well, I figured it out… Thats what i get for not pasting the ENTIRE file into the syntax checker. The very first item of very first line had a ] before the text. dont know how it got there. good thing i copied my original config in a text editor. Thanks for all the help.

@strawberry-3.141 just delete whats in there and paste this?

@cowboysdude so whats the easy way to start over? may seem like a dumb question, but how to I remove current config and use default

@cowboysdude @strawberry-3-141 asked if my config file was named correctly

@strawberry-3.141 config/config. js is what I enter

@strawberry-3.141 yes i do i just didnt include in the copy-paste

I ran it through a syntax validator and everything checks out with that, but I’m still getting the Please create a config file error. I was modifying the MMM-iFrame module and hit a wrong key and the config closed. after bringing it back open i saved and reloaded and now nothing. I cant figure it out. Thanks for any help. Here’s my config file:

var config = {
        port: 8080,
        ipWhitelist: ["127.0.0.1", "::ffff:127.0.0.1", "::1"], // Set [] to allow all IP addresses
                                                               // or add a specific IPv4 of 192.168.1.5 :
                                                               // ["127.0.0.1", "::ffff:127.0.0.1", "::1", "::ffff:192.168.1.5"],
                                                               // or IPv4 range of 192.168.3.0 --> 192.168.3.15 use CIDR format :
                                                               // ["127.0.0.1", "::ffff:127.0.0.1", "::1", "::ffff:192.168.3.0/28"],

        language: "en",
        timeFormat: 12,
        units: "imperial",



 modules: [
                {
                        module: "alert",
                },
                {
                        module: "updatenotification",
                        position: "top_bar"
                },
                {
                        module: 'MMM-GoogleMapsTraffic',
                        position: 'middle_center',
                        config: {
                        key: 'AIzaSyAQ7aXDzoA9IPfkxFmsl-V2HAat_vU0LhE',
                        lat: 41.5670065,
                        lng: -87.160403,
                        height: '300px',
                        width: '500px'
                        }
                },
                {
                        module: "clock",
                        position: "top_center",
                        timezone: "America/Chicago"
                },
                {
                        module: 'MMM-iFrame',
                        position: 'bottom_bar',
                        config: {
                                url: ["https://app.actiontiles.com/panel/a8583a72-680a-47ea-8f51-7264b23617df"],
                                updateInterval: 0.5 * 60 * 1000,
                                width: "100%",
                                height: "510px"
                        }
                },
 {
                        module: "calendar",
                        header: "US Holidays",
                        position: "top_left",
                        config: {
                                calendars: [
                                        {
                                                symbol: "calendar-check-o ",
                                                url: "webcal://www.calendarlabs.com/templates/ical/US-Holidays.ics"
                                        }
                                ]
                        }
                },
                {
                        module: "compliments",
                        position: "lower_third"
                },
                {
                        module: "currentweather",
                        position: "top_right",
                        config: {
                                location: "Portage",
                                locationID: "4925006",  //ID from http://www.openweathermap.org/help/city_list.txt
                                appid: "6666861a53a2f121c1e1f0f76accef00"
                        }
                },
 {
                        module: "weatherforecast",
                        position: "top_right",
                        header: "Weather Forecast",
                        config: {
                                location: "Portage, IN",
                                locationID: "4925006",  //ID from http://www.openweathermap.org/help/city_list.txt
                                appid: "6666861a53a2f121c1e1f0f76accef00"
                        }
                },
                {
                        module: 'MMM-Nest',
                        position: 'top_right',
                        config: {
                                token:"c.iaFlhM5fBxDothVhOjhmeYA4ETBv0wCk175fAjgyfGZlXTvFGjOTdbzRG1zF117wqzduags7XigHcP4Lxb4t18g6YkVxmm7z0IbaHGYvLNFoO5zFgxe3k0Z3oDhsGL9LhBglQVohNeEUYQOc",
                                displayType: 'visual',
                                displayMode: 'nest'
                        }
                },
  {
                        module: "newsfeed",
                        position: "top_bar",
                        config: {
                                feeds: [
                                        {
                                                title: "New York Times",
                                                url: "http://www.nytimes.com/services/xml/rss/nyt/HomePage.xml"
                                        }
                                ],
                                showSourceTitle: true,
                                showPublishDate: true
                        }
                },
        ]

};

@strawberry-3.141 so if I want to change timezone or any other config, I need to write my own script for that particular config and place it in the master config/config.js file. I think I get it now. Thank you. Now let’s just hope I don’t get too many errors.

@strawberry-3.141 I entered the API key into the weather module. Is there a different place to add it so it effects all modules?

So I got everything running fine. I can enter config/config.js. My question is probably quite simple. How do I edit the “default” modules, or any of them for that matter. In config/config.js it just says what module it is and where its located. But no way to enter that specific config file that I know of. I know there are many variables and configurations that can be changed, just don’t know how to get into the module to change it.
I was able to change the weather API key and location, but that was in the main /magicmirror/config/config.js file. I tried /magicmirror/modules/ but after running ls theres no “clock” module I can enter config into. I’m sure its something easy. But I’m a supernoob with this. Thanks!