Calculator includes the estimation calculations for the student aid index (SAI). This release includes a reduction in the overall number of questions and include Pell Grant awards.
Read MoreOnline College Update
The latest update gives online colleges the ability to configure the net price calculator to their needs by adding an option to remove questions that only pertain to brick and mortar schools, such as room and board costs.
Read MoreVPN on a Digital Ocean Droplet
VPN If you are feeling adventurous and are comfortable on the command line, try setting one up yourself. You need a server that is not in your own home of course! Not much point in that. You don’t want a managed server either. You need full control of this puppy. I looked around and found…
Read MoreWordPress Auto Logout after Inactivity
Here is a quick way to add an automatic logout feature to your Wordpress powered website. Add this code to your child themes functions.php file. Don’t know what a child theme is? Click here.
Read MoreWordPress vs. Codeigniter
I recently had the opportunity to join a great group of people building websites using the CodeIgniter framework. After building websites with WordPress for several years I was looking forward to learning a new framework and was interested to know how it would compare in both speed of development and quality of the Website build….
Read MoreOSI – Layer 7
Layer 7 Web gets its name from the seventh layer of the OSI model. The OSI model (Open Systems Interconnected) is a conceptual model that contains seven layers. The layers are: Physical Layer This layer “conveys the bit stream”. The physical means by which the data is transported. Wires, Cables, Optical Networks. Datalink Layer This is where…
Read MoreWhat is DNS?
The Domain Name System (DNS) is a critical internet protocol that translates domain names into IP addresses. This allows users to access websites and other resources using human-readable names instead of complicated numerical addresses. While there is a plethora of information about DNS available online, here is a brief overview of the key concepts. DNS…
Read MoreMigrating WordPress
There are different ways to migrate a WordPress website. Installing some free plugins can make this task a simple operation for the intermediate WordPress user. There are some pitfalls that can cost you a lot of time and headache. This is step by step guide is one I have used to move a WordPress website from one server…
Read MoreAutomatic Updates
It is important to keep your WordPress installation updated for many reasons. Security is at the top of the list. Updating your plugins, themes, and core files to the latest versions is the best thing you can do to avoid security problems with your website. In fact having your website fully updated is the single…
Read MoreFilter Hooks
Filter hooks do exactly what the word sounds like they do, they remove or change material (filter it). They take an input and ‘filter’ it through the hooked function which returns the filtered input. You can hook your function and change the text of a post before it goes into the database or at different hook events throughout the…
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