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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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www.stetsonsucks.com
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By bbatchel , Section New Scoop Sites []
Posted on Sat Jan 20, 2001 at 12:00:00 PM PST
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I just brought this server up a few days ago. I plan on writing a few custom boxes, and maybe helping out with scoop code maintenance once I get more comfy with Perl.
I also have a beta site up which I plan to update to CVS on any major changes to the codebase, it is beta.stetsonsucks.com.
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Editorial/Topical Warning Location
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By gauntlet , Section Code []
Posted on Fri Jan 19, 2001 at 12:00:00 PM PST
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In posting a comment to a story in the submission queue, you are required to indicate whether your post is editorial or topical. If you do not make an indication, a warning message appears above the article in response to your hitting the "Post" button.
But that warning, depending on article length and screen size, will often not be seen.
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Best Comments
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By Refrag , Section Wishlist []
Posted on Thu Jan 18, 2001 at 12:00:00 PM PST
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We've all (well, most) seen the 10 Hot Comments Slashbox on Slashdot. As Kuro5hin (and other Scoop sites) grow, it'll be harder to find the real content in the stories. I think that Scoop should have a Best Comments box. Perhaps the number of comments in the box could be user selectable.
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2 rating bugs for the price of one
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By Defect , Section Code []
Posted on Wed Jan 17, 2001 at 12:00:00 PM PST
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An anonymous hero (unlogged in user or random passerby) can rate comments by appending ";rating_[comment_number];rate=Rate+All;" (that's why some people have had "Anonymous User" as someone who's rated their comments, someone found it but didn't report it apparently)
Scoop doesn't check whether or not the rater has a uid of -1, it assumes security because it doesn't show the rating drop downs when a user is not logged in.
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"Editorial" Polls
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By cp , Section Wishlist []
Posted on Mon Jan 15, 2001 at 12:00:00 PM PST
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Editorials provide some feedback as to why stories are voted up or down, but more feedback could be obtained if scoop allowed for "editorial" polls (polls concerning the voting process, which would disappear once the story is accepted in the same way editorial comments currently disappear). The effect would be to provide more feedback to the author as well as to channel the voting process in a productive fashion -- i.e., focusing the voter on the rational reasons for voting as one does. See the poll for this submission as a stock example of the sort of poll I envision.
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Qualitative Results Improvement
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By regeya , Section Wishlist []
Posted on Mon Jan 15, 2001 at 12:00:00 PM PST
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What I propose is an improvement in the sort of negative data an author recieves regarding a submission.
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2 boxes
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By hurstdog , Section Code []
Posted on Sun Jan 14, 2001 at 12:00:00 PM PST
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Here are the new boxes, after the changes I've made this weekend to the scoop code. The new poll_box allows you to use the new Search capabilites to search for polls, and it takes the load off your server for not using poll_listing(). The new comment_control box gets it so that you can change the comment listing, ratings, etc. on a poll and not have it give you the "poll '' not found" error.
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Vote counting race condition (Priority: LOW)
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By fvw , Section Code []
Posted on Fri Jan 12, 2001 at 12:00:00 PM PST
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It's just a cosmetic bug, but a bit ugly. I got the following on k5:
Your vote (-1) was recorded.
This story currently has a total score of -3.
But furtheron on the page:
Current score:-2
Total votes: 50
The score should probably be read out only once, and saved in a var and printed where necessary.
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