config

[geo]

@sdetweil hi after another attempt i find the config is empty all that is available is the sample

[sdetweil]

@geo i posted the corrected config.js above, cut/paste it back into the ~/MagicMiror/config/config.js file

[geo]

@geo would it be better to delete and re install

[sdetweil]

@geo no… just missing the config file…
select the text in my post above, right click mouse, select copy,
then open an editor on the file and right click mouse paste

i use ssh and BitVise ssh client so I can access and edit files thru my windows machine

[geo]

@sdetweil hi sorry but i am stuck config.js is empty and cant find text editor

[sdetweil]

@geo nano is a text editor

you can also do

cp config.js.sample config.js

to copy the initial

[geo]

totally totally out of my depth and do not understand why my config.js is empty and why the text editor is missing.sorry

[geo]

@sdetweil hi i think i am back on track.you say to cut,is that the same as copy,because when i right click on your config all i see is copy.cheers

[sdetweil]

@geo cut/paste is the generic term for the operations of marking the source, and transferring it to the destination

copy is the non destructive form of cut

[geo]

@geo said in config:

geo

this is what i have

/* Magic Mirror Config Sample
 *
 * By Michael Teeuw http://michaelteeuw.nl
 * MIT Licensed.
 */*
 *
 * By Michael Teeuw http://michaelteeuw.nl
 * MIT Licensed.
 *
 * For more information how you can configurate this file
 * See https://github.com/MichMich/MagicMirror#configuration/*
 *
 * By Michael Teeuw http://michaelteeuw.nl
 * MIT Licensed.
 *
 * For more information how you can configurate this file
 * See https://github.com/MichMich/MagicMirror#configuration
 *
 */

var config = {
	address: "localhost", // Address to listen on, can be:
	                      // - "localhost", "127.0.0.1", "::1" to listen on loopback interface
	                      // - another specific IPv4/6 to listen on a specific interface
	                      // - "", "0.0.0.0", "::" to listen on any interface
	                      // Default, when address config is left out, is "localhost"
	port: 8080,
	ipWhitelist: ["127.0.0.1", "::ffff:127.0.0.1", "::1"], // Set [] to allow all IP addresses
	                                                       // or add a specific IPv4 of 192.168.1.5 :
	                                                       // ["127.0.0.1", "::ffff:127.0.0.1", "::1", "::ffff:192.168.1.5"],
	                                                       // or IPv4 range of 192.168.3.0 --> 192.168.3.15 use CIDR format :
	                                                       // ["127.0.0.1", "::ffff:127.0.0.1", "::1", "::ffff:192.168.3.0/28"],

	language: "en",
	timeFormat: 24,
	units: "metric",

	modules: [
		{
			module: "alert",
		},
		{
			module: "updatenotification",
			position: "top_bar"
		},
		{
			module: "clock",
			position: "top_left"
		},
		{
			module: "calendar",
			header: "GB Holidays",
			position: "top_left",
			config: {
				calendars: [
					{
						symbol: "calendar-check",
						url: "webcal://www.calendar/embed?src=en.uk%23holiday%40group.v.calendar.google.com"					}
				]
			}
		},
		{
			module: "compliments",
			position: "lower_third"
		},
		{
			module: "currentweather",
			position: "top_right",
			config:  {     
				location: "",
				locationID: "53.9576",  //ID from http://bulk.openweathermap.org/sample/city.list.json.gz; unzip the gz file and find your city
				appid: "76b503a29647f3a01dd9ba1055daea6d",
			}
		},
		{
			module: "weatherforecast",
			position: "top_right",
			header: "Weather Forecast",
			config: {
				location: "",
				
				
				locationID: "53.9576",  //ID from http://bulk.openweathermap.org/sample/city.list.json.gz; unzip the gz file and find your city
				appid: "76b503a29647f3a01dd9ba1055daea6d",
			}
		},
		{
			module: "newsfeed",
			position: "bottom_bar",
			config: {
				feeds: [
					{
						title:  "BBC",
						url: "http://WWW.BBC.com/services/xml/rss/bbc/HomePage.xml",
					}
				],
				showSourceTitle: true,
				
				showPublishDate: true,
				broadcastNewsFeeds: false,
				broadcastNewsUpdates: true,
			}
		},
	]

};