Changing the MOTD and server icon

The MOTD (Message of the Day) is a short text displayed to players in the Minecraft client's server list. The server icon is displayed right next to it. Here's a guide on how to change both.

Changing the MOTD (Text)

1. In the web panel of your server, go to the 'Files' section or connect via SFTP.

2. Find and click on the server.properties file.

3. Find the line starting with the word motd= and change the text after the equals sign. You can use classic Minecraft formatting codes (starting with the '\u00A7' character or depending on your plugin, the '&' character).

motd=\u00A7aWelcome to §lHexado §rServer!

4. Save the file and restart the server.

Adding a server icon

The icon must meet strict criteria for Minecraft to recognize it correctly.

• The image dimensions must be exactly 64x64 pixels.
• The file format must be .png.
• The file name must be exactly server-icon.png (all lowercase).

Deployment process:

1. Create your image in an editor (Photoshop, Gimp, Paint) and crop/resize it to 64x64px.
2. Save it as server-icon.png.
3. Upload this file to your server's main folder (where server.properties is located).
4. Restart the server.