Ahhhhhhhhh… Gotcha ;-)… reduce the % of the container also reduces it’s contents in relation. Thanks.
Read the statement by Michael Teeuw here.
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RE: Changing Module Display Width
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RE: Changing Module Display Width
Ah, ok… I was jumping ahead of myself there… so I will try
.MMM-WunderGround { width : 200px; }
200px; or whatever looks good.
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RE: Share your config.js right here....
Through the eyes of a newbie - I remember the very first time I saw the MM picture online, by pure accident, and clicking on numerous links that eventually brought me here.
Looking at the main forum page here, and seeing all the categories, the one and only category that I wanted to see first, was, Show your Mirror…That was enough to convice me that I wanted to build one… so back to the Main Forum I went to see what is needed.
The only thread titles there that stood out was Hardware - Parts needed… then Modules - Software needed. Everything else, for me at least, could wait until I actually got the set up done.
Then, thats when Trouble shooting became 3rd on the list. And having to wok out the right question to ask to get the right answer needed… and quckly realising how frustrating it is work out what goes where and what keystroke to use/not use, and at what place exactly to put them, within the config.js etc…I can only underline Mykle1’s point when he said above " I wish I would have seen such a category when I first joined the forum. It would have made a huge difference to have actually seen what a proper config looks like, and a picture of the outcome."
I’ve lost count of the number of times Ive had to search and jump in and out of numerous posts where I seen numerous helps given that shows entries to be made to config.js and some Ive simply forgot what post I seen them in, so end up asking the same question that was maybe answered several days earlier.
As an example… ( This is just a quick example that I randomly selected simply to point out how a newbie may like to see where to place the code given… as a whole, and in relation)
module: 'clock', position: 'top_left', config: { displaySeconds: false, timezone: "America/New_York", } },
compared to
{ module: 'MMM-Globe', position: 'bottom_center', config: { style: 'natColor', imageSize: 200, ownImagePath:'', updateInterval: 10*60*1000 } }, { module: 'clock', timezone: 'America/New_York', position: 'top_center' }, { module: 'calendar',
The latter shows me the exact position, and exactly what { } }, are needed/should be there … by seeing the whole picture I can see straight away if I have put in an extra } or }, or not.
Again, this is just what I, as a newbie, would have liked to have seen when getting help in this way, simply by seeing the soloution within the whole picture… It’s okay placing the first example when explaing to someone that has moved up a rung on the learning ladder and has already done this several times already, but through the eyes of a newbie, it’s a bit like Pinata (Mexican Donkey)
So yeah, I think having an aptly named thread, with Finished Mirrors, and attached files used, would be a great thing for a newbie to refer back to.