[Tex/LaTex] Page numbering at bottom of page

fancyhdrheader-footerpage-numbering

I am writing my thesis and I am using document class thesis. I want the page numbering appearing at bottom of the pages and centered.

\documentclass[12pt,a4paper, oneside, bold]{thesis}
\usepackage[left=3cm,right=2cm,top=3cm,bottom=2cm]{geometry}
\begin{document}
My text....
\end{document}

I tried writing something like that:

\documentclass[12pt,a4paper, oneside, bold]{thesis}
\usepackage[left=3cm,right=2cm,top=3cm,bottom=2cm]{geometry}
\usepackage{fancyhdr} 
\fancyhf{}
\cfoot{\thepage}

\begin{document}
    My text
\end{document}

But nothing is working. Any suggestions please.

Best Answer

The package fancyhdr allows you the modification of the header. However the package fancyhdr doesn't overwrite the default styles instead it defines a new one named fancy. So you have to use \pagestyle{fancy}:

\documentclass[12pt,a4paper, oneside, bold]{thesis}
\usepackage[left=3cm,right=2cm,top=3cm,bottom=2cm]{geometry}
\usepackage{fancyhdr} 
\fancyhf{}
\cfoot{\thepage}
\pagestyle{fancy}    
\begin{document}
    My text
\end{document}
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