Custom Configuration Errors

I have got many errors from my custom config messages.yml and do not have much idea on how to resolve them so i though id post them here.

Code:

Cannot load plugins/Referrals/messages.yml
org.bukkit.configuration.InvalidConfigurationException: while parsing a block mapping
in "<string>", line 1, column 1:
    MESSAGE_FIRST_LOGIN: &aType /ref ...
    ^
expected <block end>, but found FlowEntry
in "<string>", line 2, column 31:
    MESSAGE_NO_PERMISSION: &cSorry, You do not have the required p ...
                                  ^
 
    at org.bukkit.configuration.file.YamlConfiguration.loadFromString(YamlConfiguration.java:55)
    at org.bukkit.configuration.file.FileConfiguration.load(FileConfiguration.java:138)
    at org.bukkit.configuration.file.FileConfiguration.load(FileConfiguration.java:105)
    at org.bukkit.configuration.file.YamlConfiguration.loadConfiguration(YamlConfiguration.java:175)
    at me.sothatsit.referrals.ReferralsMessages.reloadCustomConfig(ReferralsMessages.java:37)
    at me.sothatsit.referrals.ReferralsMessages.getCustomConfig(ReferralsMessages.java:49)
    at me.sothatsit.referrals.ReferralsMessages.loadMessages(ReferralsMessages.java:29)
    at me.sothatsit.referrals.ReferralsMessages.<init>(ReferralsMessages.java:24)
    at me.sothatsit.referrals.Referrals.onEnable(Referrals.java:19)
    at org.bukkit.plugin.java.JavaPlugin.setEnabled(JavaPlugin.java:217)
    at org.bukkit.plugin.java.JavaPluginLoader.enablePlugin(JavaPluginLoader.java:457)
    at org.bukkit.plugin.SimplePluginManager.enablePlugin(SimplePluginManager.java:381)
    at org.bukkit.craftbukkit.v1_5_R3.CraftServer.loadPlugin(CraftServer.java:282)
    at org.bukkit.craftbukkit.v1_5_R3.CraftServer.enablePlugins(CraftServer.java:264)
    at org.bukkit.craftbukkit.v1_5_R3.CraftServer.reload(CraftServer.java:605)
    at org.bukkit.Bukkit.reload(Bukkit.java:185)
    at org.bukkit.command.defaults.ReloadCommand.execute(ReloadCommand.java:23)
    at org.bukkit.command.SimpleCommandMap.dispatch(SimpleCommandMap.java:189)
    at org.bukkit.craftbukkit.v1_5_R3.CraftServer.dispatchCommand(CraftServer.java:523)
    at org.bukkit.craftbukkit.v1_5_R3.CraftServer.dispatchServerCommand(CraftServer.java:512)
    at net.minecraft.server.v1_5_R3.DedicatedServer.an(DedicatedServer.java:262)
    at net.minecraft.server.v1_5_R3.DedicatedServer.r(DedicatedServer.java:227)
    at net.minecraft.server.v1_5_R3.MinecraftServer.q(MinecraftServer.java:477)
    at net.minecraft.server.v1_5_R3.MinecraftServer.run(MinecraftServer.java:410)
    at net.minecraft.server.v1_5_R3.ThreadServerApplication.run(SourceFile:573)
Caused by: while parsing a block mapping
in "<string>", line 1, column 1:
    MESSAGE_FIRST_LOGIN: &aType /ref ...
    ^
expected <block end>, but found FlowEntry
in "<string>", line 2, column 31:
    MESSAGE_NO_PERMISSION: &cSorry, You do not have the required p ...
                                  ^
 
    at org.yaml.snakeyaml.parser.ParserImpl$ParseBlockMappingKey.produce(ParserImpl.java:575)
    at org.yaml.snakeyaml.parser.ParserImpl.peekEvent(ParserImpl.java:161)
    at org.yaml.snakeyaml.parser.ParserImpl.checkEvent(ParserImpl.java:146)
    at org.yaml.snakeyaml.composer.Composer.composeMappingNode(Composer.java:230)
    at org.yaml.snakeyaml.composer.Composer.composeNode(Composer.java:160)
    at org.yaml.snakeyaml.composer.Composer.composeDocument(Composer.java:123)
    at org.yaml.snakeyaml.composer.Composer.getSingleNode(Composer.java:106)
    at org.yaml.snakeyaml.constructor.BaseConstructor.getSingleData(BaseConstructor.java:121)
    at org.yaml.snakeyaml.Yaml.loadFromReader(Yaml.java:480)
    at org.yaml.snakeyaml.Yaml.load(Yaml.java:399)
    at org.bukkit.configuration.file.YamlConfiguration.loadFromString(YamlConfiguration.java:53)
    ... 24 more
08:04:20 [SEVERE] Cannot load configuration from stream
org.bukkit.configuration.InvalidConfigurationException: while parsing a block mapping
in "<string>", line 1, column 1:
    MESSAGE_FIRST_LOGIN: &aType /ref ...
    ^
expected <block end>, but found FlowEntry
in "<string>", line 2, column 31:
    MESSAGE_NO_PERMISSION: &cSorry, You do not have the required p ...
                                  ^
 
    at org.bukkit.configuration.file.YamlConfiguration.loadFromString(YamlConfiguration.java:55)
    at org.bukkit.configuration.file.FileConfiguration.load(FileConfiguration.java:138)
    at org.bukkit.configuration.file.YamlConfiguration.loadConfiguration(YamlConfiguration.java:202)
    at me.sothatsit.referrals.ReferralsMessages.reloadCustomConfig(ReferralsMessages.java:42)
    at me.sothatsit.referrals.ReferralsMessages.getCustomConfig(ReferralsMessages.java:49)
    at me.sothatsit.referrals.ReferralsMessages.loadMessages(ReferralsMessages.java:29)
    at me.sothatsit.referrals.ReferralsMessages.<init>(ReferralsMessages.java:24)
    at me.sothatsit.referrals.Referrals.onEnable(Referrals.java:19)
    at org.bukkit.plugin.java.JavaPlugin.setEnabled(JavaPlugin.java:217)
    at org.bukkit.plugin.java.JavaPluginLoader.enablePlugin(JavaPluginLoader.java:457)
    at org.bukkit.plugin.SimplePluginManager.enablePlugin(SimplePluginManager.java:381)
    at org.bukkit.craftbukkit.v1_5_R3.CraftServer.loadPlugin(CraftServer.java:282)
    at org.bukkit.craftbukkit.v1_5_R3.CraftServer.enablePlugins(CraftServer.java:264)
    at org.bukkit.craftbukkit.v1_5_R3.CraftServer.reload(CraftServer.java:605)
    at org.bukkit.Bukkit.reload(Bukkit.java:185)
    at org.bukkit.command.defaults.ReloadCommand.execute(ReloadCommand.java:23)
    at org.bukkit.command.SimpleCommandMap.dispatch(SimpleCommandMap.java:189)
    at org.bukkit.craftbukkit.v1_5_R3.CraftServer.dispatchCommand(CraftServer.java:523)
    at org.bukkit.craftbukkit.v1_5_R3.CraftServer.dispatchServerCommand(CraftServer.java:512)
    at net.minecraft.server.v1_5_R3.DedicatedServer.an(DedicatedServer.java:262)
    at net.minecraft.server.v1_5_R3.DedicatedServer.r(DedicatedServer.java:227)
    at net.minecraft.server.v1_5_R3.MinecraftServer.q(MinecraftServer.java:477)
    at net.minecraft.server.v1_5_R3.MinecraftServer.run(MinecraftServer.java:410)
    at net.minecraft.server.v1_5_R3.ThreadServerApplication.run(SourceFile:573)
Caused by: while parsing a block mapping
in "<string>", line 1, column 1:
    MESSAGE_FIRST_LOGIN: &aType /ref ...
    ^
expected <block end>, but found FlowEntry
in "<string>", line 2, column 31:
    MESSAGE_NO_PERMISSION: &cSorry, You do not have the required p ...
                                  ^
 
    at org.yaml.snakeyaml.parser.ParserImpl$ParseBlockMappingKey.produce(ParserImpl.java:575)
    at org.yaml.snakeyaml.parser.ParserImpl.peekEvent(ParserImpl.java:161)
    at org.yaml.snakeyaml.parser.ParserImpl.checkEvent(ParserImpl.java:146)
    at org.yaml.snakeyaml.composer.Composer.composeMappingNode(Composer.java:230)
    at org.yaml.snakeyaml.composer.Composer.composeNode(Composer.java:160)
    at org.yaml.snakeyaml.composer.Composer.composeDocument(Composer.java:123)
    at org.yaml.snakeyaml.composer.Composer.getSingleNode(Composer.java:106)
    at org.yaml.snakeyaml.constructor.BaseConstructor.getSingleData(BaseConstructor.java:121)
    at org.yaml.snakeyaml.Yaml.loadFromReader(Yaml.java:480)
    at org.yaml.snakeyaml.Yaml.load(Yaml.java:399)
    at org.bukkit.configuration.file.YamlConfiguration.loadFromString(YamlConfiguration.java:53)
    ... 23 more
08:04:20 [SEVERE] Error occurred while enabling Referrals v0.1 (Is it up to date?)
java.lang.NullPointerException
    at org.bukkit.ChatColor.translateAlternateColorCodes(ChatColor.java:203)
    at me.sothatsit.referrals.ReferralsMessages.loadMessages(ReferralsMessages.java:29)
    at me.sothatsit.referrals.ReferralsMessages.<init>(ReferralsMessages.java:24)
    at me.sothatsit.referrals.Referrals.onEnable(Referrals.java:19)
    at org.bukkit.plugin.java.JavaPlugin.setEnabled(JavaPlugin.java:217)
    at org.bukkit.plugin.java.JavaPluginLoader.enablePlugin(JavaPluginLoader.java:457)
    at org.bukkit.plugin.SimplePluginManager.enablePlugin(SimplePluginManager.java:381)
    at org.bukkit.craftbukkit.v1_5_R3.CraftServer.loadPlugin(CraftServer.java:282)
    at org.bukkit.craftbukkit.v1_5_R3.CraftServer.enablePlugins(CraftServer.java:264)
    at org.bukkit.craftbukkit.v1_5_R3.CraftServer.reload(CraftServer.java:605)
    at org.bukkit.Bukkit.reload(Bukkit.java:185)
    at org.bukkit.command.defaults.ReloadCommand.execute(ReloadCommand.java:23)
    at org.bukkit.command.SimpleCommandMap.dispatch(SimpleCommandMap.java:189)
    at org.bukkit.craftbukkit.v1_5_R3.CraftServer.dispatchCommand(CraftServer.java:523)
    at org.bukkit.craftbukkit.v1_5_R3.CraftServer.dispatchServerCommand(CraftServer.java:512)
    at net.minecraft.server.v1_5_R3.DedicatedServer.an(DedicatedServer.java:262)
    at net.minecraft.server.v1_5_R3.DedicatedServer.r(DedicatedServer.java:227)
    at net.minecraft.server.v1_5_R3.MinecraftServer.q(MinecraftServer.java:477)
    at net.minecraft.server.v1_5_R3.MinecraftServer.run(MinecraftServer.java:410)
    at net.minecraft.server.v1_5_R3.ThreadServerApplication.run(SourceFile:573)

i know the nullpointer exception is from errors retrieving the config. heres the messages.yml

Code:

MESSAGE_FIRST_LOGIN: &aType /refer <code> to set who referred you and get some &6Free Items!
MESSAGE_NO_PERMISSION: &cSorry, You do not have the required permissions

 

Add " " around the text in the config. (Values only)

 

SoThatsIt
Yaml has very strict syntax. For more information see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YAML. If your yaml contains special characters, you value may need to be quoted or the special character escaped.

 

@-_Husky_-​

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ok cheers that worked ​