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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
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by 3fingerspointback, Announcements
TalkLeft Moves to Scoop
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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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Running Scoop on a shared host, Part 2. Need help please!
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By loveacrossborders , Section Help! []
Posted on Fri Jan 07, 2005 at 12:00:00 PM PST
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I discovered Scoop a few weeks ago. And I have been nothing short of impressed by what it can do.
My wife and I have a non-profit here in Thailand. We'd really love to setup a Scoop site. But there's just one problem - yep you guessed it (from the title) - we're being hosted on a shared server.
So I thought that I was only wasting my time. But then today, I found an old article posted on here regarding how it's possible to run Scoop on a shared box.
But I'm afraid that I already tried following the directions and I've had very little luck. Has anyone actually pulled off doing it before? If so, would you mind sharing a little bit of insight into how? I have some specific questions, mainly regarding the exact paths that I'm suppose to use. I'm on Yahoo Messenger: 'loveacrossborders' and AIM: 'applesbliss
Here is the article that I am referring to:
http://scoop.kuro5hin.org/story/2002/9/20/161918/528
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Implementing Scoop to Host User Blogs?
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By The Dean of Cincinnati , Section Help! []
Posted on Tue Dec 21, 2004 at 12:00:00 PM PST
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I am searching for some solutions to Cincinnati's Indie Media scene. I like Scoop, but I don't know if it can do what I'm looking for. In short, we would like a main news site for our Independent Media Network (indynet.org). But we would also like to encourage area bloggers to move their blogs over to our address. So, for example, we would like cincinnati.blogpost.com to become cincinnati.indynet.org. Is that type of url compatibility possible with Scoop? Could users still maintain distinct blogging identities, and even maintain their Google advertisements, if we were to be using Scoop?
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How to change the default layout
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By mtfriend , Section Help! []
Posted on Tue Dec 07, 2004 at 12:00:00 PM PST
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Okay, this is a very green question, but I'm going to ask it anyway. I just got Scoop installed on my site and I want to change the theme (template). I would like to model the site after mydd.com or dailykos.com. Does anyone have any suggestions for doing this?
Thanks
-mtfriend
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Poll site
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By schmolli , Section New Scoop Sites []
Posted on Sun Nov 28, 2004 at 12:00:00 PM PST
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polls.frozencrow.org is now open for business. This site is dedicated to the rigorously scientific discovery of the answers to all of life's hardest questions, such as "what is the best superpower?" and "when you look down from a high place, do you want to spit?"
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CMS Matrix
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By kpaul , Section News []
Posted on Wed Nov 24, 2004 at 12:00:00 PM PST
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Not sure if this is the place to post this, but I came across CMS Matrix tonight. I think the site needs a Scoop Wizard to clue the masses in on Scoop. MT, Drupal and others are represented there. IT could drum up more interest in Scoop, no?
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Targeted ads
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By Drog , Section Wishlist []
Posted on Mon Nov 22, 2004 at 12:00:00 PM PST
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On my site (The World Forum), I created amazon ads that are targeted to the section and topic, as well as to the user's country (which you can get from IP::Country::Fast). Perhaps adding targeting ability to Scoop's ads would be a good idea too. Advertisers would likely get a higher clickthrough rate.
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Making Scoop sites more democratic and self-regulating
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By Drog , Section Wishlist []
Posted on Mon Nov 22, 2004 at 12:00:00 PM PST
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I would love to have a way of automating the regulation of the site so that admins are not needed at all. If a user thinks a comment or user account should be deleted, he/she would nominate it into a queue, where others could see it and vote. If the thresholds are set high enough, and everyone does their part to participate, hopefully this feature would not be abused, plus it would eliminate the potential for admins abusing their authority.
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IP-Wars.net Site Launched on Scoop Software
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By JCausey , Section New Scoop Sites []
Posted on Fri Nov 19, 2004 at 12:00:00 PM PST
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IP-Wars.net, a site serving as a gathering point for anyone interested or involved in intellectual property issues that may impact F/OSS efforts, is now up and running. All are welcome to drop by and to contribute!
Jeff Causey
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