I recently had to set up my Graffiti CMS blog to send email with my Gmail account, because I don’t pay for email on my domain. I realized in the process, that I couldn’t really find a lot about how to do this. I used some code I found while researching an auto emailer program and popped in...

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I fell in love with the free Open Source Wordpress theme, Ginsing Coffee and I simply HAD to convert it for use in Graffiti. The theme supports left and right widget columns (although I prefer just using the left column), and Gravatars. I left off the trackback listing, but you can read this article...

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I've converted yet another Wordpress theme for use in Graffiti CMS. It's Floral Green, and you can view the Wordpress version here . This one has the menu on the sidebar, supports gravatars and has a cute RSS link widget. You can download below or from my themes page. Download this Theme...

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I created a widget for GraffitiCMS that displays little icon links to your social networks. You can configure one to all of the networks below via the Admin Panel. I'm offering the full source code here for download, so feel free to modify it if you'd like To install the widget: Unzip the files and copy...

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Gravatar is a system that provides for a globally recognized avatar amongst many blogging platforms. By setting up a gravatar, your custom image is automatically posted whenever you comment in a blog post which has support for Gravatar. The image is linked by your email address. The service is free,...

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GraffitiCMS has an API that will allow you to publish your posts from Microsoft Word. I'm creating this very post in Word in fact. The API can be found in <yoursite>/api/MetaBlog.ashx. To set this up, open Word and click on the big Microsoft circle icon in the top left. Select "New"....

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