latex classicthesis :: change the start location of the table of contents

Question

I'm using classicthesis for my dissertation. By default the TOC begins with "List of Figures", "List of Tables", and "Listings" as can be seen in the Contents.tex source file.

I would like the TOC to list "Dedication", "Acknowledgements", "Foreword", and "Abstract" before "List of Figures", etc.

I have attempted to do this by adding the following code just before the code for "List of Figures" in Contents.tex.

\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Dedication}
\pdfbookmark[1]{Dedication}{Dedication}

\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Acknowledgements}
\pdfbookmark[1]{Acknowledgements}{Acknowledgements}

\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Foreword}
\pdfbookmark[1]{Preface}{Foreword}

\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Abstract}
\pdfbookmark[1]{Abstract}{Abstract}

This places these four entries into the TOC in the correct position, but they all get assigned the same page number: the roman page number that immediately follows the TOC (the same page number as "List of Figures").

How do I get the TOC to recognize the correct roman page numbers of these four preceding chapters?

Thanks.

Answer 1

You should do, for instance,

\cleardoublepage
\phantomsection
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Acknowledgements}

\chapter*{Acknowledgments}

Text of the acknowledgments.

A simpler way, when using as base class scrbook or scrreprt, is to say

\addchap{Acknowledgments}

that does automatically the addition to the table of contents (hyperref takes care of the bookmarks).