So I figured out my confusion from earlier and am here to offer: http://www.owlnet.rice.edu/~bchase/latex_render/ as the README states, this is highly derivative of the LatexRender php script and was inspired by the rtex rails plugin. If someone has a better place to host it, feel free to do so. Also, since this is my first ruby/rails project, any tips on improvement are greatly appreciated. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.