LaTeX support (to display math equations in post)

[luke]

Originally Posted by youngyew

(I just found that it's possible to cheat and use the rendering machine in wordpress.com to generate any equation for free. Not sure whether they have some sort of hotlinking limitations though.)

I'm aware of that trick but it is bad and rude to use other servers' resource without permission .. after all, nothing beats having it at home (here) ..

p/s: some time after we install the support (if we get to that point), I'm going to install/implement caching mechanism so that the output pictures do not have to be generated every time the post is read ... man, I have so many coding ideas, just not enough hands and time to implement

Originally Posted by Smilehoe

Yea, one vote from me. And maybe an option for monetary contribution will help ease the burden? (Or is there already one?)

We used to have "donate to us" paypal button before but seems like we stop accepting donation now ... not sure why ...

[bluez_aspic]

this is teh awesome

[chiunlin]

So, what happened to the LaTeX support?

By the way, is the wiki TeX enabled?

[luke]

As far as I remember, last time bachok informed me that even if we upgrade the server hosting plan to get the SSH access to install the LaTeX support, there is no guarantee we will be able to install it since we are on a shared hosting plan. Plus the guys at the hosting company seems to have no interest in assisting us on the installation either. So, the final decision last time is to not take the risk of increasing our annual hosting fee for nothing.

As of now, I'm a bit busy myself that I don't think I want to spend the time to install/debug the LaTeX support in ReCom. So as long as we can still live without it, and unless someone else is willing to take up this endeavour, we are stuck with no LaTeX.

[chiunlin]

Originally Posted by luke

As far as I remember, last time bachok informed me that even if we upgrade the server hosting plan to get the SSH access to install the LaTeX support, there is no guarantee we will be able to install it since we are on a shared hosting plan.

No SSH access? I might be wrong but I thought that comes with most hosting plans, even if it's a shared one. How was the mediawiki installed in the first place?

Plus the guys at the hosting company seems to have no interest in assisting us on the installation either. So, the final decision last time is to not take the risk of increasing our annual hosting fee for nothing.

In that case, I'm amazed why we are still sticking to the same hosting company. I have done my research when I started my own mediawiki site and I know there are hosts who offer top notch technical support. Besides, from the whois info, our web host is hostdime(or worse, a reseller of hostdime) and our site is hosted on a server at Florida. Of all places, Florida! That's exactly halfway across the globe from Malaysia, and according to Alexa, about 62% of recom's visitors are from Malaysia. Malaysia's broadband isn't exactly top notch and I tend to believe shifting to a closer server(California maybe, or better still, Malaysia or Singapore) will help improve the forum loading speed for the majority of users.

May I know which hosting plan we're on, the bandwidth and space usage, and uptime of recom.org?

Btw, my question about whether the TeX support for mediawiki is enabled or not is still unanswered. I was thinking that if it is, then we can generate the formulas in .png format there and link it from there. Just a thought, maybe it won't work.

[vseehua]

Originally Posted by chiunlin

So, what happened to the LaTeX support?

By the way, is the wiki TeX enabled?

Afaik, TeX for wiki wasn't installed with mediawiki. Since you have mentioned it, I'll get down and try to install it when I have the time to do so later (i.e. when I am in Malaysia next month)...

[luke]

Originally Posted by chiunlin

No SSH access? I might be wrong but I thought that comes with most hosting plans, even if it's a shared one. How was the mediawiki installed in the first place?

Ever heard of FTP? We don't get SSH because we are running on a promotional hosting plan. Like I've mentioned many times in this thread, if we want SSH access we have to upgrade to normal plan that costs us extra $10 annually.

Originally Posted by chiunlin

In that case, I'm amazed why we are still sticking to the same hosting company. I have done my research when I started my own mediawiki site and I know there are hosts who offer top notch technical support. Besides, from the whois info, our web host is hostdime(or worse, a reseller of hostdime) and our site is hosted on a server at Florida. Of all places, Florida! That's exactly halfway across the globe from Malaysia, and according to Alexa, about 62% of recom's visitors are from Malaysia. Malaysia's broadband isn't exactly top notch and I tend to believe shifting to a closer server(California maybe, or better still, Malaysia or Singapore) will help improve the forum loading speed for the majority of users.

May I know which hosting plan we're on, the bandwidth and space usage, and uptime of recom.org?

Surpass Hosting
OC5 Plan (promotional plan that is no longer offered to new customers)
Disk space usage: 1957.14/5000 MB
Monthly bandwidth usage (for July 09 as of the time of writing): 35528.11/100000 MB

Originally Posted by chiunlin

Btw, my question about whether the TeX support for mediawiki is enabled or not is still unanswered. I was thinking that if it is, then we can generate the formulas in .png format there and link it from there. Just a thought, maybe it won't work.

vseehua answered that already.



Above all, are you interested in joining our technician team?

[chiunlin]

Originally Posted by luke

Surpass Hosting
OC5 Plan (promotional plan that is no longer offered to new customers)
Disk space usage: 1957.14/5000 MB
Monthly bandwidth usage (for July 09 as of the time of writing): 35528.11/100000 MB

That's a subdivision of HostDime. Hmm, from the reliable user reviews that I manage to dig up, the company doesn't seem too bad, but definitely not top notch. So how cheap is the subscription fee?

Originally Posted by luke

Above all, are you interested in joining our technician team?

Would love to, but before that, what are the responsibilities?