Centering MOTD

[WhoIV]

I'm still confused on how to center the MOTD. I add spaces but an error message pops up

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# 
# ServerListPlus v3.4.7 - http://git.io/slp

# More information is available in the Wiki: http://git.io/slp-wiki

# This is the section where you can customize your server status ping!
#  - Default is the section for the status used when the player name is unknown.
#    Personalized is used if the client has already joined the server once.
#    Use %player% as placeholder for the player's name.
# 
# Features:
#  - Description (MotD): A short status message for your server, max. 2 lines.
#  - Players:
#    - Hover: The player hover message that is displayed if you hover the player count.
#    - Slots: Custom player slot formatting, see http://git.io/slp-slots
#  - Favicon:
#    - Use multiple server icons or the player's head as favicon, see http://git.io/oMhJlg
#    - Possible favicon sources: Files, Folders, URLs, Heads, Helms, Encoded
# 
#  More features are explained in the Wiki: http://git.io/slp-config
# 
# Usage:
#  - Add multiple entries for random messages.
#  - Save the file with valid UTF-8 encoding for special characters.
#  - Available placeholders:
#    - Player name: %player%
#    - Player count: %online%, %max%, %online@server% %online@world%
#    - Random online player name: %random_player%
--- !Status
Default:
  Description:
  - |-
               &aMy Server
    &7Now with [&a&lPvP&7], [&a&lMinigames&7], and much more!
  Players:
    Hover:
    - |-
      &aWelcome to &lA Minecraft Server&a!
      &aCurrently &e&l%online% &aplayers are playing on our server!
Personalized:
  Description:
  - |-
    &aA Minecraft Network. &7|  &eHello, &l%player%!
    &7Now with [&a&lPvP&7], [&a&lMinigames&7], and much more!
  - |-
    &aA Minecraft Network. &7|  &eHello, &l%player%!
    &eWe have updated our server to &lMinecraft 1.8&e!
  Players:
    Hover:
    - |-
      &aWelcome back, &l%player%&a!
      &aCurrently &e&l%online% &aplayers are playing on our server!

# Stats: Enable/disable sending plugin statistics.
# PlayerTracking: Enable/disable tracking of player names to their IP-Addresses.
#   - Persistence can be disabled with the toggle in the Storage section.
# Samples: Toggle using multiple player infos for the player hover message.
#     May prevent the annoying ... and x more ... message for bigger servers
#     DynamicPlayers is special and aligns the number with the number of
#     random players used in placeholders.
# Unknown: Placeholder replacement if the real value is unknown.
# Favicon: Options for the creation / downloading of favicons:
#  - RecursiveFolderSearch: Also search for favicons in sub directories.
#  - SkinSource: The URL to get the Minecraft Skins from. (%s -> player name)
#  - ResizeStrategy: The strategy used to resize too small or too big favicons.
#      NONE (keep them as is, will probably fail), SCALE (scale them to the correct size)
--- !Plugin
Stats: true
PlayerTracking:
  Enabled: true
  Storage: !JSONStorage
    Enabled: true
    SaveDelay: 5m
Samples:
  Multiple: false
  DynamicPlayers: false
Unknown:
  PlayerName: player
  PlayerCount: ???
  Date: ???
Favicon:
  Timeout: 10s
  RecursiveFolderSearch: false
  ResizeStrategy: SCALE

[stephan-gh]

If you want to center text, prefix the line with a color code:

--- !Status
Default:
  Description:
  - |-
    &a                 My Server
    &7Now with [&a&lPvP&7], [&a&lMinigames&7], and much more!

[WhoIV]

Alright, it worked, thanks. But is there a way to fix the motd changing due to the texture pack?

[stephan-gh]

Do you mean that the message is not centered using some texture packs?

[WhoIV]

Yes.

[stephan-gh]

Unfortunately, there is no way to fix that in SLP, it has no control about the text rendering.

[WhoIV]

Alright, I'll just center it with the default texture pack. Thanks for the help and I love this plugin!