In the first pages of the Table of Contents, List of Figures, etc, I want to remove the chapter name from the header, but I want to to keep the chapter name/title in the header line of the following pages related to the current ToC/LoF. I tried \pagestyle{empty} for the TOCs; however, the pages following the Contents page for example, in the code given below, there is no header or footer. Is there a workaround for this? That is, how to recover the headers and footers on the 2nd page of the TOC?
Here is the code that I have:
\documentclass[11pt,openany]{book}
\usepackage{calc}
\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\usepackage{titlesec}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\usepackage{fourier}
\usepackage{etoolbox}
\usepackage{blindtext}
\patchcmd{\chapter}{\thispagestyle{plain}}{\thispagestyle{fancy}}{}{}
\newif\ifchapterwidthstar
\newcommand\printchapternumber{\ifchapterwidthstar\else\thechapter\fi}
\makeatletter
\patchcmd\@chapter{\@afterheading}{\chapterwidthstarfalse\@afterheading}{}{}
\patchcmd\@schapter{\@afterheading}{\chapterwidthstartrue\@afterheading}{}{}
\makeatother
\definecolor{gmitblue}{RGB}{93,138,168}
\definecolor{line}{RGB}{70,160,216}
\usetikzlibrary{calc}
\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt}
\newcommand\hdheight{1in}
\newcommand\ftheight{.5in}
\newsavebox\headimageodd
\newsavebox\headimageeven
\newcommand*{\headimages}[3][]{%
\savebox{\headimageeven}{%
\includegraphics[height=120pt,#1]{#2}%
}%
\savebox{\headimageodd}{%
\includegraphics[height=120pt,#1]{#3}%
}%
}
\headimages{example-image-b}{example-image-a}
\pagestyle{fancy}
\fancyhf{}
\fancyhead[O]{%
\begin{tikzpicture}[overlay, remember picture]%
\fill[gmitblue] (current page.north west) rectangle ($(current page.north east)+(0,-\hdheight)$);
\draw[line] ([yshift=-\hdheight]current page.north west) -- ([yshift=-\hdheight]current page.north east);
\ifnum\value{chapter}=0
\node[anchor=south west, text width=11.5cm, text=white, font=\fontsize{.7cm}{1.5cm}\selectfont\bfseries] at ($(current page.north west)+(.5\hdheight,-\hdheight)$) {\raggedleft\rightmark};
\else
\node[anchor=south west, text width=2cm, text=white, font=\fontsize{2cm}{1.5cm}\selectfont\bfseries] (oddpagenum) at ($(current page.north west)+(.5\hdheight,-\hdheight)$) {\printchapternumber};
\node[anchor=south west, text width=11.5cm, text=white, font=\fontsize{.5cm}{1.5cm}\selectfont\bfseries] (chapter) at (oddpagenum.south east) {\quad TOPIC TO BE DISCUSSED};
\fi
\node[anchor=north east, inner xsep=5mm] at (current page.north east) {\usebox\headimageodd};
\end{tikzpicture}%
}
\fancyhead[E]{%
\begin{tikzpicture}[overlay, remember picture]%
\fill[gmitblue] (current page.north west) rectangle ($(current page.north east)+(0,-\hdheight)$);
\draw[line] ([yshift=-\hdheight]current page.north west) -- ([yshift=-\hdheight]current page.north east);
\node[anchor=south east, text width=7cm, text=white, font=\fontsize{.7cm}{1.5cm}\selectfont\bfseries] (evenpagenum) at ($(current page.north east)+(-.5\hdheight,-\hdheight)$) {\raggedleft\rightmark};
\node[anchor=north west, inner xsep=5mm] at (current page.north west) {\usebox\headimageeven};
\end{tikzpicture}%
}
\fancyfoot[CE]{
\begin{tikzpicture}[overlay, remember picture]%
\fill[gmitblue] (current page.south west) rectangle ($(current page.south east)+(0,.5in)$);
\node[anchor=south west, text=white, font=\Large\bfseries, minimum size=.5in] at (current page.south west) {\thepage};
\node[anchor=south, text=white, font=\large, minimum size=.5in] at (current page.south) {\leftmark};
\node[anchor=south east, text=white, font=\large, minimum size=.5in, inner xsep=5mm] at (current page.south east) {\today};
\end{tikzpicture}%
}
\fancyfoot[CO]{
\begin{tikzpicture}[overlay, remember picture]%
\fill[gmitblue] (current page.south west) rectangle ($(current page.south east)+(0,.5in)$);
\node[anchor=south west, text=white, font=\large, minimum size=.5in, inner xsep=5mm] at (current page.south west) {\today};
\node[anchor=south, text=white, font=\large, minimum size=.5in] at (current page.south) {\leftmark};
\node[anchor=south east, text=white, font=\Large\bfseries, minimum size=.5in] at (current page.south east) {\thepage};
\end{tikzpicture}%
}
\title{A reasonably long title}
\date{\today}
\author{The author}
\titleformat{\chapter}[display]
{\normalfont\huge\bfseries}{}{0pt}{\Huge}
\titlespacing*{\chapter} {0pt}{20pt}{40pt}
\begin{document}
\pagestyle{empty}
\maketitle
\tableofcontents
\listoffigures
\pagestyle{fancy}
\chapter{Problem 1}
\section{Problem 1}
\lipsum[1]
\section{Solution 1}
\lipsum
\lipsum
\chapter{Problem 2}
\section{Problem 2}
\lipsum[1]
\blinddocument
\blinddocument
\blinddocument
\blinddocument
\blinddocument
\blinddocument
\appendix
\chapter{Answer 1}
\lipsum[1]
\cleardoublepage
\chapter*{References}
\end{document}
fancyhdrcomplains about a wrong\headheightto begin with... And I see headers and footers\pagestyle{fancy}before\listoffigures!