How to install Latex Plugin

[etuitions]

Hi We recently bought the license for vbulletin and we wanted to integrate LATEX following the steps as per this link:

http://pi.bloo.us:800/academic/latex/plugin/

but after doing all the steps the Editor Menu showed up with the Maths Icons with Sigma ..

But after selecting the Symbol even if we press the Preview or submit the symbols are not visible...

Any other thing we need to do? Please help

You can see our Forum in the following Link:

http://www.etuitions.org/forums/foru...daysprune=&f=5

[Marco van Herwaarden]

The link to latex you provided does not work for me.

But i would suggest you ask at the Latex site, as we do not know how their integration works.

[BobbySoares]

etuitions, the plugin is designed to act only as a reference for LaTeX commands - that is, it only integrates a LaTeX command reference with the vBulletin post editor. You'll need to setup your forum to process LaTeX separately - this involves implementing a couple of Hooks in vBulletin that intercept the posted message, parse out the LaTeX, run the LaTeX through a LaTeX rendering executable (such as MimeTeX and MikTeX if you have a Windows server, or the standard Linux LaTeX packages if you have a Linux server) and finally replace the LaTeX code with the generated images.

You'll need to be familiar with PHP to implement this. I realize that the whole process of setting up your forum with LaTeX can be simplified with a vBulletin plugin and i have been working on such a plugin and it should be completed in the coming weeks. Meanwhile, since you seem to be in a rush, have a developer look at MimeTex and the vBulletin hooks.

[mark|3]

i will be waiting patiently for this hook.
Going nuts over the installation

[etuitions]

Thanks for the detailed response...

We are keenly looking for the Plugin .. Please help

With Best Regards,

for www.etuitions.org

SAI

[Brandon Sheley]

it clearly says how to install it ??


• Installation

1. Copy the latexreference folder to the products folder at the root of your vBulletin installation. NOTE: If the products folder doesn't exist you must create it.
2. In the latexreference folder, under the includes/xml folder there are two xml files. Copy these two xml files to the includes/xml folder in your vBulletin installation.
3. From the vBulletin control panel, on the left navigation menu, expand the "Plugins & Products" menu and click "Manage Products".
4. In the "Installed Products" screen click "Add/Import Product".
5. In the "Import Product" screen do not specify a file to upload. Instead import the product from the xml file you copied earlier to the vBulletin /includes/xml folder. The path to that xml file is: ./includes/xml/product-latex_reference.xml
6. Click "Import". The Latex Reference product is installed and configured.

[Boofo]

What does LaTeX do actually?

[BobbySoares]

Originally Posted by Boofo

What does LaTeX do actually?

LaTeX is a typesetting language used widely by academics to write research papers and articles. It's similar in function (not in syntax) to markup such as HTML, but more geared towards presenting math equations and symbols. There are a number of packages for generating images from LaTeX. So a LaTeX forum plugin enables users to post complex math content in a perfectly readable manner. It's becoming popular in physics and math forums.

[Boofo]

Ah, ok, Now it makes more sense. We have to load something on the server to make it work, though, right?

And thank you for the explanation, sir.

[maumau33]

Any updates yet on the latex integration?