Newspaper
Newspaper is the plugin to use to get information around your server as quickly as possible.
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Information
Newspaper is used to help notify users on your server about what is currently going on. You can edit the newspaper accordingly, going with what is happing on your server. For example, you could say 'Vote for our server at [link]' or 'New PvP server has been released!', then the majority of the players on your server would know about all of these events, just by reading the newspaper.
Installing the plugin itself is easy. Just drag the .jar file that you downloaded into your server's plugins folder, and do the same with any addons. Once it's installed, you can start up the server, and use all of the features as you would with any other plugin.
Permissions/Commands
- newspaper.admin: Access to all admin actions, such as creating a [News] sign
- /news | /newspaper: Base command for newspaper
- /news [book|map]: Get the newspaper in the form of a book or a map
- /news [reload]: Reload the newspaper config file
Features
- Type /news to get the newspaper, in the form of a book or a map!
- Create a [News] or [Newspaper] sign to get the news with!
- Charge money to buy the newspaper
- Easily spread the word about important information
- More coming soon!
To-do List
- SQL support to view news on your website
- Color support for maps
- Message on join
- Custom newspapers in separate .txt files
Written out newspapers on maps (not sure if i still should)Improve color systemSoft-depend on Vault
Known Bugs
- Restarting the server resets all newspaper maps
Creating a Newspaper
Maps
You will need to go into the map.txt file, and edit it accordingly. You may need to mess around a bit, otherwise the map cuts off the text. That's why it's recommended to start new lines often so that everything shows up on your newspaper. Keep in mind that color symbols aren't currently supported on maps.
Books
With books, it's easy enough. Edit the news.txt file accordingly, and if you need to start a new page, insert '=== NEW PAGE ===' on it's own line. Color symbols are supported for books, any '&' symbols you make in that file will show up as colors in the newspaper.
@MiachBiatch
That's already in the to-do list, there's going to be a join message when a new newspaper is out.
Hi!
Really cool plugin!
I am just wondering how players will know that an updated newspaper is out, so they dont get charged twice by buying the same newspaper. If you understand what I mean, sorry for my english!
@Firefoxies
It appears that I've made a typo in the section for creating a newspaper, there's supposed to be a space between the 'E' in PAGE and the '==='. It should be '=== NEW PAGE ===', not '=== NEW PAGE==='. Sorry, I'll correct that right now =/
@KeybordPiano459
http://pastebin.com/ZN32LDbm I have a strange server....
@Firefoxies
Can you pastebin your news.txt file for me?
@triarry
Okay, thanks :)
@KeybordPiano459
Awesome :) Glad to see this being worked so hard on!
For newspaper books, I can't get === NEW PAGE=== to work. I even copied it from the default news.txt to my own news.txt, and it's on its own line. It still doesn't create a new page for me.
Newspaper v1.2 is out!!! With this update, there is a new shiny newspaper.admin permission to create [Newspaper] signs, and you can finally have your newspapers viewable on maps! Check out the full changelog here.
@triarry
Okay, thanks for the feedback, I removed it because it wasn't really working too well. In any case, I'll try to work on that feature after I finish what I'm doing now (maps).
EDIT: I added it to the to-do list, you will see it as a feature very soon :)
Hey, I really enjoyed having it say the message on join. Instead of removing it entirely, would putting it in a config file be feasable? Also, a way to make it so that when someone already typed /news, they dont get the message on join (add them in a file that the plugin checks when the plugin is enabled, and remove them when the news.txt is edited.)
Good idea !
@pokeonimac
Thanks :)
Very, very nice.
Just made the best release ever :D Finished the & symbol coloring system, the newspapers are now in books, and much more! Check out the entire changelog for Newspaper v1.1 here!
Well, it looks like @Bobacadodl hasn't responded, and it's been almost two weeks now. Anyways, I figured out books, I'm going to work with those for the next update of Newspaper.
@KeybordPiano459
Maps are extremely easy :) If you need help doing this, just pm me! I have done something like this before and I'll give you my code if you need it.
@somebody7136
I was thinking that too, but maps are just as hard :P I'll try my best, though...
howabout you make it maps instead of books? that would be really cool.
@xxevilkylexx
Read the page, you use the config.
How do you write in them