if you DON’T add things to config.js then the DEFAULTS apply
(whatever is in the module)

This is not my actual file, but it looks essentially like this:

{
		module: "compliments",
		position: "lower_third",	
		}

In having this conversation, it looks like I have to add the config header and lines to do what I want and then edit that.

in config.js

{ 
 module:"compliments",
position:".....",
config: { 

		compliments: {
			anytime: ["Hey there sexy!"],
			morning: ["Good morning, handsome!", "Enjoy your day!", "How was your sleep?"],
			afternoon: ["Hello, beauty!", "You look sexy!", "Looking good today!"],
			evening: ["Wow, you look hot!", "You look nice!", "Hi, sexy!"],
			"....-01-01": ["Happy new year!"]
		},
}
}

edit away

never touch the source file…

this is the MM model,
what ever is in a modules defaults:{} section
can be overridden in config.js
usually that is all in the module README.md file as part of the instructions

Alternatively, I could copy/paste a second set of those lines, edit them, and “no comment” the defaults. (I think that’s the correct term.) However, that would add/leave in unnecessary lines of code, which strikes me as inefficient.

in the core compliments.js file is the default setting

defaults: {
		compliments: {
			anytime: ["Hey there sexy!"],
			morning: ["Good morning, handsome!", "Enjoy your day!", "How was your sleep?"],
			afternoon: ["Hello, beauty!", "You look sexy!", "Looking good today!"],
			evening: ["Wow, you look hot!", "You look nice!", "Hi, sexy!"],
			"....-01-01": ["Happy new year!"]
		},

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

He needs the extension of the file

yes, exact name

and for this module, the extension MUST be .json

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…

its

remoteFile

not

remotefile

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

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

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

so, in your case, just use the filename

also, the path is wrong
you coded

{
module: 'compliments',

but then coded this for the path (no mmm and capital letters matter on PI )

modules/MMM-Compliments

the module folder name is compliments
this is where the file should be…

modules/default/compliments