[Tex/LaTex] fancyhdr style problem

fancyhdrheader-footerpage-numbering

I am having some problems with the fancyhdr package. How can I achieve the following in my big thesis file:
The header should consists of the chapter name at the left side and the page number at the right side. The page with number 1 should be the first page of the first chapter.
The "fancy" style should start after the table of contents and everything before should be enumerated with the letter i, ii and so on.

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In the following MWE I've created two different page styles: frontmatter and mainmatter. Your typical document structure will most likely include resetting the page style between these document components, including a call to \frontmatter/mainmatter to reset the page number and presentation (\roman and \arabic) as well as other ToC-related stuff:

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\documentclass[leqno,12pt,a4paper,oneside]{book}
\usepackage{lipsum}% http://ctan.org/pkg/lipsum
\usepackage{fancyhdr}% http://ctan.org/pkg/fancyhdr
\fancypagestyle{frontmatter}{%
  \renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt}% No header rule
  \renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0pt}% No footer rule
  \fancyhf{}% Clear header/footer
  \fancyfoot[C]{\thepage}%
}
\fancypagestyle{mainmatter}{%
  \renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{.4pt}% Header rule
  \renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{.4pt}% Footer rule
  \fancyhf{}% Clear header/footer
  \fancyhead[L]{\leftmark}% Chapter in header Left
  \fancyhead[R]{\thepage}% Page number in header Right
}
\begin{document}
\frontmatter%
\pagestyle{frontmatter}% frontmatter page style
\tableofcontents
\chapter{Preface}
\lipsum[1-20]% Some dummy text

\mainmatter
\chapter{Introduction}%
\pagestyle{mainmatter}% mainmatter page style
\lipsum[1-20]% Some dummy text
\end{document}

You don't mention any hyperref-compatibility requirement. However, that could also be incorporated.

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The style is applied to the current page. So you need to clear the page first. This is done by \clearpage (end current page) or \cleardoublepage(clear current page and optionally add a blank page so that the next page with content is an odd page), depending on whether your chapters can start on any page or always start on an odd page.

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Try this code:

\documentclass{book}
\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\fancyhf{}
\lhead{\itshape BA TOPIC}
\chead{\itshape{\nouppercase{\leftmark}}}
\rhead{\thepage}
\lfoot{}
\cfoot{}
\rfoot{}
\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt}
\renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0pt}

\usepackage[ocgcolorlinks]{hyperref}
\usepackage{bookmark}
\usepackage{lipsum}    %% for dummy text

\begin{document}
\frontmatter
\pagestyle{plain}

%Titlepage
%\input{title.tex}

%ToC etc
    \tableofcontents
    \listoffigures
    \listoftables

\cleardoublepage
\pagestyle{fancy}

%define header style for chapter pages and put it here
\fancypagestyle{plain}{%
    \fancyhf{}
    \fancyhead[L]{\itshape{BA THEMA}}
    \fancyhead[C]{}
    \fancyhead[R]{\thepage}
}
\mainmatter
% actual Content
\chapter{Einleitung}
\lipsum[1]
\section{Some section}
\lipsum[2-8]
\chapter{Second}
\lipsum[1]
\section{Some other section}
\lipsum

\end{document}

You can define a fancy page style like:

\fancypagestyle{myfancy}{%
\fancyhf{}
\fancyhead[L]{<your settings>}
\fancyhead[C]{<your settings>}
\fancyhead[R]{<your settings>}
\fancyfoot[L]{<your settings>}
\fancyfoot[C]{<your settings>}
\fancyfoot[R]{<your settings>}
\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt}
\renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0pt}
}

and use it as \pagestyle{myfancy}. But if you want to change the page style of chapter pages, you should do it by changing the plain style as shown above.

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