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.
@CaptainBamba
Ok... first read what the plugin does, then the very recent comments. Then we'll talk.
dude
make that when u type /news u get a written book that cost 100$ (can change how much its cost) and when u right click its show u what an admin put in the news and if u already buy 1 and its got the news from yesterday u do /news update its cost 10$ (can change how much its cost) and its update ur book to the latest news
if u will do it its will be great
@Zachary_DuBois
I've been trying, especially with the release of 1.4.6, things like that have gotten harder to do.
@triarry
I'll add that soon enough :)
Is it possible to make this editable in game? I have moderators who I don't allow access to the FTP server who would like to play around with the newspaper.
An idea would be to make books as newspaper.
I was finally able to get around to updating. I had a v1.0, but there were a few bugs that I found when CraftBukkit for 1.4.6 came out, so I just released v1.0.1.
@ImminentFire
I've been wanting to update this for awhile, and since I have about three hours today, I might code this a bit. Also, yes a message in chat, and yeah it works with 1.4. I have a few plans for how I'm going to update it :)
So the news is like a message in chat? And does this work with 1.4?
@TheMagicPostman
I'm working on it :P
Sorry if this is already in place.. But may I suggest that you give people the choice to use the plugin only by commands? Going into the files and changing the news seems a lengthy process ^.^
Sorry for not updating this, I've been busy with my other plugins. I'm gonna release a new version soon, it's gonna be a good one, since there hasn't been one in a while. Anyways, here's for some replies:
@GumbyDammit Next update.
@SurceBeats Well you can set something in the config that all the users can see.
@MURD3RUS Well there's /ad <message>, but that's only for the ad. I'll do a /news <message> thing next update.
This plugin desperately needs a reload command.
NewsPaper? You can send physical letters to all users?
Hey is it just me, or is there no way (at least not one that's been posted anywhere) to edit the news from in game commands? I haven't even checked yet, but I'm assuming the only way is with the .yml
Sorry to you and everyone else about not updating this plugin, I was at sleep away camp, and now I'm going to continue updating this plugin. Also, thanks for adding me to the vault list, and as for the ads, that was a really quick thing that I wrote a few hours before I left for camp. I'm definitely going to improve the ads system, it could be a lot better.
I've added you to the Vault List.
I had a question about this.. For the ADS, is there a set amount of time and ad will run, and does it have a cost.
Also, are there ingame commands to modify the news?
Asking for my server...nothing to do with Vault.
Looking forward to seeing them written out on maps. I might actually hold out for that =D
@TheMagicPostman
Thanks :)
I'm going to download this soon. It looks like a great plugin!
@yannkwb
Please click on our link for requests/suggestions above for all suggestions, then I can keep track of them!