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    HanaO00 @sdetweil
    last edited by Apr 19, 2021, 8:46 PM

    @sdetweil Thanks for your reply, MMM-Compliments was a folder that i make for customs compliments, but now the path for compliments is :

    /home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/default/compliments/
    

    A screen of my config for compliments, but doesn’t work

    Screenshot-2021-04-19_22-43-53.png

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      sdetweil @HanaO00
      last edited by Apr 19, 2021, 9:59 PM

      @hanao00 every letter matters

      its

      remoteFile
      

      not

      remotefile
      

      on linux things are case sensitive
      javascript is case sensitive on all platforms…

      Sam

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        HanaO00 @sdetweil
        last edited by Apr 19, 2021, 10:19 PM

        @sdetweil Thank you I hadn’t paid attention, I corrected the case but it still uses the default compliments

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          sdetweil @HanaO00
          last edited by Apr 19, 2021, 10:27 PM

          @hanao00

          if the file upload fails, the defaults are used…

          open the developers window, ctrl-shift-i on the pi keyboard,
          select the console tab, and scroll up, or enter some unique part of the module name in the filter field
          to slim down messages to the module

          make sure the name is exact…

          Sam

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            HanaO00
            last edited by Apr 19, 2021, 10:33 PM

            Oh perfect, thanks ! He needs the extension of the file

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              sdetweil @HanaO00
              last edited by sdetweil Apr 19, 2021, 10:35 PM Apr 19, 2021, 10:34 PM

              @hanao00 said in Compliments module external file:

              He needs the extension of the file

              yes, exact name

              and for this module, the extension MUST be .json

              Sam

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                HanaO00 @sdetweil
                last edited by Apr 19, 2021, 10:41 PM

                @sdetweil Thank you

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                  CheapDad
                  last edited by Apr 20, 2021, 1:44 PM

                  May I ask a follow on question? Is the source of the core compliments editable? Meaning, not the source code, but the source of the sayings that appear on the screen. I like the existing compliments but would like to customize what actually appears on the screen.

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                    sdetweil @CheapDad
                    last edited by Apr 20, 2021, 1:48 PM

                    @cheapdad you should not edit THAT content

                    you can copy into your own file and edit from there, OR add it to the config.js

                    general rule… unless there is bug u are fixing short term, or a feature u are adding,
                    do NOT edit the module content (any file) in the defaults folder…

                    and overall should never edit the installed module files at all…

                    config.js is designed to allow to override the settings defined by the modules

                    Sam

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                      CheapDad
                      last edited by Apr 20, 2021, 1:51 PM

                      Understood, but the entry in my config.js for just the line that says “compliments.” There’s no indication in config.js where that pulls from. The add-on compliments modules have extra lines with a website address, etc., but I don’t see where the core module is getting what it puts on the screen.

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