MOTD and server icon
What your players see in the server list, with colour codes and a picture.
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On this page
MOTD
Under Settings, Appearance in the server list, you write the message shown below the name in the server list in Description (MOTD). At most two lines, with colour and format codes: § followed by a character sets a colour or format, §l bold, §o italic, §r resets. The buttons above the field insert the common codes, the Preview shows the result, and the counter next to it shows how much room is left. You save with Save description.
§b§lMy Server §r§7- Survival 1.21
§eToday: double XPServer icon
A PNG via Choose PNG and Upload icon. Minecraft expects 64 × 64 pixels; other sizes are adjusted by the interface. Remove goes back to the default icon.
When it becomes visible
The server reads both at startup. Saved does not mean visible yet: the server list only shows the new version after the next restart. The page offers Restart now for that.