# Updates
### Complete MiniMessage Support
Strings now supports MiniMessage for Channel formatting.
To enable mini-message channel formatting, you must add the line `mini-message: true` in `channels.yml`.
Make sure this is put above the rest of the settings, and not under the `channels` section.
*All original formats will need to be replaced with MiniMessage equivalents, as legacy codes will not work when MiniMessage support is enabled.*
[MiniMessage Web Editor](https://webui.advntr.dev/)
### Chat Player Head Support
Since channel formatting now supports mini-message, player heads can now be included as part of formats.
To add player heads, first ensure that MiniMessage formatting is enabled as described in the section above. Once formats are moved over to MiniMessage, the placeholder `<head:{username}>` will show the player's head.
<img width="1098" height="69" alt="image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/9bbd243c-cdd9-49d2-b4b9-78990ee79e62" />
### Group Formatting
Formatting by permission group is now supported with any Vault-based permissions plugin, such as LuckPerms. This requires both Vault and the permission plugin to be installed. Channels still require the `format: ""` to be defined as a default, but custom formats can be assigned to all groups on a per-channel basis.
To add group formatting go to `channels.yml`, and for each channel you want to add the formatting to, you must add the following section:
```
group-formats:
owner: "<head:{username}> <yellow><bold>OWNER</bold> </yellow><white>{displayname}<white>{suffix} <gray>» <white>{message}"
```
To add more groups, in the same style as owner, add the name of the group and after the colon, the group prefix.
For example, to add formatting for the 'vip' group, add the line `vip: "<green>VIP <white>{username} <gray>{message}"`
### Full DiscordSRV Support
Strings now integrates directly with DiscordSRV, allowing specific channels in Strings to be mapped to specific channels in Discord. For example, the Strings channel `staff` can now be mapped exclusively to a staff channel on Discord. For details on how to set up, refer to DiscordSRV docs, it's the standard method used for any other chat plugin.
### MiniPlaceholders Support
MiniPlaceholders can now be used in channel formatting
### Chat Suggestions
Strings now supports chat suggestions, when a player presses tab in chat, they can now be suggested emojis, players they can mention, etc.
# Fixes
- Broadcasts are no longer broken
- Other small issues fixed
Developer information
Projects on Modrinth are automatically available through a Maven repository for use with JVM build tools such as Gradle.
maven { name = "Modrinth"; url = "https://api.modrinth.com/maven" }
