Hi very beginners question here.

steveuk

Hi all.
I’m very new to magic mirror.
So I managed to get it running on the basic layout and thought I’d try my first module and with the simple dad jokes one.
I have the folder showing in the modules folders and then 8 went to the main config.js file to enter the bit of code.

var config = {
    modules: [
        {
            module: 'MMM-Dad-Jokes',
            position: 'bottom_left', // Or wherever you want
            config: {
                updateInterval: 60000,
                fadeSpeed: 4000
            }
        }
    ]
}

But it’s not working I’m getting a error when loading saying about not having a valid config file.
I think I’m copying and pasting it in the wrong part or I’m copying too much of it.
Could someone break it down for me with what I do with the above code on a fresh config file as I’m not actually sure where to do the curser click when I click paste is it after the last closed bracket ?
Cheers

sdetweil

@steveuk it looks good… try running the checker

npm run check:config

from the MM folder

u need all that upper stuff too, right?

  address: "", // 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: 8086,
  ipWhitelist: [], // 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: 12,
  units: "imperial",

steveuk

@sdetweil
Hi thanks the reply yeah I have all the upper parts as normal.
I deleted the file and tried again with a different module following YouTube and got it to work.
I noticed some of these instructions on the module installation come with extra bits of text I don’t need to copy and paste in, I think I’m confusing myself with when I need the { } and },
But like I say I did get a module to show up but in the config I put “bottom_right” but it shows on the top left.
Thanks again.

sdetweil

@steveuk a module entry will have at LEAST this

{
    module: 'module_name',
    position: 'some_region_name',
    config: {
        // module specific info
    }
},

see here for the region definitions
https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/286/regions

Mykle1

@steveuk said in Hi very beginners question here.:

Could someone break it down for me with what I do with the above code on a fresh config file as I’m not actually sure where to do the curser click when I click paste is it after the last closed bracket ?

It should look like this. Your entry was missing a comma after the last curly bracket.

{
            module: 'MMM-Dad-Jokes',
            position: 'bottom_left', // Or wherever you want
            config: {
                updateInterval: 60000,
                fadeSpeed: 4000
            }
        },

This will help you understand the format of a config entry.

https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/4231/how-to-add-modules-for-absolute-beginners

steveuk

@Mykle1 @sdetweil
That’s great
Thanks for the help guys.