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It\nprovides a word, along with a definition and an example usage.<\/p>\n\n<p>The actual word is provided by TheFreeDictionary.com to your wordpress blog.\nTFD refers to TheFreeDictionary.com .<\/p>\n\n<h3>Dependencies<\/h3>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Your Wordpress host must allow outgoing http connections. (true in most cases)<\/li>\n<li>Wordpress must be configured to enable curl. (true in most cases)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h3>Thanks<\/h3>\n\n<p>Thanks for your interest!<\/p>\n\n<p>You can make a donation at http:\/\/dinochiesa.github.io\/TfdWotdWidgetDonate.html<\/p>\n\n<p>Check out all my plugins:\nhttp:\/\/wordpress.org\/extend\/plugins\/search.php?q=dpchiesa<\/p>\n\n<p>-Dino Chiesa<\/p>\n\n<!--section=installation-->\n<ol>\n<li><p>Download tfd-wotd-wp-plugin.zip and unzip into the\n  \/wp-content\/plugins\/ directory<\/p><\/li>\n<li><p>From the Wordpress admin backend, Activate the plugin through the\n'Plugins' menu<\/p><\/li>\n<li><p>From the Wordpress admin backend, in the Widgets menu, drag-and-drop\nthe widget to a widget container, such as your page sidebar. You can\nplace this widget in any position you like.<\/p><\/li>\n<li><p>Optionally, in the settings UI, specify the Title for the widget.  By\ndefault it is simply \"Word of the Day\".<\/p><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n<p>That's it !<\/p>\n\n<!--section=faq-->\n<dl>\n<dt>Why would anyone use this plugin?<\/dt>\n<dd><p>If you want to dress up your wordpress blog with a Word-of-the-Day widget, you'd use this plugin.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt>What is a \"word of the Day\"?<\/dt>\n<dd><p>Someone who runs TheFreeDictionary.com chooses a special word for each\nday, and provides the definition and a sample usage of that word.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt>How does this plugin really work?<\/dt>\n<dd><p>TheFreeDictionary.com provides some code that webmasters can add to\nwebsites, in order to publish the word of the day on their sites. This\nplugin just adapts that code for simple use within wordpress.<\/p>\n\n<p>Warning: geek-speak ahead.<\/p>\n\n<p>The plugin uses curl on the server side to retrieve the word-of-the-day.\nIt caches the result, then embeds it into the generate page. On\nsubsequent page requests, the plugin uses the cached result. The cache\nlife is 120 minutes.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt>Where is the cache stored?<\/dt>\n<dd><p>The content is cached in a file in a \"cache\" subdirectory of the wp-content directory.\nYou probably don't need to concern yourself with the cache.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt>How can I change the styling of the widget?<\/dt>\n<dd><p>There is a wotd.css file included in the widget. You can make styling\nchanges there. Any changes you make there will be overwritten if you\ndownload and install a newer version of the widget.<\/p>\n\n<p>You can also style the widget elements with your own stylesheet.  To do\nthis you need to know CSS and also how the widget is rendered.<\/p>\n\n<p>The widget is normally rendered in a widget container, which is styled\nwith these css classes: widget-container widget_tfdwotd .  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