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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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Formatting for the HTML challenged.
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By fsterman , Section Wishlist []
Posted on Sun Jun 02, 2002 at 12:00:00 PM PST
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For some it is rather difficult to write a story, people that have no coding experience can be left out in the cold when it comes to formatting a submission. In this "story" I point out a semi elegant solution for the HTML inhibited.
(66 comments, 905 words in story) Full Story >>
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Easy comment rating with JavaScript
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By tekue , Section Wishlist []
Posted on Wed May 29, 2002 at 12:00:00 PM PST
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I think there's a reasonable number of people not rating comments because of the disadvantages it brings. I for one can't vote if I wanted to, because 50+ form inputs send my system swirling into a crash. I think this can be helped.
(424 comments, 220 words in story) Full Story >>
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Forum-only Scoop?
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By fluffy grue , Section Wishlist []
Posted on Tue May 28, 2002 at 12:00:00 PM PST
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I like having forums on a site. But I don't like any of the current forum software offerings, all of which have crappy (or nonexistent) threading and insist on doing their own "formatting code" which is a horrible, redundant abstraction on top of HTML.
I also really like Scoop's comment system. It has the best threading, posting, security, and moderation capabilities of anything out there. However, the Scoop "news portal" setup isn't the best way for many websites which benefit from forums (for example, webcomics).
Hey, that gives me an idea...
(344 comments, 288 words in story) Full Story >>
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One year ago today...
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By ramses0 , Section Wishlist []
Posted on Tue May 14, 2002 at 12:00:00 PM PST
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Some pretty good stories have appeared throughout K5's history, and K5 is in the unique position of having good content, and old content, and good old content. It probably wouldn't be difficult to set up a "one year ago today" box that duplicates the front page from some time ago.
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How to Scale Better
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By fluffy grue , Section Wishlist []
Posted on Sat May 11, 2002 at 12:00:00 PM PST
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Or: How to keep "The Thread That Wouldn't Die" from crashing Kuro5hin and certain browsers without crufty pagination hacks.
Oh, and Adequacy's famous Linux article, while we're at it.
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Bios & Public Keys
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By snowlion , Section Wishlist []
Posted on Tue May 07, 2002 at 12:00:00 PM PST
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User Bio's should have all of the formatting capabilities available to comments.
People use "Public Key" to describe themselves and their rating policy because it offers better formatting capabilities.
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Photos?
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By jonr , Section Wishlist []
Posted on Fri May 03, 2002 at 12:00:00 PM PST
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Has anybody implemented photograph module? I want to be able to submit photograph with the stories. Perhaps even more than one.
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"Abstain" in Moderate Queue
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By Elkor , Section Wishlist []
Posted on Wed May 01, 2002 at 12:00:00 PM PST
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Sometimes I can tell I'm not going to interested in a story before I even read it. If it deals with programming, cars, or someone's pet rabbit, I'm probably going to vote abstain. Unfortunately, I still have to load the story and all associated comments to vote on it. It would be nice if I didn't have to.
(64 comments, 368 words in story) Full Story >>
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