Newbie here.
I get a blank,numbered page after running the following \maketitle command in my document.
Is this part of the report class that I am using? How can i remove the blank page?
\def\maketitle{%\begin{titlepage}
\thispagestyle{empty}
\let\footnotesize\small \let\footnoterule\relax \setcounter{page}{0}
\null
\vfil
\begin{center}
\title{Final Year Project Interim Report\\[0.5cm]\rule{4cm}{1pt}\\[0.7cm]
\textbf{\projecttitle}}\\[1cm]
\author{\LARGE \studentname}\\[0.5cm]\rule{4cm}{1pt}\\[0.5cm]
\textsf{\Large Blah[0.5cm]
\textsf{\Large \textbf{Supervisor:} \supervisorname}\\[0.5cm]
\textsf{\Large \textbf{Mentor:} \moderatorname}\\[1.8cm]
\includegraphics[height=6cm]{logo}\\[1cm]
\textsf{\Large Blah\vfill
\normalsize \today}
\end{center}
\vfil
\null
%\end{titlepage}
}
It occurs to me that I might not have provided enough information. If so let me know.
edit: the (as minimal as i could) working example:
tex file:
\documentclass[]{final_report}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{hyperref}
\def\studentname{asdn}
\def\projecttitle{asd}
\def\supervisorname{asd}
\def\moderatorname{asd}
\begin{document}
\maketitle
\tableofcontents\pdfbookmark[0]{Table of Contents}{toc}\newpage
\label{endpage}
\end{document}
\end{article}
cls file:
\ProvidesClass{final_report}
\LoadClass[11pt, titlepage]{report}
\usepackage[paperwidth=21cm,paperheight=29.7cm,includehead,headheight=1.5cm,pdftex,hmargin={3cm,2.5cm},vmargin={0cm,2cm},]{geometry}
\setlength{\parindent}{0cm}
\renewcommand{\baselinestretch}{1.2}
\parskip=1em
\renewcommand{\contentsname}{Table of Contents}
\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\pagestyle{fancy}
\fancyhf{}
\fancyhead[LO]{\small\textsf{\projecttitle}}
\fancyhead[RO]{\small\textsf{\studentname}}
\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0.1pt}
\fancyfoot[CO]{\small\textsf{Page \thepage~of~\pageref{endpage}}}
\def\ps@plain{%
\let\@oddhead\@empty
\def\@oddfoot{\normalfont\hfil\small\textsf{Page \thepage~of~\pageref{endpage}}\hfil}%
\def\@evenfoot{\normalfont\hfil\small\textsf{Page \thepage~of~\pageref{endpage}}\hfil}}
\renewcommand{\normalsize}{\fontsize{11pt}{11pt}\selectfont}
\renewcommand{\title}[1]{\textsf{\Huge{#1}}}
\renewcommand{\author}[1]{\textsf{\Huge{#1}}}
\newcommand{\subtitle}[1]{\textsf{\textbf{\Large{#1}}}}
\newcommand{\abstractheading}[1]{\textsf{\textbf{\LARGE{#1}}}}
\newcommand{\code}[1]{\texttt{\footnotesize{#1}}}
\renewcommand{\section}{\@startsection
{section}% % the name
{1}% % the level
{0mm}% % the indent
{10.6mm}% % the beforeskip
{4.2mm}% % the afterskip
{\LARGE\bfseries\sffamily}} % the style
\renewcommand{\subsection}{\@startsection
{subsection}% % the name
{2}% % the level
{0mm}% % the indent
{6.4mm}% % the beforeskip
{1.1mm}% % the afterskip
{\Large\bfseries\sffamily}} % the style
\renewcommand{\subsubsection}{\@startsection
{subsubsection}% % the name
{3}% % the level
{0mm}% % the indent
{4.2mm}% % the beforeskip
{1.1mm}% % the afterskip
{\normalsize\bfseries\sffamily}} % the style
%\renewcommand\chapter{
% %\thispagestyle{empty}
% \pagestyle{fancy}
% \doublespacing
% \global\@topnum\z@
% \@afterindentfalse
% \secdef\@chapter\@schapter
%}
\renewcommand\chapter{
\if@openright\cleardoublepage\else\clearpage\fi
\thispagestyle{plain}%
\global\@topnum\z@
\@afterindentfalse
\secdef\@chapter\@schapter}
%% Chapter headings should be centered, uppercase, and at the top of the page.
\def\@makechapterhead#1{%
{ \parindent \z@ \raggedright \normalfont
%\centering
\ifnum \c@secnumdepth >\m@ne
\huge\textsf{\@chapapp\space \thechapter:}
% \par\nobreak
%\vskip 20\p@
\fi
\interlinepenalty\@M
\huge \bfseries \textsf{#1}\par\nobreak
\rule{5cm}{0.5pt}
\vskip 20\p@
} }
\def\@makeschapterhead#1{%
%\vspace*{50\p@}%
{ \parindent \z@ \raggedright
%\centering
\normalfont
\interlinepenalty\@M
\huge \bfseries \textsf{#1}\par\nobreak
\rule{5cm}{0.5pt}
\vskip 20\p@
}}
\renewenvironment{abstract}{%
\chapter*{\abstractname}%
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{\abstractname}
}
\makeatletter
\renewcommand{\l@chapter}{\bfseries\@dottedtocline{1}{0em}{2.3em}}
\renewcommand{\l@section}{\normalfont\@dottedtocline{2}{2em}{2.3em}}
\renewcommand{\l@subsection}{\normalfont\@dottedtocline{3}{2em}{2.3em}}
\renewcommand{\l@subsubsection}{\normalfont\@dottedtocline{4}{2em}{2.3em}}
\makeatother
\def\maketitle{%\begin{titlepage}
\thispagestyle{empty}
\let\footnotesize\small \let\footnoterule\relax \setcounter{page}{0}
\null
\vfil
\begin{center}
\title{bla\\[0.5cm]\rule{4cm}{1pt}\\[0.7cm]
\textbf{\projecttitle}}\\[1cm]
\author{\LARGE \studentname}\\[0.5cm]\rule{4cm}{1pt}\\[0.5cm]
\textsf{\Large blah[0.5cm]}
\textsf{\Large \textbf{Supervisor:} \supervisorname}\\[0.5cm]
\textsf{\Large \textbf{Mentor:} \moderatorname}\\[1.8cm]
\includegraphics[height=6cm]{logo}\\[1cm]
\textsf{\Large blah\\\vfill
\normalsize \today}
\end{center}
\vfil
\null
%\end{titlepage}
}
\pagestyle{plain}
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