[Tex/LaTex] Text on background-image footer and header

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I'm trying to create a template for my article, which has an image on the header, and on on the footer. I also want to put text on these images.
The result would look like this :

(Blue and green zone are images)

I need :

Full page width footer/header
Image in their backgrounds
Text written on these, positioned where i want

I already have my header and my footer full width (with the fancyhdr package), but i'm struggling to write on it.

I already have this for the header (works but i don't know how to position the text) :

\usepackage{fancyhdr}
 \newcommand{\imageheader}{
 \begin{titlepage}
  \begin{center}
   \begin{textblock*}{3cm}(0mm,-3mm)
    \includegraphics[scale=0.75]{header}
   \end{textblock*}
  \end{center}
 \end{titlepage} 
}

\pagestyle{fancy}
\fancyhf{}
\fancyhead[LE,RO]{\imageheader **my title**}

And for the footer :

\lfoot{
 \makebox[\textwidth]{\includegraphics[width=\paperwidth]{footer}
 }
}

\makebox was the only thing i found to have a full-width footer, i've used several packages without really knowing how they work, so now i'm a bit lost.

Best Answer

If you know how to use tikz:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{everypage}
\usepackage{tikzpagenodes}
\usetikzlibrary{calc}
\usepackage{mwe}

\pagestyle{empty}

\AddEverypageHook{\begin{tikzpicture}[remember picture,overlay]
\fill[blue] (current page.north west) rectangle (current page text area.north -| current page.east);
\node[fill=white] at (current page header area) {Insert pretty much anything anywhere};
\fill[blue] (current page.south west) rectangle (current page footer area.north -| current page.east);
\end{tikzpicture}}

\begin{document}
\lipsum[1-8]
\end{document}

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[Tex/LaTex] Tables as Header and footer

Here is a template:

\documentclass{book}

\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\usepackage[demo]{graphicx}   %% take the demo option out for your final document

\pagestyle{fancy}
\setlength{\headheight}{16pt}
\fancyhead[LO,RE]{\includegraphics[width=12pt, height=12pt]{logo}}
\fancyhead[CE]{\rightmark}
\fancyhead[CO]{\leftmark}
\fancyhead[LE,RO]{\thepage}
\fancyfoot[C]{\begin{tabular}{cc}
                text & text
              \end{tabular}%
}

\usepackage{lipsum}
\begin{document}
\chapter{Chapter title}
%% add this if you want the fancy style also on the first page of a chapter:
\thispagestyle{fancy}
\section{Section title}
\lipsum[1-10]
\end{document}

Using the fancyhdr package, you can define headers and footers as you like. For instance, I put the logo in the header, on the left on odd pages (LO), and on the right on even pages (RE). In the center (C) of the footer I put a table as requested. The other settings are similar. Note that normally the first page of a chapter gets the page style plain which usually has only the page number in the footer. If you want the fancy style also on those pages, use \thispagestyle{fancy} directly after \chapter{...}. The template above yields:

sample output

Your code has a few problems:

Don't set papersize and paperheight explicitly. The a4paper option for book is enough.
The tabulars don't need to be wrapped into tables, as they are not floating objects.
There is no \HUGE size, \Huge is the largest.
You did not end all table rows with \\.

Fixing those problems leads to the following code:

\documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{book}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[demo]{graphicx}
\usepackage{hyperref}
\usepackage{array}
\usepackage{lastpage}
\usepackage{lipsum}

\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\usepackage[hmargin=2cm,top=4cm,headheight=65pt,footskip=65pt]{geometry}

\setlength{\parindent}{0.95cm}

\pagestyle{fancy}
\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt}
\fancyhead[CE,CO,LE,LO,RE,RO]{} %% clear out all headers
\fancyhead[C]{%
          \begin{tabular}{|m{3.0cm}|m{10.0cm}|m{2.5cm}|}
          \hline
          \includegraphics[height=1.5cm,width=2.5cm]{logo.png} &
          \centering
          \Huge{TITLE} &
          \centering
          \tiny{P\'ag. \thepage\ de \pageref{LastPage}\\
          Data: 17/05/2013\\
          Rev. 0}\tabularnewline
          \hline
          \end{tabular}%
}
\fancyfoot[CE,CO,LE,LO,RE,RO]{} %% clear out all footers
\fancyfoot[C]{%
          \begin{tabular}{|m{3.0cm}|m{10.0cm}|m{2.5cm}|}
          \hline
          \includegraphics[height=1.5cm,width=2.5cm]{logo.png} &
          \centering
          \Huge{TITLE} &
          \centering
          \tiny{P\'ag. \thepage\ de \pageref{LastPage}\\
          Data: 17/05/2013\\
          Rev. 0}\tabularnewline
          \hline
          \end{tabular}%
}

\begin{document}
\chapter{Chapter title}
%% add this if you want the fancy style also on the first page of a chapter:
\thispagestyle{fancy}
\section{Section title}
\lipsum[1-10]
\end{document}

and it looks like this:

sample output 2

Note that this uses the same header and footer for odd and even pages. I think you now should be able to adapt the tables to have a right page/left page look, and setting the header with CO and CE positions accordingly.

[Tex/LaTex] How to make pages after the first come out correctly with fancyhdr

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:

enter image description here

\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.

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[Tex/LaTex] Tables as Header and footer

[Tex/LaTex] How to make pages after the first come out correctly with fancyhdr

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