Moved the connect screen to the connect_screen config directive. Made the conf_value field on the configvalue model a TextField so we're not getting truncated at 255 as with a CharField. This means you'll need to delete your config tables and re-sync.

apps/config/models.py

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ class ConfigValue(models.Model):
    Experimental new config model.
    """
    conf_key = models.CharField(maxlength=100)
-   conf_value = models.CharField(maxlength=255  )
+   conf_value = models.TextField()
    
    class Admin:
       list_display = ('conf_key', 'conf_value',)

apps/config/sql/configvalue.sql

@@ -5,3 +5,13 @@ INSERT INTO config_configvalue VALUES(4,'money_name_singular','Credit');
 INSERT INTO config_configvalue VALUES(5,'game_firstrun','1');
 INSERT INTO config_configvalue VALUES(6,'idle_timeout','1800');
 INSERT INTO config_configvalue VALUES(7,'default_home','2');
+INSERT INTO config_configvalue VALUES(8,'connect_screen','
+%%ch%%cb==================================================================%%cn
+ Welcome to Evennia! Please type one of the following to begin:
+
+ If you have an existing account, connect to it by typing:
+        %%chconnect <email> <password2>%%cn
+ If you need to create an account, type (without the <>''s):
+        %%chcreate "<username>" <email> <password>%%cn
+%%ch%%cb==================================================================%%cn
+');

session.py

@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ from django.contrib.auth.models import User
 import functions_db
 import functions_general
 import session_mgr
+import ansi
+import gameconf
 
 class SessionProtocol(StatefulTelnetProtocol):
    """
@@ -117,15 +119,9 @@ class SessionProtocol(StatefulTelnetProtocol):
       
    def game_connect_screen(self):
       """
-      Show the banner screen.
+      Show the banner screen. Grab from the 'connect_screen' config directive.
       """
-      buffer =  '-'*50
-      buffer += ' \n\rWelcome to Evennia!\n\r'
-      buffer += '-'*50 + '\n\r'
-      buffer += """Please type one of the following to begin:\n\r 
-         connect <email> <password>\n\r
-         create \"<username>\" <email> <password>\n\r"""
-      buffer += '-'*50
+      buffer = ansi.parse_ansi(gameconf.get_configvalue('connect_screen'))
       self.msg(buffer)
 
    def is_loggedin(self):

startup.sh

@@ -11,6 +11,6 @@ mv -f $BASE_PATH/logs/evennia.log $BASE_PATH/logs/evennia.logs.old
 ## mode instead of having to uncomment crap.
 
 ## Interactive mode. Good for development and debugging.
-#twistd -noy twistd -ny server.py
+twistd -noy twistd -ny server.py
 ## Stand-alone mode. Good for running games.
-twistd -y server.py
+#twistd -y server.py