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    How do I edit config, I see every new module starts whit going to config.js

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    • strawberry 3.141S Offline
      strawberry 3.141 Project Sponsor Module Developer @KMH0
      last edited by

      @KMH0

      1. open a terminal type in cd ~/MagicMirror/config to change directory
      2. nano config.js
      3. After you made your changes press ctrl+x and confirm
      4. change directory to parent directory cd ..
      5. start the mirror npm start

      Please create a github issue if you need help, so I can keep track

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        KMH0
        last edited by

        Thanks! It worked :D Made my day

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            KMH0 @strawberry 3.141
            last edited by

            @strawberry-3.141 So I was playing around, thinking I knew everything now and my mirror is blank… I was trying to add a module in the config, and now I messed up. Any suggestions?

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              broberg Project Sponsor @KMH0
              last edited by

              @KMH0 post your config, this will help to indentify the issues

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                KMH0 @broberg
                last edited by yawns

                @broberg

                var config = {
                        port: 8080,
                        ipWhitelist: ["127.0.0.1", "::ffff:127.0.0.1", "::1"],
                
                        language: 'en',
                        timeFormat: 24,
                        units: 'metric',
                
                        modules: [
                                {
                                        module: 'alert',
                                },
                                {
                                        module: "updatenotification",
                                        position: "top_bar"
                                },
                                {
                                        module: 'clock',
                                        position: 'top_left'
                                },
                                {
                                        module: 'calendar',
                                        header: 'US Holidays',
                                        position: 'top_left',
                                        config: {
                                                calendars: [
                                                        {
                                                                symbol: 'calendar-check-o ',
                                                                url: 'webcal://www.calendarlabs.com/templates/ical/US-Holidays.ics'
                                                        }
                                                ]
                                        }
                                },
                                {
                                        module: 'compliments',
                                        position: 'lower_third'
                                },
                                {
                                        module: 'currentweather',
                                        position: 'top_right',
                                        config: {
                                                location: 'New York',
                                                locationID: '',  //ID from http://www.openweathermap.org
                                                appid: 'YOUR_OPENWEATHER_API_KEY'
                                        }},
                                {
                                        module: 'newsfeed',
                                        position: 'bottom_bar',
                                        config: {
                                                feeds: [
                                                        {
                                                                title: "New York Times",
                                                                url: "http://www.nytimes.com/services/xml/rss/nyt/HomePage.xml"
                                                        }
                                                ],
                                                showSourceTitle: true,
                                                showPublishDate: true
                                        }
                                },
                        };
                
                /*************** DO NOT EDIT THE LINE BELOW ***************/
                if (typeof module !== 'undefined') {module.exports = config;}
                
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                  yawns Moderator
                  last edited by

                  You missed one ] which I added on 4th line from bottom

                  var config = {
                          port: 8080,
                          ipWhitelist: ["127.0.0.1", "::ffff:127.0.0.1", "::1"],
                  
                          language: 'en',
                          timeFormat: 24,
                          units: 'metric',
                  
                          modules: [
                                  {
                                          module: 'alert',
                                  },
                                  {
                                          module: "updatenotification",
                                          position: "top_bar"
                                  },
                                  {
                                          module: 'clock',
                                          position: 'top_left'
                                  },
                                  {
                                          module: 'calendar',
                                          header: 'US Holidays',
                                          position: 'top_left',
                                          config: {
                                                  calendars: [
                                                          {
                                                                  symbol: 'calendar-check-o ',
                                                                  url: 'webcal://www.calendarlabs.com/templates/ical/US-Holidays.ics'
                                                          }
                                                  ]
                                          }
                                  },
                                  {
                                          module: 'compliments',
                                          position: 'lower_third'
                                  },
                                  {
                                          module: 'currentweather',
                                          position: 'top_right',
                                          config: {
                                                  location: 'New York',
                                                  locationID: '',  //ID from http://www.openweathermap.org
                                                  appid: 'YOUR_OPENWEATHER_API_KEY'
                                          }
                                  },
                                  {
                                          module: 'newsfeed',
                                          position: 'bottom_bar',
                                          config: {
                                                  feeds: [
                                                          {
                                                                  title: "New York Times",
                                                                  url: "http://www.nytimes.com/services/xml/rss/nyt/HomePage.xml"
                                                          }
                                                  ],
                                                  showSourceTitle: true,
                                                  showPublishDate: true
                                          }
                                  },
                            ]
                          };
                  
                  /*************** DO NOT EDIT THE LINE BELOW ***************/
                  if (typeof module !== 'undefined') {module.exports = config;}
                  
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                    KMH0 @yawns
                    last edited by

                    @yawns Thank you so much! But how do I add modules ? Do I just copy paste in to the config?

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                    • yawnsY Offline
                      yawns Moderator @KMH0
                      last edited by

                      @KMH0
                      Actually it is always the same thing.

                      1. Find yourself a module you like, for example: MMM-IP
                      2. Top right on the github repository you see a green button saying “clone or download”. If you click it you get the url for this repository. In this case it is https://github.com/fewieden/MMM-ip.git
                      3. Open a terminal on your pi (either directly or using SSH) and type cd ~/MagicMirror/modules
                      4. Clone the module to your pi by typing git clone https://github.com/fewieden/MMM-ip.git. This downloads the repository and extracts it into a new folder.
                      5. Enter the new directory cd MMM-ip and run npm install (in this case it is not required … the readme should tell you to do so)
                      6. Edit your config file and add the code for the new module as the readme instructs to.
                      7. Restart your magic mirror process and check what happened.

                      Sidenote: If you run into trouble with your config file, you can always paste the content into http://jshint.com/. If everything is fine it will only show this which is fine:

                      One undefined variable
                      64	module
                      
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