Thanks. The big clue was that section pages are created dynamically whenever the first story is assigned to that section. I was going nuts trying to find the section pages in the admin tools. Regards, Jerry Schwartz Global Information Incorporated 195 Farmington Ave. Farmington, CT 06032 860.674.8796 / FAX: 860.674.8341 > -----Original Message----- > From: scoop-help-bounces at lists.kuro5hin.org > [mailto:scoop-help-bounces at lists.kuro5hin.org] On Behalf Of > Rusty Foster > Sent: Friday, November 17, 2006 12:32 PM > To: scoop-help at lists.kuro5hin.org > Subject: Re: [Scoop-help] Sections > > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Scoop-help mailing list > Scoop-help at lists.kuro5hin.org > http://lists.kuro5hin.org/mailman/listinfo/scoop-help >