[Tex/LaTex] problem with title page fancy header

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I'm having a problem that I can't even begin to understand the reason why it is happening. Last time I compiled, the result of my title page was normal:

Now for some reason after the last compilations, there is a header and a footer on the title page and it looks broken :

I tried to put a thispagestyle{empty} after the \maketitle command but it doesn't seem to work. Here's my code :

%HEADER
\fancypagestyle{plain}{
  \fancyhf{}% Clear header/footer
  \fancyhead[L]{Stage CME}
  \fancyhead[R]{Centrale Nantes - EMFI Haguenau}% Right header
  \fancyfoot[L]{\today}% Left footer
  \fancyfoot[R]{\thepage\ / 15}% Right footer
}
\pagestyle{plain}

%TITLE
\title{\textsc{stage connaissance du monde de l'entreprise} \\ Stage au     service contrôle process \textsc{emfi} Haguenau \\ Rapport de stage}
\author{Jérémy Diallo \\ \\ \textbf{Tuteur en entreprise :} \textsc{ober} Patrick \\ \\ \textbf{Responsable Centrale Nantes :} \textsc{le brizaut} Jean-Sébastien}
\date{Juillet 2016}
%DEBUT DU DOCUMENT
\begin{document}
\begin{multicols}{2}
%LOGOS
\begin{figure}[H]
\flushleft
\includegraphics[scale=0.1]{logoECN.png}
\end{figure}

\begin{figure}[H]
\flushright
\includegraphics[scale=0.2]{emfi.png}
\end{figure}

\end{multicols}
{\let\newpage\relax\maketitle}
\thispagestyle{empty}
\tableofcontents

I'm thiking maybe it has something to do with the packages I use but I don't remember changing anything between compilations. Here's my package call anyway :

\usepackage[latin1]{inputenc}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[francais]{babel}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{layout}
\usepackage{eurosym}
\PassOptionsToPackage{hyphens}{url}\usepackage{hyperref}
\usepackage[left=4cm, right = 4cm, top = 3.5cm, bottom = 3.5cm]{geometry}
\usepackage{multicol}
\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\usepackage{float}
\usepackage{wrapfig}
\usepackage{caption}
\usepackage{subcaption}
\usepackage{placeins}
\usepackage{pdfpages}
\usepackage{tocloft}
%For the trademarks
\usepackage{textcomp}
%FILIGRANE
\usepackage{draftwatermark}
\usepackage{appendix}

Any help is welcomed, thanks in advance 🙂

Best Answer

You're better to define your own page style, rather than redefining plain.

I made some changes to your code, notably

the document page style is in force throughout the document
the redefined plain page style will be used by \maketitle
hyperref should be last
lastpage will allow to use \pageref{LastPage} instead of hard coding the last page number
your awkward code for the logos has been simplified (there is no requirement that \includegraphics has to be in a figure environment)
I added fix-cm in order to get a big watermark

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{fix-cm}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} % use latin9 for your document
\usepackage[francais]{babel}

\usepackage{lipsum} % just for the example

\usepackage[demo]{graphicx} % remove demo for your document
\usepackage{layout}
\usepackage{eurosym}
\usepackage[left=4cm, right = 4cm, top = 3.5cm, bottom = 3.5cm]{geometry}
\usepackage{multicol}
\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\usepackage{float}
\usepackage{wrapfig}
\usepackage{caption}
\usepackage{subcaption}
\usepackage{placeins}
\usepackage{pdfpages}
\usepackage{lastpage}
\usepackage{tocloft} % don't forget the titles option
%For the trademarks
\usepackage{textcomp}
%FILIGRANE
\usepackage{draftwatermark}
\usepackage{appendix}

\PassOptionsToPackage{hyphens}{url}
\usepackage{hyperref}

%HEADER
\fancypagestyle{document}{%
  \fancyhf{}% Clear header/footer
  \fancyhead[L]{Stage CME}
  \fancyhead[R]{Centrale Nantes - EMFI Haguenau}% Right header
  \fancyfoot[L]{\today}% Left footer
  \fancyfoot[R]{\thepage\ / \pageref{LastPage}}% Right footer
}
\fancypagestyle{plain}{%
  \renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt}%
  \fancyhf{}%
  \fancyfoot[C]{\thepage\ / \pageref{LastPage}}%
}
\pagestyle{document}

%TITLE
\title{%
  \textsc{stage connaissance du monde de l'entreprise} \\
  Stage au service contrôle process \textsc{emfi} Haguenau \\
  Rapport de stage}

\author{%
  Jérémy Diallo \\[\normalbaselineskip]
  \textbf{Tuteur en entreprise :} \textsc{ober} Patrick \\[\normalbaselineskip]
  \textbf{Responsable Centrale Nantes :} \textsc{le brizaut} Jean-Sébastien}

\date{Juillet 2016}
%DEBUT DU DOCUMENT
\begin{document}

\begin{center}
\includegraphics[scale=0.1]{logoECN.png}\hfill \includegraphics[scale=0.2]{emfi.png}
\end{center}
{\let\newpage\relax\maketitle}

\tableofcontents

\section{Title}

\lipsum

\section{Title}

\lipsum

\end{document}

Here's the same with report:

\documentclass{report}
\usepackage{fix-cm}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} % use latin9 for your document
\usepackage[francais]{babel}

\usepackage{lipsum} % just for the example

\usepackage[demo]{graphicx}
\usepackage{layout}
\usepackage{eurosym}
\usepackage[left=4cm, right = 4cm, top = 3.5cm, bottom = 3.5cm]{geometry}
\usepackage{multicol}
\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\usepackage{float}
\usepackage{wrapfig}
\usepackage{caption}
\usepackage{subcaption}
\usepackage{placeins}
\usepackage{pdfpages}
\usepackage{lastpage}
\usepackage{tocloft} % don't forget the titles option
%For the trademarks
\usepackage{textcomp}
%FILIGRANE
\usepackage{draftwatermark}
\usepackage{appendix}

\PassOptionsToPackage{hyphens}{url}
\usepackage{hyperref}

%HEADER
\fancypagestyle{document}{%
  \fancyhf{}% Clear header/footer
  \fancyhead[L]{Stage CME}
  \fancyhead[R]{Centrale Nantes - EMFI Haguenau}% Right header
  \fancyfoot[L]{\today}% Left footer
  \fancyfoot[R]{\thepage\ / \pageref{LastPage}}% Right footer
}
\fancypagestyle{plain}{%
  \renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt}%
  \fancyhf{}%
  \fancyfoot[C]{\thepage\ / \pageref{LastPage}}%
}
\pagestyle{document}

%TITLE
\title{%
  \textsc{stage connaissance du monde de l'entreprise} \\
  Stage au service contrôle process \textsc{emfi} Haguenau \\
  Rapport de stage}

\author{%
  Jérémy Diallo \\[\normalbaselineskip]
  \textbf{Tuteur en entreprise :} \textsc{ober} Patrick \\[\normalbaselineskip]
  \textbf{Responsable Centrale Nantes :} \textsc{le brizaut} Jean-Sébastien}

\date{Juillet 2016}
%DEBUT DU DOCUMENT
\begin{document}

\begin{center}
\includegraphics[scale=0.1]{logoECN.png}\hfill \includegraphics[scale=0.2]{emfi.png}
\end{center}

{\let\newpage\relax\maketitle}
\clearpage

\tableofcontents

\chapter{Title}

\lipsum

\chapter{Title}

\lipsum

\end{document}

The title block is not really centered (you got approximate centering by pure chance); other changes are needed if you want vertical centering, but it's unclear with respect to what.

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If you don't set a proper head height, fancyhdr reports the following:

Package Fancyhdr Warning: \headheight is too small (XX.Xpt): 
 Make it at least YY.YYYYpt.
 We now make it that large for the rest of the document.
 This may cause the page layout to be inconsistent, however.

As such, the newly-set \headheight will be the same throughout the document. To avoid this, I've created the following minimal document that sets a consistent head height, adding a vertical space (gap) on the first page to simulate a larger header:

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\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{fancyhdr,datetime,geometry,lipsum,graphicx}

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%date in format Sunday, October 25, 2011
\usdate
\def\theday {\dayofweekname{\day}{\month}{\year}}
\def\mydate {\theday , \today}

%%%%%%%%%%return address%%%%%%%%%%
\def\myname         {Frank Thorne}
\def\mydeptname     {Department of Mathematics}
\def\myaffiliation  {University of South Carolina}
\def\mystreet       {1523 Greene Street}
\def\mycitystatezip {Columbia,~SC \quad 29208}
\def\myphone        {\textit{Phone:} (803)404-4057 (home)}
\def\office         {(803)777-4224}
\def\fax            {\textit{Fax:}(803)777-3783}
\def\email          {thorne@math.sc.edu}
\def\url            {\texttt{http://www.math.sc.edu/~thornef}} % NOTE: use $\sim$ for tilde
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%margins%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
\geometry{
  margin = 1in,
  headheight = 13.5pt
}
\setlength{\parindent}{0pt} %controls how the indentation of new paragraphs behaves
\setlength{\parskip}{6pt} %controls the space between paragraphs

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%letterhead%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
\fancyfoot{}
\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt}
\renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0pt}
\pagestyle{fancy}%

\fancypagestyle{firstpage}{
  \fancyhf{}% Clear header/footer
  %%%usc logo
  \fancyhead[L]{\raisebox{\dimexpr-\height+\baselineskip}[0pt][0pt]{\includegraphics[width=2.5in]{example-image}}}
  %%%%%%%%%%return address on right%%%%%%%
  \fancyhead[R]{\leavevmode\footnotesize\itshape%
  \begin{tabular}[t]{l@{}}
    \myname \\ \mydeptname \\
    \myaffiliation \\ \mystreet \\
    \mycitystatezip \\ \email \\[\normalbaselineskip]
    \mydate
  \end{tabular}}
}

\begin{document}

\thispagestyle{firstpage}

\vspace*{8\baselineskip}

\lipsum[1-10]

\bigskip

\hspace{.5\textwidth}%
\begin{tabular}{@{}l}
  Sincerely, \\[2\normalbaselineskip]
  Frank Thorne \\
  \textit{Assistant Professor of Mathematics}
\end{tabular}

\end{document}

I've used geometry to adjust the page layout - it's just easier/more convenient.

[Tex/LaTex] Problem with fancy header

I see no reason whatsoever for loading the fullpage package. It's a package thought for very different purposes than typesetting a thesis.

Since it sets \headheight and \headsep both to zero, it's obvious that you don't want this. Neither using the headings option is satisfying.

Beware that \renewcommand{\MakeUppercase}{\scshape} is a gross mistake: remove it from your code as soon as possible. I add in the code below the good method for getting the header in small capitals.

There is no headsepline option to the book class; openright is default and pdftex should never be specified.

You can use geometry and get the same effect as fullpage, but with correct headers.

\documentclass[11pt]{book}
\usepackage[margin=1in,headheight=13.6pt]{geometry}

\usepackage{lipsum} % for filler text

\usepackage{fancyhdr}


% Set the headings' appearance in the ``fancy'' pagestyle
\pagestyle{fancy}
\fancyhf{}
\fancyhead[RO, LE]{\scshape\nouppercase{\leftmark}}
\fancyfoot[RO, LE]{\thepage}

% The first pages shall be empty, even no page numbering
\fancypagestyle{plain}{%
  \renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0.0pt}%
  \fancyhf{}%
}

\begin{document}

\chapter{Title}
\section{Title}

\lipsum[1-20]

\end{document}

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