I am currently writing my thesis and would like to edit the template I am using MastersDoctoralThesis
. Precisely, I would like to have every chapter being introduced with 4 pages (#1: page displaying the number of the chapter in large; #2: full page image; #3: the abstract or a quotation relating to the chapter; #4: title and number of the chapter with a short note on the authors at the bottom).
Despite looking for this for a couple of days now on various platforms this seems to be rather hard to accomplish. Hence, I would be more than grateful to receive help on this as it defnitely exceeds my personal capabilities.
Please find below:
main.tex
MWEchapter.tex
MWE- chapter definitions from the
.cls
file - Image of example chapter cover
- link to the template I use
1. main MWE
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} characters \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} \usepackage{awesomebox} \usepackage{lmodern} \usepackage{framed} \definecolor{shadecolor}{named}{Snow2} \usepackage{babel} \usepackage{csquotes} \usepackage[ backend=biber, style=apa, sorting=nty, defernumbers=true, giveninits=true, refsection=chapter, ]{biblatex} \addbibresource{Bibliography.bib} \geometry{ paper=a4paper, inner=2.5cm, outer=3.8cm, bindingoffset=.5cm, top=1.5cm, bottom=1.5cm, showframe,} \begin{document} \frontmatter \pagestyle{plain} \begin{titlepage} \begin{center} \end{center} \end{titlepage} \pagestyle{thesis} \include{Chapters/Chapter1} \printbibliography[heading=bibintoc] \end{document}
2. Chapter MWE:
\chapter{Chapter1}
\label{Chapter1}
\newcommand{\keyword}[1]{\textbf{#1}}
\newcommand{\tabhead}[1]{\textbf{#1}}
\newcommand{\code}[1]{\texttt{#1}}
\newcommand{\file}[1]{\texttt{\bfseries#1}}
\newcommand{\option}[1]{\texttt{\itshape#1}}
\begin{multicols}{2}
\printbibliography[heading=subbibintoc]
\end{multicols}
3. Chapter definition (.cls
)
\ProvideDocumentCommand{\abovechapterskip}{}{\vspace*{20pt}}
\ProvideDocumentCommand{\chapterbelowskip}{}{\vspace*{40pt}}
\ProvideDocumentCommand{\chapterinbetweenskip}{}{\vspace*{20pt}}
\ProvideDocumentCommand{\autodot}{}{}
\ProvideDocumentCommand{\mdtChapapp}{}{}
\ProvideDocumentCommand{\chapteralign}{}{\raggedright}
\ProvideDocumentCommand{\chapterfont}{}{\Huge\bfseries}
\ProvideDocumentCommand{\chapterprefixfont}{}{\LARGE\bfseries}
\DeclareDocumentCommand{\@makechapterhead}{ m }{%
\abovechapterskip
{\parindent \z@ \chapteralign \normalfont
\ifnum \c@secnumdepth >\m@ne
\if@mainmatter
\ifbool{chapteroneline}{%
\chapterfont \mdtChapapp\thechapter\autodot\enspace
}{%
\chapterprefixfont \@chapapp\space \thechapter
\par\nobreak
\chapterinbetweenskip
}%
\fi
\fi
\interlinepenalty\@M%
\chapterfont #1\par\nobreak
\chapterbelowskip
}
\thispagestyle{\chapter@p@gestyle}
}
\def\@makeschapterhead#1{%
\abovechapterskip
{\parindent \z@ \chapteralign
\normalfont
\interlinepenalty\@M
\chapterfont #1\par\nobreak
\chapterbelowskip
}
\thispagestyle{\chapter@p@gestyle}
}
\ProvideDocumentCommand{\addchap}{ s o m }{%
\chapter*{#3}%
\markboth{}{}%
\IfBooleanTF{#1}{%
}{%
\IfNoValueTF{#2}{%
\addchaptertocentry{#3}%
\markboth{\MakeMarkcase{#3}}{\MakeMarkcase{#3}}%
}{%
\addchaptertocentry{#2}%
\markboth{\MakeMarkcase{#2}}{\MakeMarkcase{#2}}%
}%
}%
}%
\ProvideDocumentCommand{\addsec}{ s o m }{%
\section*{#3}%
\markright{}%
\IfBooleanTF{#1}{%
}{%
\IfNoValueTF{#2}{%
\addcontentsline{toc}{section}{#3}%
\markright{\MakeMarkcase{#3}}%%
}{%
\addcontentsline{toc}{section}{#2}%
\markright{\MakeMarkcase{#2}}%
}%
}%
}%
4. Link to the template: https://www.latextemplates.com/template/masters-doctoral-thesis