How to create a custom front/title page of a thesis?

Question

I have tried to do a front page to my thesis using mdframe after have read it here. Here it was I have done so far but I am stuck. How do I get the frame over the whole left page and how do a get a picture in the center right of the page? What is the style for the text?

In the figure below is the template that I try to recreate in latex. Please help me to finish it.

\documentclass{report}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{color}
\usepackage{mdframed}

\usepackage[top=3cm, bottom=3cm,
        inner=3cm, outer=3cm]{geometry}


\definecolor{BackgrondColor}{cmyk}{0,0.031,0.154,0.110}


\begin{document}

\mdfsetup{backgroundcolor=BackgrondColor}
\begin{mdframed}
\vspace{3cm}
\begin{flushright}
\huge Title\\
\vspace{7cm}
\uppercase{Name1}\\
\uppercase{Name2}\\
\vspace{5cm}
Master of Science Thesis\\

\end{flushright}
\end{mdframed}
\thispagestyle{empty}

\end{document}

This looks like:

But it should look like:

Answer 1

Use a box as tall as the page height:

\documentclass{report}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{color}

\usepackage[top=3cm, bottom=3cm,
        inner=3cm, outer=3cm]{geometry}


\definecolor{BackgroundColor}{cmyk}{0,0.031,0.154,0.110}


\begin{document}

\noindent
\colorbox{BackgroundColor}{%
  \parbox[c][\dimexpr\textheight-2\fboxsep][s]{\dimexpr\textwidth-4cm}{%
    \vspace*{3cm}
    \raggedleft\sffamily
    {\huge Title\\}
    \vfill
    \MakeUppercase{Name1}\\
    \MakeUppercase{Name2}\\
    \vfill
    Master of Science Thesis\\
    Stockholm, Sweden, 2015
    \vspace{3cm}
  }% end of \parbox
}% end of \colorbox
\hfill
\raisebox{-.5\height}{%
  \includegraphics[width=3cm,height=3cm]{example-image}% the logo
}

\thispagestyle{empty}

\end{document}

Answer 2

Here is another suggestion using scrlayer with a new declared layer page style for the title page. Note that for the headers and footers on the other pages any other package (eg. fancyhdr) can be used.

\documentclass{report}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{lmodern}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{color}
\usepackage[margin=3cm]{geometry}

\definecolor{BackgrondColor}{cmyk}{0,0.031,0.154,0.110}
\newcommand\bgwidth{.7\paperwidth}% width of the colored background
\newcommand\bgtextsep{1.25cm}% sep text -- right border background
\newcommand\titlenamesep{9cm}% sep title -- names

\usepackage{scrlayer}
\DeclarePageStyleByLayers{titlepage}{titlepage.bg,titlepage.fg}
\DeclareNewLayer[
  background,
  area={0pt}{0pt}{\bgwidth}{\paperheight},
  contents={{\color{BackgrondColor}\rule{\layerwidth}{\layerheight}}}
]{titlepage.bg}
\makeatletter
\DeclareNewLayer[
  foreground,
  textarea,
  hoffset=0pt,
  width={\dimexpr\bgwidth-\bgtextsep\relax},
  contents={\parbox[c][\layerheight]{\layerwidth}{\raggedleft\sffamily\bfseries\Large%
      {\huge \@tptitle\\}%
      \vspace{\titlenamesep}
      \MakeUppercase{Name1}\\
      \MakeUppercase{Name2}%
        \makebox[0pt][l]{\hspace*{\bgtextsep}%
          \parbox{\dimexpr\paperwidth-\bgwidth\relax}{\centering
            \raisebox{-.5\height}[0pt][0pt]{%
              \includegraphics[width=4cm,height=4cm]{example-image}%
        }}}%
      \\%
      \vfill
      {\Large\mdseries Master of Science Thesis\\
        Stockholm, Sweden, 2008%
      }
  }}
]{titlepage.fg}
\newcommand\@tptitle{Title}
\newcommand\tptitle[1]{\def\@tptitle{#1}\mbox{}\thispagestyle{titlepage}\cleardoublepage}
\makeatother

\usepackage{fancyhdr}% only to show that it works with fancyhdr
\pagestyle{fancy}% only to show that it works with fancyhdr
\usepackage[nonumberlist]{glossaries}% only to show that it works with this package

\usepackage{mwe}% example-image and dummy text
\begin{document}
\tptitle{English title}
\tptitle{Swedish title}
%
\blinddocument
\end{document}

Answer 3

I have a simple solution to your problem. Use the already existing template from our university. All you have to do is to change the text under the logo.

Example from the website:

Good luck with your thesis, I'm glad your using LaTeX :)

---

You mentioned two problems in your comment, how to get two authors and how to get two titlepages. When using the normal \author{} and \maketitle commands, you can simply write \author{Name1 \\ Name2} to get two authors. This doesn't work for the \iauthor command they provide in the template (I haven't been able to figure out why). Therefore, the easiest way is to define a command for a co-author, \icoauthor{} for example.

Add the definition at the appropriate places in the .sty file:

\newcommand\@icoauthor{}

and

\newcommand{\icoauthor}[1]{%
\renewcommand\@icoauthor{#1}%
}

(You can also add the shorter version \def\coauthor#1{\gdef\@coauthor{#1}})

And then find these lines in the .sty file:

 {
 \fontsize{14}{18}\selectfont%
   \rightline{\MakeUppercase{\@iauthor}}%
 }%

and add, right below them:

 {
 \fontsize{14}{18}\selectfont%
   \rightline{\MakeUppercase{\@icoauthor}}%
 }%

To get two titlepages, we can simply do the \makeititle twice and change the language and title in between. This wouldn't work for the normal \maketitle command cause it is programmed to "forget" the \maketitle definition after it is used.

Code:

\documentclass[sve,a4paper]{article}
\usepackage[exjobb]{KTHEEtitlepage}
\usepackage[cp1252]{inputenc}
\begin{document}
\ititle{Intressant Rapport}
%\isubtitle{My Subtitle} % Optional
\idate{Februari 2006}
\irefnr{TRITA-EE 2006:666}
\iauthor{Förnamn Efternamn}
\icoauthor{Ett till namn}
\makeititle
\newpage
\makeatletter
\@engtrue
\makeatother
\ititle{A Very Interesting Report}
%\isubtitle{My Subtitle} % Optional
\idate{February 2006}
\irefnr{TRITA-EE 2006:666}
\iauthor{Firstname Lastname}
\icoauthor{Another Name}
\makeititle
\end{document} 

This gives you the Swedish titlepage first and sets the language for the rest of the report to English.

Here's the full, slightly modified version of the KTHEEtitlepage.sty:

%
% DESCRIPTION: Style file to add a title page for masters thesis,
%              licentiate, doctoral thesis and internal reports
%              according to the central KTH design, but with a EE
%              logo.
%%
% OPTIONS:
%       eng:            English text in the logo
%       sve/swe:        Swedish text in the logo
%       forPrint:       Gives a titlepage in black and white
%                       (without any logo for the thesis formats)
%       forWWW:         Gives titlepage in color with logo, intended
%                       for web publishing.
%       ireport:        Internal report
%       exjobb:         master thesis report
%       lic:            licentiate thesis report
%       doktor:         PhD thesis report
%       
%       Default is exjobb, eng and forWWW.
%
% COMMANDS:    \ititle{}, \isubtitle{}, idate{}, \irefnr{}, \iaddress{}
%              and \makeititle.
%
% USAGE:       \usepackage{KTHEEtitlepage},
%              \usepackage[ireport,sve,forPrint]{KTHEEtitlepage}
%              \begin{document}
%                \ititle{My Title}
%                \isubtitle{My Subtitle} % Optional
%                \idate{March 2004}
%                \irefnr{}
%                \iaddress{} % Only for ireports!
%                \makeititle
%                ... % The rest of the document
%
% LIMITATIONS: Currently only supports A4 paper size in a reasonable way.
%
% AUTHORS:     Elisabet Molin, Mats Bengtsson, S3, KTH
%
% DATE:        040921
%
% Updated:      060503 Support for ireport, lic and doktor /mabe
%               060807 Renamed to KTHEEtitlepage, added \submittedIEEE
%                      and \publishedIEEE /mabe
%               061006 Fixed problem if \subtitle wasn't set in
%                      ireport /mabe
%               061010 forPrint now gives B&W logo for ireport and
%                      the title page is now centered even if the
%                      remaining document isn't. Check if the babel
%                      package is used to select swedish. /mabe
%
%******************************************************************************
% Identification
\NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e}
\ProvidesPackage{KTHEEtitlepage}[2004/09/21 KTH EE titlepage package]
\ProvidesFile{here_the_logos}[2004/09/21 KTH logo English, BW]
\ProvidesFile{here_the_logos}[2004/09/21 KTH logo Swedish, BW]
\ProvidesFile{here_the_logos}[2004/09/21 KTH logo Swedish, colour]
\ProvidesFile{here_the_logos}[2004/09/21 KTH logo Swedish, colour]


% define new booleans for options
\newif\if@eng
\newif\if@sve
\newif\if@colour
\newif\if@ireport
\newif\if@exjobb
\newif\if@lic
\newif\if@doktor

% Default options:
\@engtrue
\@svefalse
\@colourtrue
\@exjobbtrue

% declare options
\DeclareOption{eng}{\@engtrue}
\DeclareOption{sve}{\@svetrue\@engfalse}
\DeclareOption{swe}{\@svetrue\@engfalse}
\DeclareOption{forWWW}{\@colourtrue}
\DeclareOption{forPrint}{\@colourfalse}
\DeclareOption{notitlepage}{\OptionNotUsed}
\DeclareOption{ireport}{\@ireporttrue\@exjobbfalse\@licfalse\@doktorfalse}
\DeclareOption{exjobb}{\@ireportfalse\@exjobbtrue\@licfalse\@doktorfalse}
\DeclareOption{lic}{\@ireportfalse\@exjobbfalse\@lictrue\@doktorfalse}
\DeclareOption{doktor}{\@ireportfalse\@exjobbfalse\@licfalse\@doktortrue}

\ProcessOptions\relax

% babel setting overrides the language set here!
\AtBeginDocument{\@ifpackageloaded{babel}{\iflanguage{swedish}{\@svetrue\@engfalse}{}}{}}

% automatic graphics switching
\RequirePackage{graphicx,color} % for inserting the logos and
                                % the background

\RequirePackage{calc} % for the layout calculations

\newcommand\@ititle{}
\newcommand\@isubtitle{}
\newcommand\@iauthor{}
\newcommand\@icoauthor{}
\newcommand\@idate{}
\newcommand\@irefnr{}
\newcommand\@iaddress{}
\newcommand\@inotice{}

\newcommand{\ititle}[1]{%
  \renewcommand\@ititle{#1}%
}
\newcommand{\isubtitle}[1]{%
  \renewcommand\@isubtitle{#1}%
}
\newcommand{\iauthor}[1]{%
  \renewcommand\@iauthor{#1}%
}
\newcommand{\icoauthor}[1]{%
  \renewcommand\@icoauthor{#1}%
}
\newcommand{\idate}[1]{%
  \renewcommand\@idate{#1}%
}
\newcommand{\irefnr}[1]{%
  \renewcommand\@irefnr{#1}%
}
\newcommand{\iaddress}[1]{%
  \renewcommand\@iaddress{#1}%
}


\newcommand{\submittedIEEE}[1]{\renewcommand{\@inotice}{
    This work has been submitted to the IEEE for possible
    publication. Copyright may be transferred without notice, after
    which this version may no longer be accessible.}}
\newcommand{\publishedIEEE}[1]{\renewcommand{\@inotice}{
    \copyright{} #1 IEEE. Personal use of this material is
    permitted. However, permission to reprint/republish this material
    for advertising or promotional purposes or for creating new
    collective works for resale or redistribution to servers or lists,
    or to reuse any copyrighted component of this work in other works
    must be obtained from the IEEE.}}

\newcommand{\displayKTHlogo}{%
\if@eng
\if@colour
  \includegraphics[width=32mm]{kth_cmyk_electr_engine}%
\else
  \if@ireport
    %% Black white
    \includegraphics[width=32mm]{kth_svv_electr_engine}%
  \else% No logotype
  \mbox{}
  \fi
\fi
\else\if@sve%
\if@colour%
  \includegraphics[width=32mm]{kth_cmyk_elektro_systemtek}%
\else%
  \if@ireport%
    %% Black white
    \includegraphics[width=32mm]{kth_svv_elektro_systemtek}%
  \else% No logotype
  \mbox{}%
  \fi
\fi
\fi\fi
}

% Page layout
%\geometry{left=25mm,right=66mm,top=30mm,bottom=28mm,marginparsep=12mm,includemp=false,noheadfoot}

\newlength{\titlep@getextwidth}
\setlength{\titlep@getextwidth}{12cm}
\newlength{\titlep@gewhitemargin}
\setlength{\titlep@gewhitemargin}{54mm}
\newlength{\titlep@geleftmargin}
\setlength{\titlep@geleftmargin}{27mm}
\newlength{\titlep@gemarginsep}
\setlength{\titlep@gemarginsep}{9mm}
\newlength{\titlep@getextheight}
\setlength{\titlep@getextheight}{240mm}
\newlength{\titlep@getopmargin}
\setlength{\titlep@getopmargin}{35mm}
\newlength{\tmpl@ngth}%

\def\makeititle{
  \begingroup
  \if@twocolumn 
  \onecolumn \m@keititle \twocolumn
  \else \newpage
  \global\@topnum\z@ \m@keititle \fi
  \endgroup
  \setcounter{footnote}{0}
  \thispagestyle{empty}
  \setcounter{page}{0} \newpage\pagecolor{white}
  \if@twoside 
  \setcounter{page}{0}\thispagestyle{empty}\cleardoublepage
  \fi
%  \let\makeititle\relax
%  \let\@makeititle\relax
%  \gdef\@iauthor{}\gdef\@ititle{}
}

\newcommand{\m@keititle}{%
  \if@ireport%
    \m@keireportititle%
  \else%
    \m@kethesisititle%
  \fi%
}

% this is the new style for the title page of ireports
\newcommand\m@keireportititle{%
  % Move so the minipage of widht linewidth is centered.
  % \paperwidth = 1in + \hoffset + "leftmargin" + "rightmargin"
  \setlength{\tmpl@ngth}{.5\linewidth-.5\paperwidth+\hoffset+1in}%
  \if@twoside%
    \addtolength{\tmpl@ngth}{\evensidemargin}%
  \else%
    \addtolength{\tmpl@ngth}{\oddsidemargin}%
  \fi%
  \noindent\hspace*{-\tmpl@ngth}%
  \makebox[0pt][l]{\begin{minipage}[t][\textheight]{\linewidth}%
  \sffamily%
  \begin{center}
    \displayKTHlogo \vfill
    \sffamily%
    \fontsize{20}{25}\selectfont\@ititle\\[5mm]
    \fontsize{10}{12}\selectfont\mbox{}\@isubtitle\\[5mm]
    \textit{\@inotice}\vfill
    \fontsize{14}{18}\selectfont\MakeUppercase{\@iauthor}
    %\ifx\@icoauthor\@empty\else%
    \fontsize{14}{18}\selectfont\MakeUppercase{\@icoauthor}%\par\fi%
    \vfill\vfill\vfill
    \fontsize{14}{18}\selectfont%
    Stockholm \@idate\\
    \rule{\linewidth}{1pt}
    \@iaddress\\[5mm]
  \end{center}
  \fontsize{14}{18}\selectfont%
  \@irefnr
\end{minipage}}
}

% this is the new style for the title page of theses
\newcommand\m@kethesisititle{%
  \if@colour%
    \if@exjobb%
    \pagecolor[cmyk]{0,0.02,0.15,0.02}%
    \fi%
    \if@lic%
    \pagecolor[cmyk]{0,0,0,0.27}%
    \fi%
    \if@doktor%
    \pagecolor[cmyk]{1,0.55,0,0}%
    \fi%
  \fi%
  \def\thefootnote{\fnsymbol{footnote}}%
  \def\@makefnmark{\hbox to 0pt{$^{\@thefnmark}$\hss}}%
  %
  % Move to the top of the page
  \setlength{\tmpl@ngth}{-\voffset-\topmargin-\headheight-\headsep-1in-2\baselineskip}%
%  \mbox{}\vskip\tmpl@ngth%
  \vspace*{\tmpl@ngth}%
  %
  % Move to \titlep@geleftmargin from the left edge of the paper
  \setlength{\tmpl@ngth}{\titlep@geleftmargin-\hoffset-1in}%
  \if@twoside%
    \addtolength{\tmpl@ngth}{-\evensidemargin}%
  \else%
    \addtolength{\tmpl@ngth}{-\oddsidemargin}%
  \fi%
  \noindent\mbox{}\hspace*{\tmpl@ngth}%
  %
  % Fool LaTeX into beleiving that the contents doesn't
  %  occupy any space 
  \raisebox{0pt}[0pt][0pt]{\rlap{\mbox{%
        \if@exjobb\relax\else%
        \color{white}%
        \fi%
        % The text
        \begin{minipage}[t][296mm]{\titlep@getextwidth}%
          \vspace*{\titlep@getopmargin}%
          \sffamily%
          \raggedleft%
          \parbox[b][96mm]{\linewidth}{%
            \raggedleft\fontsize{20}{25}\selectfont\@ititle\vfill
            %
            \fontsize{10}{12}\selectfont\@isubtitle\vfill
         }
         {
         \fontsize{14}{18}\selectfont%
           \rightline{\MakeUppercase{\@iauthor}}%
         }%
         {
         %\ifx\@icoauthor\@empty\else%
        \fontsize{14}{18}\selectfont%
          \rightline{\MakeUppercase{\@icoauthor}}%\par\fi%
         }%
         \vfill%
         \parbox[b][30mm]{\linewidth}{%
           \raggedleft\fontsize{14}{18}\selectfont{}%
           \if@eng%
             \if@exjobb%
               Master's Degree Project\\
               Stockholm, Sweden \@idate
             \fi
             \if@lic
               Licentiate Thesis\\
               Stockholm, Sweden \@idate
             \fi
             \if@doktor
               Doctoral Thesis\\
               Stockholm, Sweden \@idate
             \fi
           \else\if@sve
             \if@exjobb
               Examensarbete\\
               Stockholm, Sverige \@idate
             \fi
             \if@lic
               Licentiatavhandling\\
               Stockholm, Sverige \@idate
             \fi
             \if@doktor
               Doktorsavhandling\\
               Stockholm, Sverige \@idate
             \fi
           \fi\fi
         }
%        
         \vskip1.5cm
         {\fontsize{11}{14}\selectfont{}\@irefnr}
         \vspace{28mm}
      \end{minipage}%
      \hspace{\titlep@gemarginsep}%
      %
      % The margin
      %
      \begin{minipage}[t]{\titlep@gewhitemargin}%
        \raisebox{0pt}[0pt][0pt]{%
          \setlength{\fboxsep}{0pt}%
          % Add some extra height to avoid a yellow line at the bottom
          \colorbox{white}{\parbox[t][310mm]{\linewidth}{%
              \vspace*{120mm}
              \centering\displayKTHlogo\\
              \vfill}}}
      \end{minipage}
    }}
  }
}