Base for latex articles, with titlepage, headers/footer and eia-fr background

latex_article-base.tex

\documentclass[a4paper,11pt]{article}

%% Load additional packages and commands.
\usepackage{tabularx}

%~ paper and margins
\usepackage[tmargin=2.2cm,bmargin=2.2cm,lmargin=2cm,rmargin=2cm]{geometry}
\setlength{\parindent}{0pt} % no indent
\setlength{\parskip}{\baselineskip} % bare line between paragraphs
\setlength{\baselineskip}{2.5pt}

%~ language : load french support
\usepackage[frenchb]{babel} 
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} 


%~ section headings : decrease the spaces above and below
\usepackage{titlesec}
\titlespacing\section{0pt}{2pt plus 1pt minus 2pt}{-4pt plus 2pt minus 2pt}
\titlespacing\subsection{0pt}{2pt plus 1pt minus 2pt}{-4pt plus 2pt minus 2pt}
\titlespacing\subsubsection{0pt}{2pt plus 1pt minus 2pt}{-4pt plus 2pt minus 2pt}


%~ add default spaces between items in lists
\usepackage{enumitem}
\setitemize{itemsep=3pt}

%~ other really useful packages
\usepackage{graphicx} % for images
\usepackage{amsmath,amsfonts,amsthm,amssymb}
\usepackage[usenames,dvipsnames,svgnames,table]{xcolor}

% hyperref setup
\usepackage[colorlinks=true,urlcolor=blue!30!black,linkcolor=blue!30!black,urlbordercolor={1 0 0},pdfborder=0 0 0]{hyperref}


\setcounter{secnumdepth}{4} % allows 4 numbered subsections 
% it is possible to use \paragraph for the 4th level

\sloppy

% colors
\usepackage[svgnames]{xcolor} 

%~ tables
\usepackage{array}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\renewcommand{\arraystretch}{1.2}
\newcommand{\cellhead}[2]{\multicolumn{1}{#1}{\textbf{#2}}}
% use gray dotted lines
\usepackage{arydshln}
% use dotted line instead of dashed line
\setlength\dashlinedash{1pt}
\setlength\dashlinegap{1pt}
\setlength\arrayrulewidth{0.5pt}
\definecolor{light-gray}{gray}{0.92}
\newcommand{\grayrule}{\arrayrulecolor{light-gray}\hdashline\arrayrulecolor{black}}

% \begin{verbatim}
% Redefine verbatim to use a smaller font size
\makeatletter 
\renewcommand\verbatim@font{\footnotesize\ttfamily\color{black}}
\makeatother


%~ graphics path
\graphicspath{{resources/}}
\usepackage{float}

%~landscape support
\usepackage{pdflscape}

%~ toc
\usepackage{tocloft}

%~ header/footer
\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\usepackage{lastpage}
% --------------------------------------------------------------------------
% COMMANDS
% --------------------------------------------------------------------------

%~ \begin{dotitemize} 
%~ bulleted list 
\newcommand{\sbt}{\,\begin{picture}(-1,1)(-1,-3)\circle*{2.3}\end{picture}\ }
\newenvironment{dotitemize}{ 
    \begin{list}{$\sbt$}{
        \setlength\itemsep{2pt}
        \setlength\parindent{2pt}
        \setlength\labelsep{13pt}
    }
}{\end{list}}


%include a figure, centered, with caption and label
% usage : \includeFigure{percentage of textwidth}{path}{caption}
% \usepackage{float}
\newcommand{\includeFigure}[3]{
    \begin{figure}[H]
    \centering
    \includegraphics[width=#1\textwidth]{#2}
    \caption{#3}
    \label{fig:#2}
    \end{figure}
}


%~ \code[text]
%~ text in monospace font
\newcommand{\code}[1]{{\small\texttt{#1}\normalsize}}


%~ \guillemets[text] 
%~ enclose the text between french quotes
%\newcommand{\guillemets}[1]{\og#1\fg{}}
% or english quotes
\newcommand{\guillemets}[1]{``#1''}

%~ Usage:

% \begin{tcolorbox}[title] 
% \end{tcolorbox}
\usepackage{tcolorbox}
\definecolor{light-gray}{gray}{0.85}
\definecolor{dark-gray}{gray}{0.10}
\newenvironment{notepar}[1] %http://mirror.switch.ch/ftp/mirror/tex/macros/latex/contrib/tcolorbox/tcolorbox.pdf
  {\begin{tcolorbox}[title={#1},colback=white,colframe=light-gray,coltext=dark-gray,coltitle=dark-gray,fonttitle=\bfseries\large]}
  {\end{tcolorbox}}

  
% --------------------------------------------------------------------------
% META
% --------------------------------------------------------------------------
\usepackage{titling} % to have thetitle, theauthor, thedate available
%opening
\title{My awesome project} % TODO
\author{Lucy Linder}
\date{16.07.2016} % TODO
\newcommand{\headone}{DAPLAB}
\newcommand{\headtwo}{}

%% logo of the school in filigrane
\usepackage{wallpaper}
\ULCornerWallPaper{1}{logo-bg.pdf}

% header and footer 
\pagestyle{fancy}
\fancyhead{}
\fancyhead[RO,LE]{\slshape \leftmark}
\fancyfoot{}
\fancyfoot[L]{\small\itshape{Haute école d'ingénierie et d'architecture Fribourg}}
\fancyfoot[R]{\thepage\  / \pageref{LastPage}}

% change toc title (with babel french package)
\addto\captionsfrench{\renewcommand\contentsname{Table of Contents}}
% --------------------------------------------------------------------------
% CONTENT
% --------------------------------------------------------------------------

\begin{document}

% ------------------ title page
\begin{titlepage}

\newcommand{\HRule}{\rule{\linewidth}{0.5mm}} % Defines a new command for the horizontal lines, change thickness here

\center % Center everything on the page

\includegraphics[width=.6\textwidth]{heia-fr-logo.png}\\ [1.5cm]
%\textsc{\Large Haute école d'ingénierie et d'architecture de Fribourg}\\[1.5cm] % Name of your university/college
\textsc{\Large \headone{}}\\[0.5cm] % Major heading such as course name
\textsc{\large \headtwo{}}\\[0.5cm] % Minor heading such as course title

\HRule \\[0.4cm]
{ \huge \bfseries \thetitle}\\[0.4cm] % Title of your document
\HRule \\[2cm]
 



% If you don't want a supervisor, uncomment the two lines below and remove the section above
%\Large \emph{Author:}\\
%John \textsc{Smith}\\[3cm] % Your name

\includegraphics[height=200px]{logo.png}\\[1cm] % Include a department/university logo - this will require the graphicx package
\vfill

\begin{center} \large
\emph{Author:} Lucy \textsc{Linder} % Your name
\end{center} 
\vspace{1cm}

{\large \thedate}\\[2cm] % 

\end{titlepage}

%--------------------------------------- toc
%\tableofcontents
%\thispagestyle{empty}
%\newpage

% --------------------------------------- document


\end{document}