We are pleased to announce that we are offering Graffiti CMS as a part of an easy to install Application Pack available to all of our shared web hosting customers. Customers who install this CMS on their site will be able to take advantage of Graffiti’s simplified content management system that brings together the best of proven CMS platforms and the convenience of modern publishing systems, like those found in common blogging apps.

Here are some of the advantages of Graffiti:

     No need for a database! Well, that’s not entirely true, but Graffiti does implement VistaDB, which eliminates the need for a SQL server and connection information.

·         Easy Customization with the use of pre-existing themes or by creating your own theme using Chalk (http://graffiticms.com/support/advanced-options/)

·         Search engine friendly URL’s, Smart redirects, and structured content that will help take your sites rankings to the next level.

·         Graffiti CMS is built by Telligent (http://telligent.com/) the same people who developed Community Server (http://communityserver.com/) community platform used by companies like Microsoft and MySpace.com

Installation takes just a few clicks of the mouse using the application pack feature on your control panel’s domain menu.

Interview with the Developers (Windows Media Format)

Customers who sign up for any of our shared hosting plans will be able to immediately take advantage of Graffiti’s features.  Although Graffiti will execute under the Value Plus plan, we recommend you run it under a VS-1 if you are looking to use this application in a production environment. Click here to see some of our Knowledge Base articles on how to get started. It’s literally installed in about 3 clicks.

In the near future we plan on offering this as part of a “Software as a Service” (SaaS) hosting solution so be on the lookout for that.

The first official Community Server Developers Conference (CSDC) was held on the weekend of October 20th and 21st and Appliedi.net was there to be part of it.

Over the past few years Community Server has played a lead role in web based community sites by being the platform of choice by developers from around the world.

For those of you that don’t know, Community Server is an all round ready to go system based on blogs, photo galleries, forums, and file sharing.  The application is developed by Telligent Systems and built with ASP.net (C#).  The most recent version available for download is Community Server 2007 2.1.  The application can be hosted on our Value Plus plan and can easily scale to any of our advanced or enterprise dedicated asp.net  hosting solutions.

[Left to Right: Jess Coburn, President and CEO of Appliedi.net; Rob Howard, CEO of Telligent.]

The conference itself was based on theming community server, reporting, and a look ahead into Community Server 2008.  We also got a sneak peak at the companies’ latest project named Graffiti. This newly created CMS will allow a small to mid sized business full control over their web presence without the need for a designer.

[Left to Right: Dan Bartels, Development Architect with the Community Server project; Carlos Caneja, CTO of Appliedi.net]

One of the greatest things about this event was the variety of people that were present from all over the world.  Attendees from Central and South America as well as all parts of Europe were all there to be a part of this.  We spoke with the IT folks from FOX, HP, and Texas instruments on how Community Server 2007 plays a lead role as their web content delivery method.

The Applied Innovations Team gave away 2 Zune media players after its presentation on the Windows web platform and ASP.net hosting.

If you want to learn more about Community Server Hosting be sure to visit our Windows ASP.net hosting solutions on the shared and dedicated platforms.

-Carlos Caneja