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News

In Support > News you post updates for players: a server update, maintenance, the start of a season. The same post can show on the store, on the launcher and in the server chat.

The news list, with the author, the title and the status of each post
The news list, with the author, the title and the status of each post

Publish a post

  1. In Support > News, click New Post.
  2. Fill in Title, Author Nick and Content. The nick shows the player's head next to the post.
  3. Upload the Post Banner: 1200x600 px, up to 5 MB. It is optional.
  4. Pick where it shows under Post Settings (see below).
  5. Click Save Post.
The news form: banner and options on the left, text on the right
The news form: banner and options on the left, text on the right
Example post
Title: The Winter Season has started
Author Nick: Lucas
Content: The new season is live. New map, ranking reset and a welcome kit for
anyone who joins by Sunday.

The post options

Option What it does
Publish Immediately? On, players see it. Off, it stays as a draft
Show as Modal? Opens the post in a popup when the player enters the store
Show on the store Appears on the storefront and the store site
Show on the launcher Appears on the launcher home screen. The text shows without formatting and the full article opens in the browser. Only available if your plan includes the launcher
Announce on the server When saving, players online see the post title in the chat with the link to read it
Also as a title on screen Besides the chat, shows the big title on the screen of players online

Publish from Discord or the store

Players with a team role that has the Publish News permission can also publish from the store itself and with the bot's /news command. See Player roles and Bot messages.

Edit or delete

In the list, the buttons to the right of each post edit or delete it. Deleting cannot be undone. To take a post down and keep the text, edit it and turn off Publish Immediately?.