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A New Chapter for MagicMirror: The Community Takes the Lead
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    sdetweil @notacomputerguy
    last edited by Apr 18, 2022, 3:17 AM

    @notacomputerguy read the two topics in my signature below. I didn’t write them but they will help get you started…

    some modules have trouble cause things change so much

    see
    https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/15778/fix-for-black-screen-in-2-16-and-later

    there is a lot to learn

    Sam

    How to add modules

    learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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      sdetweil @notacomputerguy
      last edited by Apr 18, 2022, 3:21 AM

      @notacomputerguy the latest release also removes the old current and forecast modules and replaced them w one that takes a new parameter to choose how u want to see the data

      so no video of stuff that came out April 1st…

      Sam

      How to add modules

      learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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        sdetweil @sdetweil
        last edited by Apr 18, 2022, 3:21 AM

        you could copy the sample config again to get back to install time config

        Sam

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          sdetweil @sdetweil
          last edited by Apr 18, 2022, 3:24 AM

          best experience says work on one module at a time.

          when stuck ask for help, resolve and move on to next.

          Sam

          How to add modules

          learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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            notacomputerguy @sdetweil
            last edited by Apr 18, 2022, 3:36 PM

            @sdetweil I was kind of hoping this would be a one and done thing. It seems like things become obsolete really quick. I don’t plan on making this a full on hobby, I just wanted a magic mirror that would work for the next few years maintenance free… Maybe this isnt for me.

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              sdetweil @notacomputerguy
              last edited by sdetweil Apr 18, 2022, 4:36 PM Apr 18, 2022, 4:07 PM

              @notacomputerguy you might get lucky, but I wouldn’t count on it.

              we all loved weather modules, but now every provider demands registration and money for things we used to get for free…
              and they kill the old apis, sometimes w no notice.

              apple bought darsky
              ibm bought weather underground

              none of those work free anymore

              keeping things going for customers is no longer the thing.

              modules here were created by someone with a need, and willingness to share their stuff…many authors have moved on since then, and their stuff becomes brittle with all the changes around them…

              maintenance was one thing, constant rev rewrites are a killer.

              Sam

              How to add modules

              learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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                cowboysdude Module Developer @notacomputerguy
                last edited by cowboysdude Apr 18, 2022, 8:51 PM Apr 18, 2022, 8:50 PM

                @notacomputerguy I would look for the lastest weather module that still uses an api key and try that. :) Even the one I wrote is obsolete… as many providers as there were they are no more so that, as Sams says, breaks things.

                The ONLY reason I have free weather api is because I have a weather station so 2 services provide me with keys as long as I provide them with data…

                The state of how things are… ugh… it’s weather for God’s sake … but data is $$ to companies… the little guy be damned.

                If that’s what’s holding you up skip the weather for now and start with stock modules and build up :) We’re here to help… it doesn’t have to be a full time job!

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                  sdetweil @cowboysdude
                  last edited by Apr 18, 2022, 10:15 PM

                  @cowboysdude i picked on weather as an example of changing times, not specifically what the OP was struggling with

                  Sam

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                    ankonaskiff17 @notacomputerguy
                    last edited by Apr 24, 2022, 3:03 AM

                    @notacomputerguy I use weather.gov for both current and forecast per module @sdetweil mentions.
                    I wrote a marginal explainer over a year ago about how to use weather.gov as provider.
                    You have to do some pre-work on some pages in National Weather Service website to copy over to the config file weather module section.
                    I didn’t start messing the MM’s too far back and it is one of those type projects that you have an ah-ha lightbulb go off in your head where you feel like you’ve been fighting with MM and then it all comes together as a unified whole.
                    Hard part is persevering through and not quitting.

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                      cowboysdude Module Developer @ankonaskiff17
                      last edited by Apr 26, 2022, 10:52 AM

                      @ankonaskiff17 I agree!!! Once you get it, you get it but that can take a bit to understand.

                      I’m hoping things are getting easier for you!
                      My suggestion is this.

                      Once you have the mirror running and working make a copy of your config.js file that way if you add something and it breaks the mirror you have your backup that you know works.

                      Problems persist as they always will. Make backups :)

                      Once you have a running mirror with all the modules you want/need then backup the entire thing and you’ll always have a fresh copy already setup in case you need it :)

                      I’ve been here almost from the beginning so setting this up and getting things running is just a matter of how long it takes the pi to move so I can get it done LOL.

                      My mirror is setup up with quite a few of my own modules running that I’ve built for my use.

                      Weather module
                      [with hourly and daily forecast]
                      My version of Holiday module
                      I’m using someone else’s PIR module [Name cannot mention he gets mad]
                      Sams config module
                      My own clock module
                      Background module
                      Sniles HA module [to get sensors from Home Assistant on my mirror]

                      That’s about it.

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