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What is Scoop
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Scoop is a "collaborative media application". It falls somewhere between a
content management system, a web bulletin board system, and a weblog.
Scoop is designed to enable your website to become a community. It empowers
your visitors to be the producers of the site, contributing news and discussion,
and making sure that the signal remains high.
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Check out what other people have done with Scoop.
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New Scoop Sites
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rudepeople.com in need of a makeover
950 comments, 0 new
by rudedude, Announcements
New Music Site ... in Scoop
991 comments, 0 new
by MightyD, Announcements
Trees and Things is Coming Out
743 comments, 0 new
by 3fingerspointback, Announcements
TalkLeft Moves to Scoop
636 comments, 0 new
by TalkLeft, Announcements
SciScoop Science Forum
518 comments, 0 new
by sciencebase, Announcements
New Site: "Field Gulls" Unofficial Seattle Seahawks Blog
514 comments, 0 new
by Paul Shrug, Announcements
More New Scoop Sites...
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Where can I get Scoop
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You can download the latest release tarball: scoop_1.1.8.tar.gz
You can grab the nightly build. Note: This is generated automatically from the current CVS, and may not be reliable! Get that here: scoop-1.1-nightly.tar.gz
The developers strongly recommend CVS as the primary way to obtain Scoop, since releases tend to have pretty long delays between them. If you have CVS installed, do the following:
cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@ scoop.versionhost.com:/cvs/scoop login
cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@ scoop.versionhost.com:/cvs/scoop co scoop
The above is two commands; each one must be on a single line. When prompted for a password for anonymous, enter 'anonymous' (without the quotes). For more CVS info, "Open Source Development with CVS" is an excellent online reference.
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Where can I get help
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There are several sources of information and support for Scoop. The first place to look is the scoop-help mailing list. You can browse the archives, or join the list. If you want to post a question, joining the list is strongly recommended. You can also join the #scoop IRC channel on SlashNET.
For documentation, there is the (largely complete) Scoop administrator's guide. You can also read the current
README and
INSTALL files, from Scoop WebCVS (username and password are both "anonymous"). The admin guide is also included with Scoop, in the doc/ directory.
If you have new feature ideas or requests, or descriptions of something you're working on for Scoop, this site is the place to submit them. You can also search this site for information. If you want to get your hands dirty, or have any questions about developing for Scoop, there is also the Scoop-dev list. You can browse the archives, or join the list.
Bug reports and patches should be filed on the Scoop Bug Muncher.
If you have any problems with this site or your user account, e-mail the Admin
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Scoop: The need for usablity
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By coryking , Section Project []
Posted on Fri Dec 05, 2003 at 12:00:00 PM PST
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I have watched as countless scoop sites get created and watched as their owners sink inordinate amounts of time into their community hoping for it to blossom, only to watch it fail. I don't think the majority of these sites fail due to the owners negligence, but simply that scoop is not suited to a general audience which these people are attempting to target. I firmly believe that we can make scoop easy for a general audience to use.
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Polls : Types : Single-Choice / Multi-Choice : IRV / AV / Condorcet etc.
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By wegerje , Section Wishlist []
Posted on Sun Nov 23, 2003 at 12:00:00 PM PST
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The current single-choice polling model is proving inadequate. e.g.
- A poll format that allows multiple boxes to be checked at once is required.
- Polls allowing ranked choices will also become required.
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Scoop pre-1.0 Out -- Feature Freeze + Bug Fixes
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By Captain_Tenille , Section Project []
Posted on Mon Nov 17, 2003 at 12:00:00 PM PST
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In preparation for the upcoming Scoop 1.0, I have agreed to handle managing the release. After this point, no new features will be accepted for inclusion into Scoop until 1.0 is released. Bug fixes are welcome, as always.
TODO and other information below.
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Scoop, mod_perl, and mod_php
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By mcelroyj , Section Help! []
Posted on Sat Nov 15, 2003 at 12:00:00 PM PST
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Through a good deal of chicanery and magic, I managed to compile mod_php and mod_perl on my RedHat box. I also managed to reconfigure scoop so that my stats software (awstats) would be correctly executed as a cgi application.
Of course, this would all be simple, but I am hosting a second site, through virtual hosting, and it needs to run php. For some reason, the site only serves static HTML files, I cannot get a cgi or php to serve data. The cgi files display as text, and the php files prompt for download.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
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Time for a New Release?
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By Captain_Tenille , Section News []
Posted on Tue Nov 11, 2003 at 12:00:00 PM PST
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I was looking through scoop.k5 today, and noticed that it's been over a year since Scoop 0.9 was released. I think most of us would agree there have been a lot of changes since then.
I think it's about time we made another release of Scoop.
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PleasantTingle.net : A Zine for the Unwashed Masses
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By novaphoenix , Section New Scoop Sites []
Posted on Tue Oct 28, 2003 at 12:00:00 PM PST
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Everyone likes pleasant tingles. That's all I'll say about that.
Okay, I'm kidding: Pleasant Tingle.net [ http://www.pleasanttingle.net/ ] is a zine that dives into a variety of topics: technology, politics, news, entertainment, you know-the works. Check us out, we like company.
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How to display an RDF feed that can't be edited
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By senorbunch , Section Help! []
Posted on Wed Oct 22, 2003 at 12:00:00 PM PST
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Can anyone advise me how I'd set up an RDF_feeds box that users couldn't edit? I want to have several feeds that users can't edit/remove on my Scoop site, The Edge City Chronicle, which would be displayed separately from the main RDF_feeds_flex block on the site. Has anyone set up something along these lines, and might be able to provide any insight/guidance/code?
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Daily Kos is now on Scoop
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By kos , Section News []
Posted on Sat Oct 18, 2003 at 12:00:00 PM PST
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Daily Kos, one of the top progressive political sites on the web, is now a Scoop site.
It was previously on MT, but the partisan nature of the site attracted large numbers of trolls and flamers hijacking my message boards. And MT was having a hard time coping with my traffic levels (approaching 60,000 unique visitors per day, well over 100,000 daily page views). Therefore, a more robust solution was necessary.
So far, so good. A few niggling bugs remain, but it's otherwise been a great transition. Kudos to the Scoop team for a killer application.
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