Minecraft Anyone?

It's not that hard, and what you describe was a problem in SMP period, not just in modding (although that was causing it as well a while back) I'm not sure how stable Bukkit is right now, it was just in early Dev when I last messed with it.. Hmod was pretty stable, but he got tired of constantly updating it to work with the current version of MC, so he just quit on it.

Anyways, first you need something like Bukkit then the mods (called plugins) need to be downloaded. It's really something you'd just have to look up on your own, it's not overly complicated, but it's not as simple as "download this, put it in folder A, download this, put it in folder B and you're good to go". Everything you need to go from a Vanilla MC server to a modded server running all kinds of plugins, and the walkthrough of how to do it is all on that site.

If you have particular issues, I can try to help you if you send me a PM, but I have a real aversion to just telling people exactly what to do in instances like these, you learn a lot simply by doing basic reading and research on your own that I, or anyone else, just can't tell you.

As far as I know there is no such thing as single player modding.

you what? SSP modding is probably bigger than SMP modding

drkcraft.dyndns.org

Don't muck it up too hard or I'll start whitelisting.

My house on the server so far. Unfinished, still need to do some more glass and stuff.

This is nice.

Don't worry about it not being 1.3_01, it automatically updates. To get online you'll need a program called Hamachi that allows you to create or connect to networks before you join them ingame.

If anyone wants to play and can host a server (it takes a lot of RAM) let me know!

kinda not though, since notch is an indie developer who until right before beta built this game by himself and recently started a company he always wanted thanks to the success of the game

Who ever put a *** waterfall in my house, don't. Don't touch my house.
And stole my iron? Really?

i dont usually play smp :<

i always play on peaceful and use ingame invedit
(<-is lame)

so playing with mobs and vanilla with other people is a bit intimidating :<

i'd love to get the map im working on set up to where i can get a couple of helpers, but i dont have a reliable means of setting it up for smp

All you have to do is get it the server up and running so that other people can get on, shut down the server, replace the World folder that the server created with the World folder of your map, and restart the server. Server will then load up your map.

i've already nearly lost my fingerprints from running SSP, if i tried running a server my comp would melt through any surface i put it on

What mod is that? Also give me the info! I'm not a griefer D: the server thats listed here I actually built a very large tower on, I'm a good guy! lol

Edit: Helped build a large tower with 3 other people rather

Spent a few hours picking plugins and finally got everything changed over to bukkit.

So now drkcraft.dyndns.org is running:

AbsorbPlugin - Chests and furnaces will accept items thrown at them
BlastControl - Only Ops can detonate TNT, only privleged users can place TNT, Creepers no longer destroy blocks
CommandBook - Some nice aliases
Cookbook - Mostly just so I can add a Wool->String recipe.
LightVote - Players can vote to change time of day (might remove and force people to use chrono rune :D )
Lockette - Chests and doors can be locked with signs
mcMMO - Stats and levelup system. Mine faster, use special abilities.
MyHome - Classic /home function, only '/home set' enabled for now
NetherGate - Exactly what it says on the tin, yes in multiplayer.
Permissions
Persistence
Worldedit

and finally: Runecraft. A bunch of cool effects and toys that you arrange blocks to perform rituals to utilize. Turn water to ice under your feet, make your pick mine 3x3x3 chunks, or turn the surrounding land upside-down.

Nothing clientside required.