chapter heading page numbers

Question

I know this has been covered but I can't get any solutions that I've seen to work. Page numbers for my thesis are upper right but the first page of each chapter should have it bottom center. I tried using ERT (in LYX) \thispagestyle{plain} and also loading \usepackage{sectsty} and then using \chapterfont{\pagestyle{plain}} after the chapter heading.

I looked at Modifying plain page style and questions on changing position of page number on the first page of every chapter of a book and page number position

I'm using the class from CU Boulder

EDIT: I don't go to CU but I am trying to use the class for my thesis.

Answer 1

If you are using Koma-Script, you can use the scrpage2 package, and then define your own styles scrheadings and scrplain (see the Koma-Script manual). You can then assign them to all pages but the chapter pages, or to the chapter pages specifically:

\renewcommand*{\chapterpagestyle}{scrplain}

Answer 2

I did get

\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\fancyhf{}  % Delete current setting for header and footer

\fancypagestyle{main}{% page style for normal pages
  \fancyhfoffset[R]{0.5in}
  \fancyhead[R]{\thepage}
  \renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt}
  \renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0pt}
}

\fancypagestyle{plain}{
  \fancyhfoffset[R]{0.25in}
  \fancyhead{}  % Get rid of headers and footers on plain pages...
  \fancyfoot[C]{\thepage}
  \renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt}  % ...and of the lines
  \renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0pt}
}

\fancypagestyle{empty}{
  \fancyhead{}  % Get rid of headers and footers on empty pages...
  \fancyfoot{}
  \renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt}  % ...and of the lines
  \renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0pt}
}

to work with \pagestyle{main} as ERT before any main text and \thispagestyle{plain} as ERT after each chapter heading.

thanks meho_r