Yeah, I don’t know how I keep missing notifications for this thread. The globe is just a video clip that the company purchased through the marketing department. It’s all of 60 seconds long and is playing through VLC. The Magic Mirror software isn’t running on the center and right displays.

I worked out the command to play the video on a loop and with a borderless configuration and used a cron job to play it after boot.

I hate to be the naysayer, but do remember that depending on your country you may not be able to sell Magic Mirrors as a business. The patent holder on the technology is a Japanese company, I believe. You can make them for personal use & gifts but you can’t sell them as a business without paying them royalties. @MichMich is probably the best person to ask about such things as I believe he went down the rabbit hole and looked into it.

Now, if you want tips on how to save money on your personal mirrors, that’s a great idea. I have found that careful browsing of thrift stores, pawn shops, government auctions and charity retail outlets (Habit For Humanity, Salvation Army, etc.) is a good place to get cheap (if older) LCDs.

@blacter - Okay, a couple things.

First, it’s best to use the markdown features of the board when posting code, rather than screenshots.

Second, you should obfuscate or hide your API keys, lest someone “borrow” them for their own use.

Third, the line obtained from https://iexcloud.io/console/tokens appears to be on its own line without a comment prefix (the // characters) so it is being evaluated by the interpreter. And because it’s a comment and not a setting, it’s probably barfing on that line.

Fourth, the code you quoted is missing a closing } symbol. You have one opened for the config: { line and another open for the { module: 'MMM-SingleStock', portion… but you only have one closing }.

I hope that gets you on your way.

Edited to add: Dammit, @Mykle1 beat me to it.

@chaseb1357 The expensive parts are going to be the monitor and the mirror itself. If you’re willing to put in the time, there are a couple ways to save money.

• Acrylic mirrors are cheaper than glass mirrors and only are only slightly lesser quality. www.tapplastics.com is a decent source for one-way acrylic.
• One-way film is even cheaper than one-way acrylic. If you’re willing to go slow and try multiple times, you can put one-way film on a sheet of plain glass.
• The monitor is the other large expense. If you’re willing to stay with a landscape orientation, you can repurpose a used LCD television instead of a computer monitor. A cheap 32" TV is cheaper than a 32" monitor.
• Honestly, I’d skip the touchscreen aspect. I know you don’t want to hear it, but a touchscreen mirror is just asking for fingerprints & smudges.

@sgarg15 - No. And that’s the fun of experimenting. Find out for yourself.

I could give you the answer, but to do so I would have to do all the work of testing out the various options in order to duplicate what you say that you want. And I would end up passing though various options you might want more than this one. It is far better for you to learn the module and figure out what appeals to you.

Knuckle up and learn.

@AAPS See my post in this thread from November 4th. If you compare the code I included to the default entry for the compliments module, it should get you started. The default code is only this:

{
    module: 'compliments',
    position: 'bottom_center'
},

Basically, everything I included in the config section on Nov 4th is new code that will modify how the module behaves.

You may not even need a new module. I discovered by poking around a bit, the population clock is available as an iFrame. Using the iFrame module, you can probably get this to work.
iframe src="https://www.census.gov/popclock/embed.php?component=counter"

@Kimzer Most likely, it’s a problem with the Weather Underground database. If something is preventing them from receiving an update from the weather station they use to provide you with conditions, then they’ll just stay there until they resolve the issue.

You could try shifting the forecast to another location just to verify that the temperature does change over time. If other locations update, then the problem is on their end. If it doesn’t update temperature at all, then come back and we’ll see what we can find.

If you’re not terribly wedded to Windows, I would recommend Ubuntu. For two significant reasons:

1. Boot times will be faster.
2. The various threads here in the forum include paths to software installations to help troubleshoot. These paths will be much closer to your environment in Ubuntu than they will be using Windows.

More advice for you:

• Whatever monitor you purchase/acquire, be sure the HDMI ports face down.
• Use @sdetweil’s installation scripts when it comes to installing the Magic Mirror framework. (we’re both recommending this. That should be a hint)
• No shame in doing the software part long before building the mirror part. If you’ve never run a table saw, this is a good way to get an early success in.
• Mirror glass is better than mirror acrylic is better than mirror film on glass. With an accompanying difference in price. But it all works. Don’t get too hung up on the hardware aspect.
• Do not power your Pi off of the monitor’s USB ports.