MelonMessages

# MelonMessages > Part of the **Melon Plugins** project - Paper and Folia-compatible plugins for > easy Minecraft server admin. > - [MelonPlugins on GitHub](https://github.com/MelonPlugins) > - [MelonPlugins on Hangar](https://hangar.papermc.io/Melon) MelonMessages allows you to easily configure different logging messages sent to your server's chat, as well as change their color. ***Melon is in active development. Many features will be lacking, please request any features on our [GitHub page](https://github.com/MelonPlugins/MelonMessages)*** ## Current message events that are editable - `join` - Player joins - `first-join` - Player joins for the first time - `leave` - Player quits ## Configuration Each editable event has a configuration format that looks similar to: ```yaml join: message: "{player} joined the server" color: "#33aaff" ``` - `message` can be any string. - `color` is a hex-code including the `#` that responds to the text color of the message. ## Building for older versions While not officially supported by the Melon project, it is usuallly possible to run this plugin on versions pre-1.21. To do this, please clone the [GitHub repo](https://github.com/MelonPlugins/MelonMessages) and change the `api-version` to the version you wish to build for. After that, simply build with gradle and a plugin jar will be created.