Are you tired of editing config.js, or have trouble doing it, see my new module

sdetweil

@DarkV it takes a little bit of info

a url contains
a protocol type secure(https) or not (http)
a server name or address
a port
a path
and optionally some parameters

for MMM-Config

just protocol, server, port and path

on your local network, we dont need to build our everything for secure encrypted communications

if the machine you are opening the browser on is the same machine as MagicMirror is running, then you can use localhost
otherwise you need to know the MagicMirror server ip address or network name

the port value comes from the MagicMirror config.js, default is 8080
(if you dont see a port specified in a url, then the browser uses the default for the protocol, 80 or 443 not/secure, as appropriate)

and then the path, for MMM-Config there are two :

for configuration
/configure
and for module installation
/installer

http://ip:port/configure

on the same machine, using defaults
http://localhost:8080/configure

IamWayne

Hello, Newbie here, how do you go about using this? What do I need to get started? Do I need Node.js? Have it installed, yet completely lost. How about a guide or video. Thanks

sdetweil

@IamWayne did you add the module to config.js?
and restart MagicMirror?

if so then the url from the doc

http://ip:mm_port/configure

but by default the MagicMirror config only allows apps from inside the same system to connect, so you would have to minimize MagicMirror then launch a browser to

http://localhost:8080/configure

or for the module installer

http://localhost:8080/installer

IamWayne

Oh I think that I understand now. I have to add this to the MM installer in the correct folder, correct?

sdetweil

@IamWayne this is an add on module, not part of the base

see the 1st link in my signature below for short topic about installing modules

citizendevpi

this module works very well , thanks for the hard work and time . makes this project simple and fun !!