homepage
http://dl.bukkit.org/Getting started:
(read this to set up your own server)
http://wiki.bukkit.org/Setting_up_a_serverCraftbukkit is a more advanced server. Mojang also lets you create your own server but you cannot add any plugins.
Now, plugins are your main and only source of what makes your server unique.
I only use 1 plugin, since I have my own server I dont need ranks or anything else but building commands.
-Worldedit plugin
http://wiki.sk89q.com/wiki/WorldEditIt takes 1 hour of a video tutorial just to go over all the commands.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-sYSdwM-Lc
instead of making 1 block at a time, I can create as many as I want depending on what command I use and so forth. Same goes for removing blocks. much funner to build as you can build much faster.