rNewsBar - Animated BossBar News 1.0.0

rNewsBar
Dynamic, animated boss-bar news & announcements for Spigot/Paper & Folia servers

Elevate your community’s in-game messaging with rNewsBar, the ultimate boss-bar news system. Perfect for advertising events, sharing server updates, spotlighting promotions, or simply saying “thank you” to your players—rNewsBar delivers eye-catching, animated headlines without ever cluttering chat.

• Instant, Non-Intrusive Announcements
  Display news in the boss bar—no spamming chat or scheduling tedious titles.
• Fully Animated Segments
  • Use <animated> (scrolling) and <flash> (blinking) tags with both &-style or &#RRGGBB hex colors:
    • <animated primary="&#1C7CD5" secondary="&f" tertiary="&b" speed="1">ravixstudios.com</animated>
      
    • <flash color1="&#ff7400" color2="&6" speed="4">Alert!</flash>
      
• Per-Player PlaceholderAPI Support
  Personalize messages with %player_name%, %online_players%, or any custom PAPI tokens for each viewer.
• Dual Scheduler Compatibility
  Works on Paper’s Folia regions or vanilla Bukkit/Paper—flip one config flag to choose.
• Flexible Storage Options
  YAML file or MariaDB/MySQL via HikariCP with a single storage-type setting—database optional.
• Instant Command-Driven Updates
  /news add <text>, /news remove <id>, /news reload refresh the bar in real time for everyone online.
• Progress Tracking
  Boss-bar fill animates to show “1 of 5”, “2 of 5”… giving players a sense of cycle progression.
  

1. Download & Drop
   Place rNewsBar.jar into your plugins/ folder.
2. Restart
   Restart your server to generate config.yml.
3. Configure
   
   YAML:

   # Whether to use Folia’s scheduler (true) or Bukkit’s (false)
   use-folia-support: false
   
   # Storage backend: "file" or "database"
   storage-type: file
   
   # When using file storage, the filename in your plugin folder
   storage-file: news.yml
   
   # Database settings (only if storage-type: database)
   database:
     host: localhost
     port: 3306
     name: rnewsbar
     user: root
     password: password
     table: rnewsbar_news
   
   # Seconds between cycling to the next news entry
   broadcast-interval: 5
   
   # BossBar display settings
   bossbar:
     # Bar color and style (BarColor, BarStyle enums)
     color: BLUE
     style: SOLID
   
   # PlaceholderAPI expansion
   placeholders:
     enabled: true
   
   # All command‐related messages
   messages:
     usage: "&cUsage: /news <add|remove|list|reload>"
     no-permission: "&cYou do not have permission to use this command."
     add-success: "&aAdded news entry &e%id%&a."
     remove-success: "&aRemoved news entry &e%id%&a."
     list-header: "&6News entries:"
     list-item: "&e%id%&7: &f%text%"
     no-news: "&cNo news available."
     reload: "&aReloaded news entries."
   
   # Permission nodes used by the plugin
   permissions:
     manage: rnewsbar.news.manage

4. Manage News
   • /news add <text>
   • /news remove <id>
   • /news list
   • /news reload

Permissions

• Official Documentation & Guides
  Guides & Tutorials
• Submit a Ticket
  Online at ravixstudios.com/support

Ready to transform your server announcements?
Purchase rNewsBar today and keep your players informed — beautifully, efficiently, and interactively!