24 replies to this topic

[tormodg]

Hello,

I run a science forum and am considering IPB for our next upgrade.

We use LaTeX a lot for using formulae in posts.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaTeX

I am wondering if there is a LaTeX plugin available for IPB?

[bfarber]

There is nothing built into IPB to support latex.

[.Immortal]

What does your science forum currently run on? Did someone make a plugin for LaTex to work on the forum?

[Chillyware]

can you make a Latex MOD thanks Pro's

[Ajouz]

Hello ,
I can give you a simple solution which allow you to post latex

download this zip file and then extract it and upload bbcode.xml from BBCode Management in your admin panel  bbcode.zip   490bytes   83 downloads

 bbcode.zip   490bytes   83 downloads

and then you can use latex in posts

please note that:

• this bbcode render latex as images from another site which mean that if this site was unavilable then these latex will not render to images
• you need to enable dynamic images

how to use :

[tex]x_1[/tex]

[tex]x^2[/tex]

[tex](1+x)= {n \choose 0}+{n \choose 1}x+{n \choose 2}x^2+\ldots +{n \choose n}x^n[/tex]

thanks

[Davy]

Neat and simple solution!

[tormodg]

Thanks for your helpful advice. Using a remote service is probably not acceptable.

.Immortal, on 31 March 2010 - 09:54 AM, said:

What does your science forum currently run on? Did someone make a plugin for LaTex to work on the forum?

We use vBulletin. There is a third party LaTeX plugin. We're considering switching to a new platform, but we really need LaTeX support.

[Chillyware]

Ajouz, on 31 March 2010 - 11:46 AM, said:

Hello ,
I can give you a simple solution which allow you to post latex

download this zip file and then extract it and upload bbcode.xml from BBCode Management in your admin panel bbcode.zip

bbcode.zip

and then you can use latex in posts

please note that:

• this bbcode render latex as images from another site which mean that if this site was unavilable then these latex will not render to images
• you need to enable dynamic images

how to use :

[tex]x_1[/tex]

[tex]x^2[/tex]

[tex](1+x)= {n \choose 0}+{n \choose 1}x+{n \choose 2}x^2+\ldots +{n \choose n}x^n[/tex]

thanks

thanks fill test to works/lood from my one server

[Randy86]

Thanks for the mod.

Is there anyway to make it so that it can render images on my own website?

[tormodg]

Ajouz, on 31 March 2010 - 11:46 AM, said:

Hello ,
I can give you a simple solution which allow you to post latex

I just gave it a test in the IPS demo site and wow it really works. This is the single major obstacle for us before we switch to IPS. Thanks a billion!

[Enkidu]

tormodg, on 14 August 2010 - 05:29 AM, said:

I just gave it a test in the IPS demo site and wow it really works. This is the single major obstacle for us before we switch to IPS. Thanks a billion!

it worked for me

[E11]

Ajouz, on 31 March 2010 - 11:46 AM, said:

Hello ,
I can give you a simple solution which allow you to post latex

Hi Ajouz,

huge thanks for the wonderful solution!

Is there any chance to enhance the script to include this specific code called LatexEquation?

http://www.openvest....i/LatexEquation

Tia
E11

[Cap'n Refsmmat]

I have just released a LaTeX plugin called ipbLatex that uses the real LaTeX rendering engine to do everything that LaTeX can display.

http://blogs.science...asing-ipblatex/

It's a custom solution we designed for our own forum, and I'm releasing it under the LGPL for everyone to use (since the code it's based on is LGPL as well). It does require LaTeX, dvipng and optionally mogrify to be installed on your server, though.

[E11]

Hello Cap'n Refsmmat,

thanks for sharing!
Will install it soon and give feedback how it works.

Great stuff! Cheers

[.Peter]

ROFL.. so when I first came across this topic I thought to myself "When am I ever going to need this?" well I did. Thanks a tons!

[ørret]

Ajouz plugin or Cap'n Refsmmat's plugin? I really love this idea though

[tormodg]

ørret, on 07 September 2010 - 05:24 PM, said:

Ajouz plugin or Cap'n Refsmmat's plugin? I really love this idea though

Late reply but Cap'n Refsmmat's plugin is the way to, since you get support for math, imath and ce - much more versatile.

[ørret]

Would love if he released this officially!

[Cap'n Refsmmat]

ørret, on 05 October 2010 - 05:48 PM, said:

Would love if he released this officially!

By "officially" do you mean so that it's included on the lists here at invisionpower.com? I can do that sometime, though I have no idea what that would take. I'll see what I can do...

[ørret]

Yes. Listed here so you also get a support topic. I know you're a busy student, but it's easier to drop suggestions and bug reports here at the official forums. If you ever find time in your busy schedule to work on the mod, it will be much easier to keep track with things that need to be done here.