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3.9 Special Pages

Special pages in scoop are pages such as a FAQ, a mission statement, or anything else that needs a page of its own yet is relatively static and does not need attached comments.

Scoop comes with (almost) empty FAQ and Mission Statement pages, and a page for warning posters that they've posted too many comments in too little time.


3.9.1 Usage

Special Pages are accessed from the Admin tools box.

You can create a new special page by filling out all of the fields in the form and clicking the "Save Page" button at the bottom, or fetch an existing page by choosing its name from the drop-down box and clicking the "Get Page" button. Clicking the "Get Page" button will fetch whatever page is selected in the drop-down box and will discard any changes made since the last time the page was saved.

The "Page ID" box is the name by which the page is referred to in URLs. The page ID should contain only letters, numbers, or underscores.

The "Title" box is the display name of the page. The text here is used as the page title when displaying the page and in the drop-down box above.

The "Description" box is a description of what the page was created for. This is only seen when editing the page.

The "Content" box is the content of the special page. This can be anything at all in HTML.

The "Save Page" button saves any changes made to the page. When it is saved, a link appears above the page selection drop down box that allows you to see the page. Note that this link will open a new window.

The "Reset" button resets the form to how it was the last time it was saved.


3.9.2 Notes

The HTML page headers do not need to be included in the content, as this text is put in a template. The "allowed HTML" list does not apply here as it does for comment and story submission, because special pages are only edited by admins.


3.9.3 Relevant Vars

None


3.9.4 Relevant Perms

edit_special


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