ErNews

ErNews turns server news into a written Minecraft book. Admins write a news entry directly in a book and publish it by pressing "Done" — players then receive it as a beautiful written book with full MiniMessage support (gradients, colors, clickable links). Older versions automatically move into a paginated GUI archive.

Why ErNews?

• Write news in a book, not a config. /ernews create <version> [title] hands you a writable book; press "Done" and it's live.
• Players read it automatically. New players and anyone with unread news get the book once on join — no commands needed.
• Full MiniMessage. Gradients, colors, hover text and clickable links (open_url, run_command, suggest_command) right inside the news.
• GUI archive. /news old opens a paginated chest menu of every past version, readable at any time.
• PlaceholderAPI ready. %ernews_version%, %ernews_title%, %ernews_count%, %ernews_archive_count%.
• Optional rewards for reading via Vault or PlayerPoints (off by default).
• Everything configurable in config.yml — messages, auto-show delay, sounds, rewards.

Commands

Permissions

• ernews.view — view current news (default: everyone)
• ernews.view.archive — view the archive (default: everyone)
• ernews.admin — create and manage news (default: OP)

Requirements

• Paper 1.21+ and Java 21
• Optional soft-dependencies (download separately if you want them): PlaceholderAPI, Vault, PlayerPoints

Quick start

1. Drop the jar into plugins/ and restart the server.
2. Run /ernews create 1.0 <gradient:#gold:#yellow>Server opening!</gradient>
3. Write your news in the book and press "Done" — published!
4. Players will see the book automatically when they join.

Storage is file-based: news.yml holds the news, players.yml tracks who has read what.