• Configuring Database Providers

    Although Graffiti's default database is VistaDB, Graffiti also supports Microsoft Access and SQL Server.

  • Windows Live Writer Application

    Windows Live Writer Beta (WLW) is a free desktop application that makes it easy to publish rich content to your site or blog. Click Windows Live Writer to download the application. WLW uses the MetaBlog API to connect to Graffiti. While this post is 100% focused on WLW, you can use any tool which supports...

  • Configuring Windows Live Writer with Graffiti

    Configure Windows Live Writer. For additional information about how to use WLW with Graffiti, refer to Windows Live Writer Application. If you have not installed Windows Live Writer (WLW), you can download it from here.

  • Configuring Google Analytics

    Set up Google Analystics for your Web statistics.

  • Chalk Overview

    Chalk, which is a combination of NVelocity and Graffiti goodies, is a simple templating language. Graffiti uses Chalk to render themes.

  • Extending Chalk

    Graffiti believes we are providing you with just about everything you need to build and design a great site out of the box, but we still want to make it really easy to plug in your own code. You can extend Chalk by doing the following: Adding a reference to Graffiti.Core.dll Adding the ChalkAttribute...

  • Chalk Extension Example

    View an example of a chalk extension.

  • Standard Chalk Items

    To make customizing and creating new themes as easy as possible, Graffiti exposes standard items to Chalk.

  • Data Extension Commands

    Data is a built-in Chalk extension, similar to Macros, which enables quick and easy access to additional Graffiti data.

  • Editable Forms

    EditableForms make use of a set of objects called FormElements. FormElements (which can also be extended) represent common data input controls.