MaplePrimes Help

MaplePrimes is a community oriented site with many different features all designed for Maple product suite users to work together.

Types of Posts on MaplePrimes

In MaplePrimes you will find blogs, books, forums, and polls.

Blogs allow every user to have their own space on the web. In this area they can post whatever they feel like. Talk about what they are currently doing in Maple. Share the latest discoveries in mathematics. Or tell the world about their favorite movie. Each user automatically has their own blog that they can post to. Post to your blog.

Books allow many users to work together to write a book. The topic of the book is up to you. Different users can add new pages to every book. It can be written in any order that you choose. Create a book page.

Forums are the place for users to talk together. Have a problem that you need solved? Want to help out other users? Want to discuss a problem you are working on? Head over to the forums.

Polls are where MaplePrimes gets to know about you. The moderators will regularly post new polls here and you can give us your choice. For each poll, there is also an ability to comment, so please share any ideas that you may have. Read and vote on the latest polls.

More Help

Click on the links below to get help with specific features on MaplePrimes. If you still are having trouble, please use the Contact Form, to get help from the MaplePrimes administrators.

Forwarding Pages

All posts on MaplePrimes have a link on the bottom labeled "e-mail this". Clicking that link lets you send a link to the post off to an e-mail address. You can use this to send it to a friend or colleague or just e-mail it to yourself to save the link.

On the "forward this" page, you will get a form. Fill out the first two fields with your e-mail address and name. Then on the next field, list the e-mail address you would like to send the page to. Place each address on a separate line. If you wish, you can also enter a personal message that will be included in the e-mail. Click "Send Message", and the message will be sent away.

Login Help

You can log into MaplePrimes using either your MaplePrimes or Maplesoft.com login information. Accounts that have the same e-mail address will be linked together: If you previously signed up at both MaplePrimes and Maplesoft.com, when you log in you will be logged into your MaplePrimes account. If you don't have a MaplePrimes account, and log in using your Maplesoft.com information, a new account will automatically be created for you.

If you are using your MaplePrimes login, please enter your username and password.

If you are using your Maplesoft.com login, please enter your e-mail address and password.

If you don't have an account at either site yet, please register at MaplePrimes by clicking on this link.

Missing Password

If you have registered at MaplePrimes and have not yet received the e-mail containing your password, please send the username you signed up with as well as your e-mail address to the MaplePrimes support team using the contact form

Maple Ranking

A user's Maple Rank is a way to see how active they are on MaplePrimes. There are four rankings as seen in this table. New users have no Maple rank. You receive points for posting various items on MaplePrimes such as blog entries, forum posts and comments. The more points you have, the higher your Maple rank. This system is similar to the feedback system on eBay, however instead of the points being assigned by users, points come from using the site.

The table below shows the number of points that each user receives for each type of posting.

Post type	Points per post
blog	3
book	5
forum	1
comment	1

Maple Rank explanation

The points required to reach each Maple rank are shown below

Maple Rank	Points required
	400
	200
	80
	10

Posting Math to MaplePrimes

Since the topic of MaplePrimes is Mathematics, we have made it easy to have your postings on the site contain attractive formatted math notation. There are two major ways of doing this.

The easiest, is just to type the math notation straight into your post. MaplePrimes will then turn this into an attractive GIF image. Learn how.

You can also compose your posting inside of Maple and then post the Maple worksheet to MaplePrimes, learn about using this feature in the File Manager Help Page.

Posting 2D Math on MaplePrimes

There are two ways of directly entering math into MaplePrimes. The first is the <maple> tag. Any text between <maple></maple> tags will be interpreted as Maple syntax and be replaced with a 2D GIF image of that syntax.

For example, if you enter <maple>x^2/y^2</maple> you will get this image: x^2/y^2

Any Maple syntax will appear, so you can get complicated and enter this: <maple>sum(cos(x^2)/sin(exp(y)),x=1..infinity)</maple> which then appears as this image:

Note that Maple will perform some simplification on your Maple syntax, for example, <maple>2+2</maple> will become 2+2

You can also enter any math syntax using MathML. Any MathML tags will be replaced with a 2D GIF image of that MathML.

For example, this syntax:

Looks like this: $<math><mrow><mo>-</mo><mrow><mrow><mrow><mfrac><mn>1</mn><mn>90</mn></mfrac><mo>⁢</mo><msup><mi>h</mi><mn>5</mn></msup></mrow><mo>⁢</mo><msup><mi>f</mi><mrow><mi></mi><mo>⁡</mo><mfenced><mn>4</mn></mfenced></mrow></msup></mrow><mo>⁢</mo><mrow><mi></mi><mo>⁡</mo><mfenced><mi>ξ</mi></mfenced></mrow></mrow></mrow></math>$

Posting Toolbar

All entry boxes have a set of buttons shown above them. You can use these buttons to insert the HTML tags required for common formatting on MaplePrimes.

toolbar

You can read more details about the toolbar on this page

Uploading Files using the MaplePrimes File Manager

The MaplePrimes file manager is a feature that makes it easy for people to share their files with each other. With just a few clicks, you can post an attractive image, an HTML version of a Maple worksheet or even a fully interactive worksheet on MapleNet. Read on for the details on how to use this tool:

Uploading Files

You can upload many different types of files to MaplePrimes. By uploading them to the site, you can share the files with people worldwide.

Currently files with the following extensions can be uploaded: doc, dvi, eps, gif, gz, hdb, html, ind, jpeg, jpg, lib, m, mla, mm, mpl, mw, mws, pdf, png, ppt, ps, tar, tex, tgz, txt, xls, zip

If you aren't already there, go to www.mapleprimes.com/filemanager to use the File Manager. To upload a file, click on the Browse button and navigate to the file you wish to upload and double click on the file. Click the Upload button.

An uploaded worksheet

After you have uploaded the file, it will appear at the top of your list of files. You will see that a number is placed at the front of the filename. This number is your user ID number and is placed there to avoid users overwriting each other's files. You can download the file by clicking on the filename.

All files uploaded using the file manager have a bit of code listed under Download Link Code. You can copy (CTRL+C) and paste (CTRL+V) the code into any posting on MaplePrimes (Blog Entry, Forum Post, or Comment). This will put into your post links for the user to Download the file.

Extra options are given when you upload a Maple worksheet or an Image file. Read the below sections for information on these features.

Privacy

When you upload a file to MaplePrimes, you can choose if you want to be public or private. Private files are not shown in lists of recently uploaded files. And users other than the original upload cannot view the detail page for that file. If you choose to include a link to the file in a posting on the site, users will still be able to download the file even if the file is marked as private.

If you wish to change the privacy of a file, click on the "Set Private" or "Set Public" link in the right hand column of the file manager.

Using Maple Worksheets

After you have uploaded a worksheet to MaplePrimes, you can share it using tools provided by MaplePrimes and MapleNet. Worksheets are automatically converted to HTML so that you may post them anywhere on MaplePrimes, and they are also copied to a MapleNet server where users can interact with them just like in Maple using only a web browser.

An uploaded worksheet

For any worksheet that you have uploaded, You can click on the filename to download the file "View HTML version" or "Get HTML version" to view or get the HTML version of the file or "View Live Worksheet" to view the worksheet on MapleNet.

Viewing Worksheet online with MapleNet

To view a worksheet using MapleNet, just click on the View Live Worksheet link. This will direct you to the Maplesoft MapleNet server where you can interact with the worksheet very much like you do within Maple.

You can manipulate embedded components play animations rotate, scale and zoom plots and expand and collapse worksheet sections.

Live worksheet on MapleNet

Getting and using HTML version

Click on Get HTML version to convert the worksheet to HTML. This will give you a page that displays the worksheet in HTML form and lists the HTML code for the worksheet at the bottom of the page. In order to post this worksheet, select all of the code and copy (CTRL+C) it to your clipboard.

HTML code for worksheet

Now click on Post Forum Topic or Post Blog Entry under the left hand Navigation menu.

Enter a title for your post, scroll down and paste (CTRL+V) the contents of the HTML code into the Body text field. Under Input format, choose Worksheet HTML. This allows all of the tags used in the HTML to work correctly.

Choose Worksheet HTML under Input Format

Finally scroll down and click on Submit. You will then be shown the result of your post.

HTML Posting

Using Images

When you upload an image to MaplePrimes the download link code is changed to the code required to display the image in a post. Also, a thumbnail version of your image is displayed to help you find the right picture

An uploaded image

To insert the thumbnail version of the image into a blog entry or forum post, just copy (CTRL+C) the code and then paste (CTRL+V) it into the entry box where you would like it to appear.

An image inserted into a blog entry

If you wish to insert different sizes of your image into a posting, click on "Get code for different sizes". This will display three different sizes of your image and the code required to display the image. Copy the code and paste into your posting anywhere on the site.

User Pictures

All MaplePrimes users can upload an image that will be displayed next to their name when they post anything to MaplePrimes. You can choose any image that you like, it could be a picture of yourself, your cat, your favorite math expression, whatever.

Images can be up to 85 pixels by 85 pixels. They must be in GIF, JPG, or PNG format.

To upload your picture, click on "my account" on the top left of the page. Then click "Edit". Scroll down until you see the "Picture" section. Click "Browse" and then locate and double click on your image. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click "Submit". You will then see your image on your user information page.