HTML MOTDs on CS:GO

popey456963 · **Author**

Now for a most simplistic issue. Just started running a CS:GO server yesterday, got everything setup, plugins, sourcemod, metamod, etc. absolutely beautifully. Nginx reverse proxy with a PHP/Node.js backend? In 10 minutes. Then, I come to setting an MOTD.

And I struggle.

So, in my CS:GO folder I've edited motd.txt to be some text, "Hello" works fine. Then, I realise I can link to a webpage, I'm ecstatic and change it to http://popey.ddns.net/ - A website that currently has one header tag saying "Welcome to the Server!", O most complex of all HTML. I load up CS:GO, and I just get a grey screen which no text on it.

Can anyone see where I went wrong? (My motd.txt is currently a single line with http://popey.ddns.net/ on it)

Float · 05-22-2016 , 13:05 Re: HTML MOTDs on CS:GO

cl_disablehtmlmotd 0 ?
Also, why a nginx reverse proxy?

**DarkDeviL** · 05-22-2016 , 15:29 Re: HTML MOTDs on CS:GO

Quote:

Originally Posted by popey456963

Now for a most simplistic issue. Just started running a CS:GO server yesterday, got everything setup, plugins, sourcemod, metamod, etc. absolutely beautifully. Nginx reverse proxy with a PHP/Node.js backend? In 10 minutes. Then, I come to setting an MOTD.

And I struggle.

So, in my CS:GO folder I've edited motd.txt to be some text, "Hello" works fine. Then, I realise I can link to a webpage, I'm ecstatic and change it to http://popey.ddns.net/ - A website that currently has one header tag saying "Welcome to the Server!", O most complex of all HTML. I load up CS:GO, and I just get a grey screen which no text on it.

Can anyone see where I went wrong? (My motd.txt is currently a single line with http://popey.ddns.net/ on it)

If you are looking to bake a cake, and it needs 10 different ingredients, but you are only using 5 of them, then the result won't be as you expect..

A MOTD window that is 100% black (or, ... "blank" to use your word) is normally the sign of either invalid or missing HTML code.

Code:

<h1>Welcome to the Server!</h1>

is not valid HTML code, you need at least a little bit more than that...

Powerlord · 05-22-2016 , 16:25 Re: HTML MOTDs on CS:GO

Quote:

Originally Posted by arne1288

If you are looking to bake a cake, and it needs 10 different ingredients, but you are only using 5 of them, then the result won't be as you expect..

A MOTD window that is 100% black (or, ... "blank" to use your word) is normally the sign of either invalid or missing HTML code.

Code:

<h1>Welcome to the Server!</h1>

is not valid HTML code, you need at least a little bit more than that...

Actually, thanks to HTML5 winning out over XHTML, it is valid HTML code because the browser will auto-insert the html and body tags for you.

**DarkDeviL** · 05-22-2016 , 19:33 Re: HTML MOTDs on CS:GO

Quote:

Originally Posted by Powerlord

Actually, thanks to HTML5 winning out over XHTML, it is valid HTML code because the browser will auto-insert the html and body tags for you.

While it is true that it would normally work in "most" browsers; the MOTD windows have been very strict during the past, only ending up with a black screen (where you could mark everything to make text visible, etc) unless the HTML/CSS/etc was made very well.

I won't argue whether or not it may have changed within the past 2-3 months or so, but other than that, it has been quite steady on being strict for at least the past 5 years, if not more.

Float · 05-23-2016 , 11:48 Re: HTML MOTDs on CS:GO

Quote:

Originally Posted by arne1288

While it is true that it would normally work in "most" browsers; the MOTD windows have been very strict during the past, only ending up with a black screen (where you could mark everything to make text visible, etc) unless the HTML/CSS/etc was made very well.

I won't argue whether or not it may have changed within the past 2-3 months or so, but other than that, it has been quite steady on being strict for at least the past 5 years, if not more.

@OP, this means to use

Code:

<html>
<head>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Text here.</h1>
</body>
</html>

and test it.

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