Firstly, thank you to everyone that has provided positive feedback in regards to our brand new control panel!
We wanted to ensure the new panel was a completely refreshed user experience for all of our clients, making it not only easier to use and manage your servers, but also add new features that would improve your experience. We have been keeping track of not only suggestions that you guys have been putting forward, but also what Support requests we most frequently got, or questions that we would get asked that we felt we could make into a feature in the panel.
This announcement is a full changelog of all of the new features. Be sure to check them out in your own server!
The players tab is a brand new feature brought to easily manage your in-game players. From here, you can easily manage all aspects of your players. Through the Opped tab, you can easily OP new players, or edit/remove OP users. We have added a Whitelist tab also, so you can easily add/remove users from your whitelist through our easy interface. There is also a quick Enable / Disable whitelist button on this tab for you too. No more having to enter console commands.
If you click the three dots next to any players, you will see a 3D render of their Minecraft in-game skin too, and you have the ability to manage any aspect of that player, including OP, Whitelist, Kick, Clear their inventory, Ban or Kill them. It will also show their player UUID for you, should you need to delete their player-data. We have also added a Banned players tab, where you can view players that are currently banned, as well as any banned IP's.
No more having to edit config files, you can edit any property of your server through this tab - whether that be adjusting the player count of your server, changing the render distance or even spawn protection. All the possible configs you can adjust for your server are right here with a easy to use interface - so you can setup your server easily to how you want it.
Other hosts have generic world downloader tabs, and we wanted to go one step further. Our worlds tab is a in-house built feature, where you can still easily download any Minecraft map from CurseForge still, however, our Worlds tab will show you ALL of your Minecraft worlds that are in your server files at the top, and you can easily switch between any of them by clicking the "Select world" button. If you download a world, this will show up in your list of worlds, and you can easily switch between them with ease - our panel will take care of all the settings - and can identify any custom or uploaded worlds too! All you need to do is restart the server! This was a feature we wanted to add to make it easier for those running multiple worlds!
Some of our existing clients were running into a few issues with our old version installer, introducing our new in-house version switcher. There is a new UI, which displays all the popular Minecraft versions, and within each you can pick any build you like to install. We have overhauled the backend, so installing any version takes a matter of seconds - even Forge! You can easily see at anytime what version you have installed at the top too - and you can easily update builds/versions by reinstalling. Its also instant, meaning any new builds that are released, our panel will have - and because of the new backend, it still takes a matter of seconds to install.
We have a new plugin installer, which lets you search a variety of plugin marketplaces - and has a new revamped UI with new filters for server versions, and search function. You can also easily select any version of any plugin you would like. We have also added a Polymart integration, where you can link your Polymart account to easily download any paid plugins you may have.
Our Mod installer installer has been made to make it even easier for those with modded servers. We now have a improved search function, and a filter so you can narrow by your Game version. Our Mod installer will also automatically download any dependencymods that you may need! No more checking Curseforge trying to install all the missing dependancies!
Our Modpack installer tab has been overhauled and is for CurseForge modpacks only. We have improved the search functionality, as the last one was not the greatest sadly. You can now easily install specific versions of Modpacks (Which is shown at the top, so you wont forget what version you have!) which allows for easy updating also! The backend , similar to the versions tab, has been custom built which means now instead of waiting for files to download, the Modpack will install within a few seconds to your server, which our console will then setup and install for you automatically! It can easily detect most types of server packs now and easily get it going.
Custom pack, modpack not working or not available? Our free, unlimited modpack installation service is still here - just reach out to Support!
We have of course changed the whole look of the panel, including on mobile. You can swap between dark/light mode in your control panel too - and due to the amount of tabs, we have shifted the navigation bar to the left hand side. We have also added dynamic features, such as easy access to our Discord server and help at the top. The new panel is also slightly faster than the old one. We have also added sound effects which make a sound should your server start/error/stop etc! (I personally use it!)
The new panel also sits independently from any servers, with backend improvements for resilience.
The console has been improved to improve usability based of feedback prior, and we have also added a popout buttom (Bottom right of the console) - meaning you can just have a small popout window for your console if you wish to monitor this on your second monitor for example, without the need of having the full control panel open.
We have also made improvements to the server files tab. We have added a search filter so you can easily find files and folders, we know how frustrating it can be especially with modded servers trying to find that darn config file!
The activity tab (Previously known as the Logs tab) know shows users/subusers avatars for easy identifation, and we have changed the layout slightly to make it more readable. IP addresses are also logged for this, and will show their corrosponding country flag too. The IP itself is greyed out however, if you need to check, you can hover/click on it.
Backups
The automatic backups are still paused for the time-being due to backend issues. You can still create manual backups though to our off-site system!
I wanted to personally thank everyone for their patience during this. It took a lot of effort, work and preparation for the new panel, and we tried to focus our time and energy into the features that we felt would make your experience better. We are always working on improving, and adding new features so do keep an eye out!
