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.
Gov. Rick Snyder says he'll sign a bill preventing public employers from offering health-care benefits to domestic partners - but only if he's sure university employees are excluded from the ban.
There's some confusion over the ban, which moved through the state House on Thursday a day after Senators approved the bill, striking language that specifically included university employees.
But Republican House leaders said after ban passed 63-45 that workers at the state's 15 public universities would in fact be prohibited from extending the benefits to same-sex and domestic partners.
Snyder spokeswoman Sara Wurfel said the governor's work and understanding on the bill is that public university employees would not not included - hinting at a veto if a review proves otherwise.
