Server Development Blog (Updated regularly)

Hey guys,
So I was just thinking I would doccument the steps it's taken me to make this server. I'll be updating this regularly as I make advancements. I don't know whether this will help anyone but if it doesThis is ReversePlasma....V.2






Day 1:


So, as I was scrolling around the internet  I found an incredible deal on a minecraft server. I thought about it and realised this was the best way to get back into the server game for a cheap cost. So that's what I did. The first steps I put  in was updating the server, setting plugins and getting all the defaults fixed. This was actually pretty time consuming. The next part  I enjoyed, this was starting the enjin website. So included in the hosting was 45 days of Enjin advanced plan which I'm currently using. So I started by making the design of the website more appealing to users to then editing the modules. As I'm using Buycraft for my server donations I deleted that page all together. Currently all I have left to do is finish  the forums etc. 

By this time I was over the entire idea of using Enjin so I started setting up the PMC post (Unposted, just saved) For all of you out there starting a server, do NOT post immediatly on PMC as a large amount of players will come from posting here. The post setup included writing the description, setting up votifier (Which was less painful than I originally thought it would be). 


Day 2 Kits:
Today i'm setting up ranks and what goes with that is kits, these are the most boring frustrating part of building a server if you ask me, it's time consuming and not exactly thrilling. But as i know, kits are very important on a factions server.


Also at the same time I started the search of some staff. This has proved to be harder than I thought.

Day 4 New People


Hey guys, so Day 4 was a big day, it was the 1st day i started reaching out for help to other players, this included gettings builders, devs etc. Help with this is making clear posts and talking to this person on skype to get to know them. Due to the internet being such a great device, you can reach out to heaps of people, I'm sure someone would want to help you.

Day 5 Opening!


So after alot of work, building and confusion, I finally released the server. Before this was the easy part though. As a servers development never really finishes. So once you get all of your players on, they will start pointing out issues with perms, places you haven't WorldGuarded etc etc. This is actually quite a useful de-bugging tool. At the start, if you have Ranks, it may be a good time to give some out as people enjoy free things. It will also show new players in the future about 'How cool that rank is, etc etc.' This really helps.


Day 6 The day after launch (Coming soon!)