Collaboration of MMM-ProfileSwitcher and MMM-pages modules

[sdetweil]

@Kostosso so, before I get to switcher, etc

change your model for pages

pages uses the CLASSES of the modules.
either the module name class, or those assigned in the classes: property

for me the most logical thing is the declare in pages

    modules [
                             ["page1"],
                             ["page2"],
                              ...
                             ["pagen"]
      ]

for each of the ‘pages’ (module groupings) you want to display

THEN at each module, in the classes: property
set the pages u want that module to show on

so, for only page1

      classes:"page1"

for pages 1 and 3

      classes:"page1 page3"

then you configure at the module

now, that also fixes the problem of multiple instances, cause you assign the instance to the page u want it on…

[sdetweil]

@Kostosso said in Collaboration of MMM-ProfileSwitcher and MMM-pages modules:

But I don’t know how should I write this.sendNotification(‘CURRENT_PROFILE’, ‘DESIRED_PROFILE_NAME_HERE’);

now… that needs to be sent by SOME other module…

most of those other modules have some kind of config

remote_control
alexaControl
facereco_dnn (altho it uses classes directly like pages, so you wouldn’t need profile switcher)…

where u can put the notification string ‘CURRENT_PROFILE’
and whatever data (aka payload) that notification expects…

now you can ALSO add other classes that can make profile switching easier…

for me add SAM to the list of classes
then show modules with classes containing SAM

that is what the profile module does…

so, in remote_control is would be ‘CURRENT_PROFILE’,'SAM"

[Kostosso]

@sdetweil
Thank you so much, but I didn’t fully understand where I need to specify

['page1']
['page2']


['pagen'] 

and how do I link this definition to MMM-pages modules?

I realized that I define classes in the header of each module

module:'MMM-page-indicator',
        classes: 'default everyone',

Can you elaborate a little more on this or a link where you can read it.

[sdetweil]

@Kostosso i posted it

pages has a config option

    modules: [
    ]

which has the list of page configurations

[sdetweil]

@Kostosso

setup your pages config as I had shown

only one classname in each ‘page’ definition, ‘page1’,‘page2’, etc

then go to a module definition

calendar

what pages do you want THIS instance to appear on

add those ‘page’ names to the classes list

repeat thru all the modules in config.

now profile is a DIFFERENT way of selecting modules

they take some logical profile name

by person
SAM
MARY
SUE
TOM

so you would add THOSE profile name(maybe more than 1) to the modules you want shown of THAT person (or more)

suppose u want the family calendar to be shown for both mom and dad and they have profile names that way
you would add “mom dad” to the classes list for that calendar entry, but not for the kids profiles

and then u would tell profile switch (via the notification), which PROFILE name to show modules for…

MagicMirror can only show or hide modules… everything in config.js is loaded EVERY time it starts up.

[Kostosso]

@sdetweil
How and where to use classes: I understood in modules.

I read a lot of articles in the forum, but never our sample structure

modules:[
[ ‘page1’ ],
[‘page2’]
]
And how to apply it in practice, I did not find.

Maybe there is a piece of the config file where it can be seen in detail (example).

:folded_hands: Thanks again for your help.

[sdetweil]

@Kostosso

you won’t find this documented anywhere, its just my idea of making it all better

i took the sample config (config.js.sample)

and added mmm-pages

and used the sample mm-pages config (its only for a few modules) (from the readme.md)

mmm-pages added at the end…
only classes: added for the pages defined

    modules: [
        {
            module: "alert",
        },
        {
            module: "updatenotification",
            position: "top_bar"
        },
        {
            module: "clock",
            position: "top_left"
        },
        {
            module: "calendar",
            header: "US Holidays",
            position: "top_left",
            classes:"page2"
            config: {
                calendars: [
                    {
                        symbol: "calendar-check",
                        url: "webcal://www.calendarlabs.com/ical-calendar/ics/76/US_Holidays.ics"
                    }
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            module: "compliments",
            position: "lower_third",
            classes:"page2"
        },
        {
            module: "weather",
            position: "top_right",
            config: {
                weatherProvider: "openweathermap",
                type: "current",
                location: "New York",
                locationID: "5128581", //ID from http://bulk.openweathermap.org/sample/city.list.json.gz; unzip the gz file and find your city
                apiKey: "YOUR_OPENWEATHER_API_KEY"
            }
        },
        {
            module: "weather",
            position: "top_right",
            header: "Weather Forecast",
            config: {
                weatherProvider: "openweathermap",
                type: "forecast",
                location: "New York",
                locationID: "5128581", //ID from http://bulk.openweathermap.org/sample/city.list.json.gz; unzip the gz file and find your city
                apiKey: "YOUR_OPENWEATHER_API_KEY"
            }
        },
        {
            module: "newsfeed",
            position: "bottom_bar",
            classes:"page1",
            config: {
                feeds: [
                    {
                        title: "New York Times",
                        url: "https://rss.nytimes.com/services/xml/rss/nyt/HomePage.xml"
                    }
                ],
                showSourceTitle: true,
                showPublishDate: true,
                broadcastNewsFeeds: true,
                broadcastNewsUpdates: true
            }
        },
        {
            module: 'MMM-pages',
            config: {
                    modules:
                        [
                         [ "page1"],
                         [ "page2"]
                        ],
                    fixed: [ "clock", "weather", "MMM-page-indicator" ], // could have used 'fixed' as a classname here and add that to fixed modules
                    hiddenPages: {      // same here screensaver and admin classes
                        "screenSaver": [ "clock", "MMM-SomeBackgroundImageModule" ],
                        "admin": [ "MMM-ShowMeSystemStatsModule", "MMM-AnOnScreenMenuModule" ],
                    },
            }
        }
   ]
};

[Kostosso]

:thumbs_up: Super! Issue closed!

THANK YOU SO MUCH!:handshake: