In the guts of scoop, a section is a row in a database table containing the info you enter in the Sections admin tool (the section id, name, etc), and a field attached to each story holding the ID of the section it's in (which points to the section info, but that doesn't matter to you). So what this means from the user side is that a section is a just collection of stories. Creating a section with the ID "headlines" would make the url / section/headlines exist, as an index of any stories you put in that section in the future. When you make a section, you should set the permissions for it for each Group, which determine if a user in whatever group can post stories and read stories in that section, and post comments and read comments in stories in that section. The permissions are: Allow: For post stories, this lets the user submit stories to that section, and either puts them in voting (for regular users) or accepts whatever posting option the user chooses (front page, section only, etc) via the posting form for users who are allowed to do that. For the rest of the options, this just allows them to do whatever option you set it for. Hide: Removes the section from the "section" selector in the posting form, prevents posting to it, and generally makes scoop act like that section doesn't exist for that group. Same with the other options. Deny: Allows the user to see that the section is there, but doesn't let them use it. Not an overly useful choice, really. Auto-post front page, Auto-post section: For posting only, these will bypass voting (or the manual choice of privileged users) and send the story directly onto either the section page (section only) or the section and front page (front page). If your Headlines section doesn't appear in the sections drop-down when you post, I would guess you haven't set the permissions for it for your group to either "Allow" or one of the auto-post choices. Check the sections admin page again, click on that section in the list, and double-check the permission fields. --R On Nov 17, 2006, at 11:52 AM, Jerry Schwartz wrote: > I'm still confused about where sections fit in. Do sections hold > blocks? Do pages hold sections? Does creating a section create the > associated page? > > I have given myself permission to post to the section Headlines, > but when I try to post a story that option isn't available in the > drop-down. Does this mean the section isn't "assigned" to a page? > > Regards, > > Jerry Schwartz > Global Information Incorporated > 195 Farmington Ave. > Farmington, CT 06032 > > 860.674.8796 / FAX: 860.674.8341 > > _______________________________________________ > Scoop-help mailing list > Scoop-help at lists.kuro5hin.org > http://lists.kuro5hin.org/mailman/listinfo/scoop-help