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      PHAGE.GOV @sdetweil
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      so sensei @sdetweil , i got this.

      hecking file...  /home/pi/MagicMirror/config/config.js
      Line 41 col 4 Parsing error: Unexpected token Welcome_message
      
      

      so does that just mean i should delete that line altogether?

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        PHAGE.GOV @sdetweil
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        @sdetweil wait so it said the options were “string” and “false” for “welcome message” thats where its wrong, so i think its fixed?? ill update if it isnt fixed lol

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          sdetweil @PHAGE.GOV
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          @PHAGE-GOV said in Config Error:

          so does that just mean i should delete that line altogether?

          no idea… maybe it is an important line,

          but as I said, the error is reported on the line after the actual problem

          if u read the linked getting started

          you would see that elements in config.js are

              sometext : somevalue
          

          where somevalue MUST be quoted before and after (single or double doesn’t matter, as long as both ends are the same)
          unless somevalue is true/false, or a number

          AND you need to add a continuation char (comma ,) at the end to the line if the next line
          is include in this info, or more info is comming (another module config for example)

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            PHAGE.GOV @sdetweil
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            @sdetweil yeah ill try that, i tried fixing “string” because it had an extra space in it but i got the no config.js file again, i will try looking for the other stuff rn

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              sdetweil @PHAGE.GOV
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              @PHAGE-GOV said in Config Error:

              in it but i got the no config.js file again,

              if it has an error in the config, it throws up its hands and says no config…
              yes there is one, but he can’t tell what to do

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                lavolp3 Module Developer @PHAGE.GOV
                last edited by lavolp3

                @PHAGE-GOV I guess you have that part in the alert module.

                It needs to be like @sdetweil said. on the left side a single word, here welcome_message. You need to take care of underlines and the upper-/lowercase.
                Then there is a : and then the value which can be a string or false.

                welcome_message: 'Any string you like'
                

                OR

                welcome_message: false
                

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                  sdetweil @lavolp3
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                  @lavolp3 but his error was

                  Unexpected token Welcome_message

                  so, one at least more this is wrong

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                    lavolp3 Module Developer @sdetweil
                    last edited by lavolp3

                    @sdetweil Looking at above post, there’s looots of errors in the config.

                    @PHAGE-GOV we can’t lead you through all of these.
                    You need to understand how config.js needs to look. Only one comma set false or forgotten breaks the whole file and the mirror.

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                      lavolp3 Module Developer @lavolp3
                      last edited by lavolp3

                      @lavolp3 The alert part needs to look like this:

                      		{
                      			module: "alert",
                      			position: "right",
                      			welcome_message: "a string"
                      		},
                      

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                        PHAGE.GOV @sdetweil
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                        @sdetweil okay so ive been combing through the code, and since i didnt know how to properly edit .json files, i had alot of cleanup to do, im still not done, but getting there. what is a trailing space though? i dont know what to remove

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