Click2Refer Virtual Dictionary

Version: 1.4.1

Click2Refer helps blog readers to refer Wordnet dictionary for the words double clicked.

Author:Dinesh Babu (profile at wordpress.org)
WordPress version required:2.7
WordPress version tested:3.1.4
Plugin version:1.4.1
Added to WordPress repository:31-07-2010
Last updated:29-07-2011
Warning! This plugin has not been updated in over 2 years. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress.
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Plugin URI:http://click2refer.zingersaga.net/plugin
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Click2Refer plugin lets the blog readers to lookup the Wordnet dictionary just by a double click on the word they want to refer.

This will take in a floating window into your blog upon the first double click.

Click here for Quick Demo page

New feature on Version 1.4

The Wordnet dictionary is provided through Google App Engine Service with a very low downtime.

Note: In this 1.4 version, we have discontinued the multilinugal service temporarilly because of some limitations.

How it works:

  1. Upon installing this plugin, a message will appear below the title of your blog entries.

  2. An image will be displayed below the title of your blog. Clicking the image will let the readers about the dictionary reference by a dialog window. It can be customized through Settings.

  3. When the blog readers want to lookup a word in dictionary, they just need to make a double click on the word.

  4. A floating window will pop into the blog page. It will display the meanings and examples of the word double clicked.

  5. The floating window remains in the screen till exiting that blog entry page.

  6. Your blog readers can make further references easily.

  7. Readers can also lookup by entering the word in the lookup text box of the floating window.

Advantages:

  • Readability of your blog can be improved.

  • Blog readers will find it easy to refer.

  • Readers need not switch between windows or tabs to get the reference.

  • The total size of the plugin loaded into blog is less than 90 KB.

  • Plugin is cached by all browsers, so blog readers will find it loaded quickly when they make successive visit in your blog.

Settings Panel: (since version 1.1)

The message bar appearing below the blog title can be customized to fit your WordPress theme through the Settings Panel of the Click2Refer plugin.

The following can be modified in the message bar,

  1. Information text in the message bar
  2. Dictionary selection (Since version 1.2)
  3. The alignment of the information image (Since version 1.3)

No of references made in your blog through Click2Refer can be viewed through Settings

For further details please http://blog.click2refer.com

We warmly welcome your feedbacks about this plugin. It will help us improve the plugin.


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