v2.1.0

MagicMirrorOrg/MagicMirrorv2.1.0Dec 31, 2016by MichMich

AI Summary

A feature-packed release adding IP whitelisting, module visibility locking, new translations, and various configuration options for the clock and weather modules.

Key Highlights

  • IP Whitelisting (`ipWhitelist` in config.js)
  • Module Visibility Locking and new API methods (`getHeader`, `requiresVersion`)
  • New translations (Finnish, Danish, Turkish)
  • Splash screen on boot
  • VSCode IntelliSense support

New Features

  • Module `updatenotification`
  • Timezone support in Clock Module
  • `address` option to set bind address
  • `onlyTemp` option for currentweather module
  • `remoteFile` option for compliments module
  • `zoom` option to scale the display
  • `roundTemp` option
  • `disabled` option for modules
  • `address` option for global vars

Full Release Notes

## [2.1.0] - 2016-12-31

**Note:** This update uses new dependencies. Please update using the following command: `git pull && npm install`

### Added
- Finnish translation.
- Danish translation.
- Turkish translation.
- Option to limit access to certain IP addresses based on the value of `ipWhitelist` in the `config.js`, default is access from localhost only (Issue [#456](https://github.com/MichMich/MagicMirror/issues/456)).
- Added ability to change the point of time when calendar events get relative.
- Add Splash screen on boot.
- Add option to show humidity in currentWeather module.
- Add VSCode IntelliSense support.
- Module API: Add Visibility locking to module system. [See documentation](https://github.com/MichMich/MagicMirror/tree/develop/modules#visibility-locking) for more information.
- Module API: Method to overwrite the module's header. [See documentation](https://github.com/MichMich/MagicMirror/tree/develop/modules#getheader) for more information.
- Module API: Option to define the minimum MagicMirror version to run a module. [See documentation](https://github.com/MichMich/MagicMirror/tree/develop/modules#requiresversion) for more information.
- Calendar module now broadcasts the event list to all other modules using the notification system. [See documentation](https://github.com/MichMich/MagicMirror/tree/develop/modules/default/calendar) for more information.
- Possibility to use the the calendar feed as the source for the weather (currentweather & weatherforecast) location data. [See documentation](https://github.com/MichMich/MagicMirror/tree/develop/modules/default/weatherforecast) for more information.
- Added option to show rain amount in the weatherforecast default module
- Add module `updatenotification` to get an update whenever a new version is availabe. [See documentation](https://github.com/MichMich/MagicMirror/tree/develop/modules/default/updatenotification) for more information.
- Add the abilty to set timezone on the date display in the Clock Module
- Ability to set date format in calendar module
- Possibility to use currentweather for the compliments
- Added option `disabled` for modules.
- Added option `address` to set bind address.
- Added option `onlyTemp` for currentweather module to show show only current temperature and weather icon.
- Added option `remoteFile` to compliments module to load compliment array from filesystem.
- Added option `zoom` to scale the whole mirror display with a given factor.
- Added option `roundTemp` for currentweather and weatherforecast modules to display temperatures rounded to nearest integer.
- Added abilty set the classes option to compliments module for style and text size of compliments.
- Added ability to configure electronOptions
- Calendar module: option to hide private events
- Add root_path for global vars

### Updated
- Modified translations for Frysk.
- Modified core English translations.
- Updated package.json as a result of Snyk security update.
- Improve object instantiation to prevent reference errors.
- Improve logger. `Log.log()` now accepts multiple arguments.
- Remove extensive logging in newsfeed node helper.
- Calendar times are now uniformly capitalized.
- Modules are now secure, and Helmet is now used to prevent abuse of the Mirror's API.

### Fixed
- Solve an issue where module margins would appear when the first module of a section was hidden.
- Solved visual display errors on chrome, if all modules in one of the right sections are hidden.
- Global and Module default config values are no longer modified when setting config values.
- Hide a region if all modules in a region are hidden. Prevention unwanted margins.
- Replaced `electron-prebuilt` package with `electron` in order to fix issues that would happen after 2017.
- Documentation of alert module