To help you figure things out, there is a Scoop Admin Guide which can hopefully answer most of your questions.
Some tips:
Most of the layout is changed in "Blocks", found in the admin tools menu
Features can be turned on and off, and configured, in "Site Controls" in the admin tools menu
Stories have an "edit" link right beside the "Full Story" link on an index page, and right beside the "Post a Comment" link on the full story page. They can also be edited by clicking the story title in the "Story List" admin tool
Boxes are what allow you to write new features for Scoop; they require a knowledge of the perl programming language to work with effectively, although you can often make small changes without knowing much perl. If you would like a feature added but cannot program it yourself, ScoopHost does custom Scoop programming as one of its services.
If you aren't sure where to look for a particular feature or piece of display, try the "Search Admin Tools" link in the admin tools menu.
Drama erupts at special Airport Board meeting where the Airport Board has voted to terminate CEO Turkia Mullin.
The resolution is effective immediately. Each member of the board had a vote on the resolution. Only two members of the board voted against the resolution.
The board has appointed Chief Financial Officer Tom Naughton as the interim CEO. The measure passed 6 to 1, with only Bernard Parker voting against the measure.
Three teams of FBI agents entered Wayne County government offices in Detroit this afternoon to serve subpoenas for county records.
The agents' presence comes as County Executive Robert Ficano has retained prominent criminal defense lawyer Steve Fishman to represent him in the FBI probe into a $200,000 severance paid to former county economic development director Turkia Awada Mullin.
It's the same kind of non-profit that tripped up former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick. A federal grand jury indicted Kilpatrick for using his fund like a personal piggy bank.
