Calvin and Hobbs

plainbroke

Lost Calvin and Hobbs,
I have reinstalled per, “git clone https://github.com/rahultadak/MMM-CalvinAndHobbes” .
I get a screen that says loading. So I tried removing and , “git clone https://github.com/B3DTech/MMM-CalvinAndHobbes”
Both just give me a loading screen.
So I redid the first one and added the node_helper.js from the second one.
Don’t remember where I saw to do that but it gives me a comic on the screen from a long while back and never changes.
Any IDEA’s what to do to get the comics back? B3DTechs version doesn’t work for me.
FYI:
I am on the latest of Bookworm 12 and MM v 2.3.1
All the other 25+ modules are working using Sam’s pages module…
Here is my config.js section

                {
                        module: "MMM-CalvinAndHobbes",
                        position: "middle_center",
                        config: {
                                invertColors: false,
                                grayScale: false,
                                updateInterval: 200000,
                                limitComicHeight: -1,
                                maxHeight: "98%"
                        }
                },

HELP ME I have fallen down a rabbit hole and can’t find the way out…
My wife loves this comic. So please help.

plainbroke

When I put this in my browser it takes me to todays calvin and hobbs and works in chrome and edge
https://featureassets.gocomics.com/assets/22449d40fc5e013d9b5b005056a9545d
Do I need to use this in one of the files in the Calvin and hobbs directory?

sdetweil

@plainbroke this module does scraping of the today page html to find the url of the image

Maybe they changed the page layout

plainbroke

@sdetweil
I am hoping that B3DTech will jump in and help me fix this he had it working for a while. Do you think since it requires a subscription on that page now, that we will not be able to scape the cartoon off of that page anymore?

sdetweil

@plainbroke got no idea. Away from my system so can’t look at the page contents

sdetweil

@plainbroke try this

using this version https://github.com/B3DTech/MMM-CalvinAndHobbes.git
in the node_helper.js

comment out this line

            const $ = cheerio.load(html);
            //$('div[class^="ShowFiveFavorites"]').remove(); <----- comment out like this

must restart MM as the node_helper is loaded only at MM startup time

plainbroke

@sdetweil
Well that brought back the screen I have been stuck on, (that does not update)., I think it is the comic from april 3rd 2025, and now it is scrunched up at the top of my screen instead of filling the screen.
Too weird how that one line does that.

.MMM-CalvinAndHobbes .module-content {
        Margin-top: 10px;
        Margin-left: 10px;
        max-width: 1810px;
        max-height: 1025px;
        width: 1810px;
        height: 1025px;
        overflow: hidden;
}

#cahcomiccontent {
        width: 1810px;
        height: 1025px;
}

Is what I have had in my custom.css for a long time to show the comic full screen.
That took a lot of tweaking to get just right.

sdetweil

@plainbroke i click the screen and it goes to center

i dont see why the image is scrunched and stretched

this is all the time i can invest in this

plainbroke

@sdetweil
That is ok, really.
I am burnt out too trying to get it up and running myself.
I am thinking unless someone else wants to put a bunch of time in to figuring out what changed. I am done with this one.
I do appreciate the time you have invested in trying to figure it out…
Thank you very much for your help…
I will mark it resolved.

karsten13

@plainbroke

invested some time to grab the comic url, you can try my fork.

plainbroke

@karsten13
Thank you so very much for your work.
I did have to restore the original css file from the original builder of this module.
So I could get the full screen to work. Other wise it works so great now.
My wife is very pleased.
Thank you again for your great work…

Just Jeff

karsten13

@plainbroke said in Calvin and Hobbs:

I did have to restore the original css file from the original builder of this module.

hm, did I fork from the wrong repo?

If you share a link to the original file you mentioned I can update it on my fork.

plainbroke

@karsten13
No you did not fork from the wrong repo, someone merged the two repo’s so they where the same I have the full original that i backed up the files to my nas drive.
I do not know how to send them to you or even share them. Not sure why the css was changed either. If it is not to technical I could try to load it somewhere on here for you…

karsten13

@plainbroke said in Calvin and Hobbs:

I do not know how to send them to you or even share them. Not sure why the css was changed either. If it is not to technical I could try to load it somewhere on here for you…

you could publish the content of the file here as text using a code block

content

plainbroke

@karsten13
The original cahcomic.css contains only this.
Hope this helps you. I am not very good with all this code stuff.
Mainly I do it through trial and error.

/* The basic container */
.cahcomiccontainer {
    overflow: hidden;

    /* To make the height of the container exact. */
    -webkit-box-sizing: border-box;
    -moz-box-sizing: border-box;
    box-sizing: border-box;
}
#cahcomiccontent {
  white-space: nowrap;
  position: relative;
  overflow: hidden;    /* Required to make ellipsis work */
  text-overflow: clip;
  
  top: 0%;
  
  -webkit-transition: top 3s, height 3s;
  -moz-transition: top 3s, height 3s;
  transition: top 3s, height 3s;
}

plainbroke

Screenshot 2025-06-09 140803.png
Hopefully you can tell it fills my screen and is todays Monday June 9 2025’s
comic. We really love this comic, both my wife and I are big fans of Calvin and Hobbs comic. I really appreciate the help you provided getting the comic back to working form for us… Keep up the great work you are appreciated…

karsten13

@plainbroke said in Calvin and Hobbs:

The original cahcomic.css contains only this.

I updated my fork with the original css, for updating go into the module folder and do

# remove all changed stuff in this repo out of the way:
git reset --hard
# pull new version:
git pull

plainbroke

@karsten13
Done, Thank you. Working like it should now.