<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[**N00B** Question]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">Hopping on this bandwagon. My family is currently using Google Calendar to track family events and my wife wants a wall display to be able to see these events easier than on her phone. Her initial thought was the Skylight, but I want to try the DIY route before having to spend that kind of money. The features that she wants are:</p>
<p dir="auto">Touch screen to be able to click on the event and get more information.</p>
<p dir="auto">Full Screen Calendar. She doesn’t care about the time, grocery lists, chores, etc (for now)</p>
<p dir="auto">When viewing the calendar to be able to see the full title of the event</p>
<p dir="auto">With that in mind, what module(s) best fit what I’m trying to do? Or, maybe a dumb idea, what about a web browser in Kiosk mode looking at the Google Calendar?</p>
<p dir="auto">Thank you in advance!</p>
]]></description><link>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/19845/n00b-question</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2026 00:25:12 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/19845.rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2025 03:24:40 GMT</pubDate><ttl>60</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to **N00B** Question on Fri, 22 Aug 2025 17:04:17 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/sdetweil" aria-label="Profile: sdetweil">@<bdi>sdetweil</bdi></a> Thank you for that! Ok so taking Touch out of the equation, how do I do this? I know I need to adjust the config.js file and “remove” the other modules that are present and only present the Ext3 module, but to do that do I use mode:hidden or do I comment out the position? Also, how do I get this shared Google Calendar in there? Which of the URLs am I supposed to use? Do I need to do the whole API thing?</p>
<p dir="auto">Thank you again for your help!</p>
]]></description><link>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/128015</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/128015</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Landokirk]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2025 17:04:17 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to **N00B** Question on Fri, 22 Aug 2025 17:13:46 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/landokirk" aria-label="Profile: Landokirk">@<bdi>Landokirk</bdi></a> any module you dont need, just add</p>
<pre><code>disabled:true,
</code></pre>
<p dir="auto">after the</p>
<pre><code>module:
</code></pre>
<p dir="auto">line</p>
<p dir="auto">for the google calendar, use the desktop to go to <a href="http://calendar.google.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow ugc">calendar.google.com</a></p>
<p dir="auto">hover the mouse pointer over the calendar name in the left nav<br />
3  dots will appear to the right, click and pick settings<br />
scroll down to sharing, and locate the ical<br />
url, or secret</p>
<p dir="auto">that is the string used in the default calendar url: setting</p>
<p dir="auto">then for EXT3  you install that module</p>
<p dir="auto">if you use my MMM-Config module, it will provide a form based approach to system and module configuration, and also supports module install.</p>
]]></description><link>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/128016</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/128016</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[sdetweil]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2025 17:13:46 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to **N00B** Question on Fri, 22 Aug 2025 17:04:17 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/sdetweil" aria-label="Profile: sdetweil">@<bdi>sdetweil</bdi></a> Thank you for that! Ok so taking Touch out of the equation, how do I do this? I know I need to adjust the config.js file and “remove” the other modules that are present and only present the Ext3 module, but to do that do I use mode:hidden or do I comment out the position? Also, how do I get this shared Google Calendar in there? Which of the URLs am I supposed to use? Do I need to do the whole API thing?</p>
<p dir="auto">Thank you again for your help!</p>
]]></description><link>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/128015</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/128015</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Landokirk]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2025 17:04:17 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to **N00B** Question on Fri, 22 Aug 2025 14:26:33 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/landokirk" aria-label="Profile: Landokirk">@<bdi>Landokirk</bdi></a> Ext3 provides a wall calendar view…<br />
‘see full title’… well, depends on how long it is…  if you divide the screen into 7 day cells left to right,<br />
you only get 1/7 of the space (minus overhead, borders, cell  boundaries…) … for me personally an event title that wraps is UGLY…</p>
<p dir="auto">Ext3 provides a popup on an event, not edit, just view</p>
<p dir="auto">MM doesn’t provide any native touch support, as its designed as output info display panel<br />
some modules provide limited touch (like carousel and page allow you to touch button to get to other module views (logical pages)</p>
<p dir="auto">MM can only show or hide modules… so a page is a group of modules shown together while others are not shown</p>
]]></description><link>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/128014</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/128014</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[sdetweil]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2025 14:26:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to **N00B** Question on Fri, 22 Aug 2025 14:20:50 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/_v_" aria-label="Profile: _V_">@<bdi>_V_</bdi></a> if you are going to use Ext3 for the wall calendar display, then you can hide the default (and no styling required…)</p>
<p dir="auto">just comment out its<br />
position:<br />
setting in config.js<br />
//position</p>
<p dir="auto">then it won’t show, but still provide events to other modules (Like Ext3)</p>
]]></description><link>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/128012</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/128012</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[sdetweil]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2025 14:20:50 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to **N00B** Question on Fri, 22 Aug 2025 14:09:57 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">Hey <a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/landokirk" aria-label="Profile: Landokirk">@<bdi>Landokirk</bdi></a></p>
<p dir="auto">I am also new here and just get stuff done so far.<br />
The Raspberry route is definitely the one to recommend - you cant beat the low cost factor.</p>
<p dir="auto">Unfortunately I cant tell you anything about touch, since I went non touch.<br />
Full screen calender is no problem at all, just remember you start with a basic calender which youd have to format/style, if you also want the Google appearance.  In the module calendarEXT3 there is a marquee function, so that longer event titles just scroll through to make em readable completely.</p>
<p dir="auto">I was thinking about a browser view too, but felt that this was just “not enough”, not special enough. There are also different apps people offer to achieve the same thing like MagicMirror ( but its easier to set up in this case), but usually theyre paid at some point.</p>
<p dir="auto">If youre only after calender, this could lead to ( if you take default apps out of the config ) almost the complete screen free for it. Based on that, you still have to figure out how big of a screen is needed for your “eyes”. ^^</p>
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