Project Detail

Description

Project Name: Simple Mac dictionary widget that gets data from url. (server code & url attached)
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Create a simple Mac dashboard dictionary widget.
Your widget will have a place to enter a word, then send a query to a url, and display the results in a pretty fashion. The server might
return an additional message, which must be display in a side-bar.

Url Format
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http://www.eleganttechnologies.com/php/app/dict/Dict.php?action=define&input=love&EnumClient='WidgetMac'

You will vary the parameter 'input' to reflect whichever word you are looking for.

I've attached the php page that resides above. You may modify the script as appropriate to be compatible with achieving your task.

I need a realistic method of vayring the url (show me how to modify the base url).

The above script interacts with with,
http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=love&sub=Search+WordNet&o2=&o0=1&o7=&o5=&o1=1&o6=&o4=&o3=&h=0000000000
though it will move to a locally hosted version in the future.

Return Format
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Modify the script as you see fit. it currently returns this (remember, it will also need to accommodate a custom message):

Searching "love":

Array
(
[0] => Array
(
[type] => n
[definition] => a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
[samples] => Array
(
[0] => his love for his work
[1] => children need a lot of love
)

[synonyms] => Array
(
)

)

[1] => Array
(
[type] => n
[definition] => any object of warm affection or devotion
[samples] => Array
(
[0] => the theater was her first love
[1] => he has a passion for cock fighting
[2] =>
)

[synonyms] => Array
(
[0] => passion
)

)

[2] => Array
(
[type] => n
[definition] => a beloved person; used as terms of endearment
[samples] =>
[synonyms] => Array
(
[0] => beloved
[1] => dear
[2] => dearest
[3] => honey
)

)


The (i) button
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Show this:
Copyright 2008 Elegant Technologies, LLC


What the front should look like
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First Screen
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Elegant Vocabulary

[ Your word here ] [Go]


2nd Screen, after they type in a word, say 'Love' and hit [Go]
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Elegant Vocabulary
[ Love ] [Go]
- - - - - - - - - - - -
Love [ Optional message here in a side-bar, gotten from the server's response]
Noun
love (a strong positive emotion of regard and affection) "his love for his work"; "children need a lot of love"
love, passion (any object of warm affection or devotion) "the theater was her first love"; "he has a passion for cock fighting";
beloved, dear, dearest, honey, love (a beloved person; used as terms of endearment)
love, sexual love, erotic love (a deep feeling of sexual desire and attraction) "their love left them indifferent to their surroundings"; "she was his first love"
love (a score of zero in tennis or squash) "it was 40 love"
sexual love, lovemaking, making love, love, love life (sexual activities (often including sexual intercourse) between two people) "his lovemaking disgusted her"; "he hadn't had any love in months"; "he has a very complicated love life"

Verb
love (have a great affection or liking for) "I love French food"; "She loves her boss and works hard for him"
love, enjoy (get pleasure from) "I love cooking"
love (be enamored or in love with) "She loves her husband deeply"
sleep together, roll in the hay, love, make out, make love, sleep with, get laid, have sex, know, do it, be intimate, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, screw, fuck, jazz, eff, hump, lie with, bed, have a go at it, bang, get it on, bonk (have sexual intercourse with) "This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm"; "Adam knew Eve"; "Were you ever intimate with this man?"

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You can use some discretion to make this as cool as possible.



Additional files submitted:
Dict.php