@plainbroke Yes, that might do the trick! If MagicMirror manages to keep the two settings in sync.

@xIExodusIx Hi!

First, the green debug code was displayed because I forgot to set it to “false” by default. You can change this in config.js, but I’ll update the default setting so it only appears when the user wants it (ie when setting “true” in config.js).

Second, the module still has some quirks in its startup behavior—it requires a full cycle before everything runs smoothly. I’m working on it, but to be honest, it’s a low-priority fix since it’s a fringe case. Typically, the module will be running continuously, so birthday initialization should trigger when the mirror is already active. That’s probably why you’re not seeing the confetti right away.

Third, regarding the different versions of Fireworks—absolutely! The reason there are multiple versions is simply that I left them in from my experiments. I didn’t originally plan to include that functionality, but once the core features are fully ironed out, I’d be happy to refine and expand on it.

As for positioning, the module is currently designed to use the entire screen. I might look into allowing more customization in the future, but for now, it just places the message in the center and then launches confetti and fireworks.

When you say it “ignores the page,” are you referring to the page cycling?

I’ve also attached my test config.js. It has three pages, and after cycling through them to align the timings, the expected behavior should be:

Page 1 – Normal modules
Page 2 – Birthday celebration with dimming
Page 3 – Birthday celebration without dimming

Test config.js (which needs MMM-page-indicator). I’ve let this run for about an hour now, and everything (apart from weather module because its not part of the test) works as intended:

/* MagicMirror² Config for testing MMM-Birthday-Paged with immersiveMode */
let config = {
    address: "localhost",
    port: 8080,
    basePath: "/", 
    ipWhitelist: ["127.0.0.1", "::ffff:127.0.0.1", "::1"],
    useHttps: false, 
    httpsPrivateKey: "", 
    httpsCertificate: "", 

    language: "en",
    locale: "en-US",
    logLevel: ["INFO", "LOG", "WARN", "ERROR", "DEBUG"],
    timeFormat: 24,
    units: "metric",

    modules: [
        {
            module: "alert",
        },
        {
            module: "clock",
            position: "top_left",
            classes: "page1 page3" // Show on page 1 and 3
        },
        {
            module: "calendar",
            header: "Holidays",
            position: "top_left",
            classes: "page1 page3", // Show on page 1 and 3
            config: {
                calendars: [
                    {
                        symbol: "calendar-check",
                        url: "webcal://www.calendarlabs.com/ical-calendar/ics/76/US_Holidays.ics"
                    }
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            module: "weather",
            position: "top_right",
            classes: "page1 page3", // Show on page 1 and 3
            config: {
                weatherProvider: "yr",
                type: "current",
                location: "Stockholm",
                locationID: "2673730", // Stockholm's ID
                roundTemp: true
            }
        },
        {
            module: "compliments",
            position: "lower_third",
            classes: "page1 page3", // Show on page 1 and 3
        },
        // MMM-Birthday-Paged with immersiveMode = true (dims modules)
        {
            module: "MMM-Birthday-Paged",
            position: "middle_center",
            classes: "page2", // Show on page 2
            config: {
                birthdays: [
                    // Today's date (March 16, 2025) with name John
                    { name: "John", date: "03-16" } 
                ],
                fireworkDuration: "infinite",
                confettiDuration: "infinite",
                immersiveMode: true, // Dims other modules
                debug: true,
                startupDelay: 500 // Shorter startup delay for testing
            }
        },
        // MMM-Birthday-Paged with immersiveMode = false (original module behavior)
        {
            module: "MMM-Birthday-Paged",
            position: "middle_center",
            classes: "page3", // Show on page 3
            config: {
                birthdays: [
                    // Today's date (March 16, 2025) with name John
                    { name: "John", date: "03-16" } 
                ],
                fireworkDuration: "infinite",
                confettiDuration: "infinite",
                immersiveMode: false, // Does NOT dim other modules
                debug: true,
                startupDelay: 500 // Shorter startup delay for testing
            }
        },
        // Page indicator to see which page is showing
        {
            module: "MMM-page-indicator",
            position: "bottom_bar",
            config: {
                pages: 3
            }
        },
        // MMM-pages for page switching
        {
            module: "MMM-pages",
            config: {
                modules: [
                    ["page1"],   // Page 1 - Normal modules
                    ["page2"],   // Page 2 - Birthday celebration with dimming
                    ["page3"]    // Page 3 - Birthday celebration without dimming
                ],
                fixed: ["alert", "MMM-page-indicator"],
                rotationTime: 15000, // 15 seconds between page changes
                rotationDelay: 15000,
                animationTime: 1000
            }
        }
    ]
};

/*************** DO NOT EDIT THE LINE BELOW ***************/
if (typeof module !== "undefined") {module.exports = config;}

@xIExodusIx I believe I’ve solved the issue where MMM-Birthday-Pages was taking over the entire screen when active. There’s now a new toggle, immersiveMode, which can be set to either “true” or “false”.

"false" allows the birthday celebration to overlay existing modules while keeping them visible.
"true" means only the birthday celebration is displayed, hiding everything else.

This also means you can have different behaviors on different Pages.

That said, I’ve only had time for a quick test, and it worked as expected on my Linux Mint installation. To be safe, I’ve uploaded it to a separate test repository. If it proves to be stable, I’ll merge it into the main one (I’m sure there are easier ways to do this, but I suck at Git). Repo URL:
https://github.com/cgillinger/mmm-Birthday-paged-test (and please note that you need to rename the folder to “mmm-Birthday-paged” after cloning)

So, give it a try and let me know how it goes!

@sdetweil Yes, I understand, but it’s not the cost itself that’s the issue (although it would have been a problem if there was a cost). The concern is having to provide my credit card details. It’s not that I distrust OpenWeather, but I prefer not to share them unnecessarily. You never know, for example, if they might get hacked.

Hey @Sebi76-0! I’m not sure what’s causing the issue. Could you share any error messages you’re seeing? Also, which version are you using?

Just so you know, this module has gone through a couple of transformations—first evolving into Dynamic Snow (available at: https://github.com/cgillinger/MMM-DynamicSnow), and later into Weather Effects (which you can find here: https://github.com/cgillinger/MMM-WeatherEffects).

I don’t personally use OpenWeather, and from what I understand, they now require a credit card for access. So, I don’t think I’ll be getting an API key anytime soon.

@det I actually did add rain: https://github.com/cgillinger/MMM-WeatherEffects

Cheers,
C

@xIExodusIx said in Made a birthday module:

I’m using a Raspberry Pi 4B 4GB with RaspiOS Bookworm
MM Version is 2.30,
npm Version is 10.9.2,
node Version is 23.6.1.

I think RaspiOS is missing the font. It might be solved by issuing:

sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade -y
sudo apt install -y fonts-noto-color-emoji fonts-symbola ttf-ancient-fonts

and then rebuild font cache

sudo fc-cache -f -v

Then restarting Magic Mirror and/or Pi.

And if I get the time, Ill look into a more elegant solution.

@xIExodusIx On the first issue, that is, currently, by design as I outline in my previous post. I’m looking into if there is a method to fix it, but Im not there yet.

On the second issue that sounds like a font problem. What system are you on?

I THINK I’ve solved it. At least, it works on my test installation MagicMirror running on Linux Mint. I’ve tested it with MMM-Pages and MMM-Carousel, and now the transitions are working. However, there are a few things to note:

It looks really weird when you first start MagicMirror. The reason is that the system starts up, immediately detects that a birthday is happening, and then triggers an untimed startup where the module isn’t fully initialized yet. It sorts itself out after the first transition, and since it’s somewhat of an edge case to start from scratch, I haven’t spent time fine-tuning it. A more reasonable scenario is that MagicMirror runs continuously, the day changes, and then the birthday event occurs—where everything works as expected.

I wasn’t able to make the module overlay existing modules while dimming them slightly, as it did in my first version. This is due to the fact that my initial solution aggressively took control over the display. To make it work with Pages and Carousel while respecting their handling of module visibility, I had to take a different approach. This means that the module now displays on its own. Im going to look into how this might be solved next, I’d really like for it to show above the other modules of that page. Because of this, I had to rename it and treat it as a completely separate module, now called “MMM-Birthday-Paged”. I’ll also mark the original module so that users who rely on module switchers don’t accidentally pick the wrong one.

As a bonus, after all my tweaking, I ended up with several different fireworks effects, so I left them in a separate subfolder. If you want to test them, just copy the existing “fireworks.js” from the root directory.

Give it a try, and I hope it works for you too!

URL:
https://github.com/cgillinger/MMM-Birthday-Paged

@plainbroke Working on it! The plain and simple truth is I took a few shortcuts with the behaviour of the module, and that came back to bite me. I’m working on it, but its in my spare time and right now I have precious little of it. But as soon as I get it fixed, I’ll post here.