# Announcements and texts

In **Plugin > Announcements** you send notices to players online and pick what the store
announces on its own. In **Plugin > Texts**, you change everything the plugin writes in
game.

![The In-game announcements screen: notice, approved purchase and tickets](shots/plugins-announcements.webp)

## Send a notice now

1. In **Send a notice now**, write the text in **Notice**, up to 256 characters.
2. In **Where it shows**, pick **Chat** (up to 3 lines) or **Title on screen** (the first line
   is the title and the second, the subtitle).
3. With more than one server, mark where it shows.
4. Check it in the preview and click **Send notice**.

```text Example notice with colors
&aEvent starting at spawn! &7Hurry up.
```

Use `&` for colors, like `&a` green and `&l` bold, or `&#RRGGBB` for any color.

> [!NOTE]
> The notice shows right away for players online and lasts 5 minutes: a server that was off
> and comes back after that does not get it. Each notice sent stays in the store's audit log.
> Sending needs the **Send notice to the server** permission.

## Announce purchases

In **Approved purchase**, turn on **Announce purchases in game**. Each approved purchase,
including those paid with balance or coupon, shows in the chat of all the store's servers,
with the buyer's nick and the products. It comes off.

| Option | What it does |
| --- | --- |
| **Hide the buyer's nick** | Changes the nick to "Someone" |
| **Title on screen** | Shows the big title to all players online |
| **Sound** | Plays a sound for all players online |
| **Fireworks above the buyer** | Minecraft only, no damage, with the player online |

## Tickets

- **Tell the player when the team replies to their ticket**: right away, or when they join, up
  to 30 minutes later.
- **Tell the online team when a ticket is opened**: goes to anyone with
  `hystore.notify.tickets` on the server or a team role with **New ticket notice in game**.

Both come on. See [Tickets](/en/community/tickets/).

## News and coupons

When saving a news post or a coupon, the **Announce on the server** option shows the notice in
the chat. See [News](/en/community/) and [Coupons](/en/products/coupons/).

## Store goal in game

The bars, the placeholders and the collective reward are next to the goal, in **Store > Month
Goal**. See [Monthly goal](/en/products/goal/).

## Which plugin version do I need?

| Feature | Plugin |
| --- | --- |
| Notice and announced purchase | 2.4.0 or newer |
| Tickets, news, coupons and goal | 2.5.0 or newer |

The update arrives on its own. See your version in **Store > Servers > View Details**.

## Plugin texts

In **Plugin > Texts** are all the texts the plugin writes in game, in the three languages. Each
player sees them in their own game language.

![Plugin > Texts: each text, the markers it takes and the preview](shots/plugins-texts.webp)

1. Pick the language and use **Search text** to find what you want.
2. Edit the text. Next to it are the markers it takes, like `{player}` and `{vip}`, and the
   preview with the chat colors.
3. Click **Save texts**. It applies on the server within a minute, with no restart.

```text Example: VIP activated notice
&a{player} activated &f{vip}&a for {tempo}!
```

**Back to default** undoes a text. Editing needs the **Configure the plugin** permission.

> [!NOTE]
> From Minecraft 1.8 to 1.15, the `&#RRGGBB` color becomes the closest classic color.