Using+Mathematical+Text+in+Webpages

A new feature of Wikispaces will allow for the display of mathematical text. I downloaded Texaide from http://www.dessci.com/en/products/texaide/, created a simple formula in the familiar equation editor interface, selected all, copied and pasted into the page editor. Once surrounded by the Math tag, it displays properly. math % MathType!MTEF!2!1!+- % feqaeaartrvr0aaatCvAUfeBSjuyZL2yd9gzLbvyNv2CaerbuLwBLn % hiov2DGi1BTfMBaeXatLxBI9gBaebbnrfifHhDYfgasaacH8srps0l % bbf9q8WrFfeuY-Hhbbf9v8qqaqFr0xc9pk0xbba9q8WqFfea0-yr0R % Yxir-Jbba9q8aq0-yq-He9q8qqQ8frFve9Fve9Ff0dmeaabaqaciGa % caGaaeqabaaaamaaaOqaaiaadYgadaWgaaWcbaGaaGymaaqabaGccq % GHRaWkcaWG3bWaaSbaaSqaaiaaigdaaeqaaOGaey4kaSYaaeWaaeaa % caWGSbWaaSbaaSqaaiaaigdaaeqaaOGaey4kaSIaaGOmaaGaayjkai % aawMcaaiabgUcaRmaabmaabaGaamiBamaaBaaaleaacaaIYaaabeaa % kiabgUcaRiaaikdaaiaawIcacaGLPaaaaaa!422C! l_1 + w_1 + \left( {l_1 + 2} \right) + \left( {l_2 + 2} \right) \\\frac{1}{2} } \\\displaystyle{\frac{1}{2}} \\\displaystyle{\[ l_1 + w_1 + \left( {l_1 + 2} \right) + \left( {l_2 + 2} \right)\]} math

There are online tools to convert Latex to image formats at http://hausheer.osola.com/latex2png, including PHP code that relies on ImageMagick (http://www.imagemagick.org/script/index.php).

The mathfest blog has a post about how to use external code to render Math text.

To work with Latex try installing MiKTeX (http://miktex.org/) - be sure to run the update after installing. Next install TeXnicCenter (http://www.texniccenter.org/) - the latex files are in C:\Program Files\miktex 2.6\miktex\bin. TeXnicCenter will create .ps and .pdf files from TeX. To open and convert .ps files install Ghostscript (http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=1897) and then Irfanview ([|www.irfanview.com]).