Printed cover hardcoded, but mostly working

main-dissertation.tex

@@ -71,10 +71,10 @@
 
 
 \begin{document}
-\printedcover{}
+\printedcover{\MakeUppercase{\thetitle}}{ISSN XXXX-XXXX}%The printed cover has the title in uppercase
 \maketitle{}
 \disableindents{}%frontmatter material mostly doesn't need indents
-\copyrightpage{RU Report Template}{0000-0000-0000-0000}{100}{ISBN 978-XXXX-XXXX-X-X (print version)\\
+\copyrightpage{\thetitle}{0000-0000-0000-0000}{100}{ISBN 978-XXXX-XXXX-X-X (print version)\\
 ISBN 978-XXXX-XXXX-X-X (electronic version)}{Printing: RU Printing osf.}{Printed on 900g Cardboard paper}
 % If this is a PhD, register for an ISSN and ISBN, then:
 % \copyrightpage{<Short title>}{<ORCID>}{<total number of pages>}{ISBN 978-XXXX-XXXX-X-X (print version)\\

rudissertation.sty

@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
 
 \RequirePackage{calc}%arithmetic in commands like lengths
 %\RequirePackage{printlen}% display lengths in arbitrary units
-\RequirePackage[absolute, verbose]{textpos}
+\RequirePackage[absolute, verbose, showboxes]{textpos}
 % option: showboxes for placement
 \RequirePackage{xcolor}
 \definecolor{rugray}{rgb}{0.2,0.2,0.2}
@@ -124,16 +124,17 @@
   \setlength{\TPMargin}{0mm} %% margins inside the textblock*
   \sffamily    
   \begin{textblock*}{\textwidth}[0,0](30mm,30mm)%
-    {\rulogo{}}%
+    {\center\rulogo{}\par}%
   \end{textblock*}
-    % 
+  %
+  
   \setSingleSpace{1.8}\SingleSpacing%
   \begin{textblock*}{\textwidth}[0,0](30mm,110mm)%
-    \noindent\textcolor{rugray}{\frontcovertitlefont#1}\par%UPPERCASE
+    \noindent\raggedright\textcolor{rugray}{\frontcovertitlefont#1}\par%UPPERCASE
   \end{textblock*}%
   % 
   \setSingleSpace{1.5}\SingleSpacing%    
-  \begin{textblock*}{\textwidth}[0,0](30mm,225mm)%
+  \begin{textblock*}{\textwidth}[0,1](30mm,225mm)%
     \noindent\textcolor{rugray}{
       \frontcovertitletextfont\textbf{\theauthor}\\%
       \theDegreeLong\\%
@@ -146,7 +147,7 @@
       \frontcovertitlefont\theDocumentType{}
     }\par
     \vspace*{3mm}
-    {\noindent\scriptsize\color{rugray}#2}%                 
+    {\noindent\frontcovertitletextfont\scriptsize\color{rugray}#2}%                 
     \end{textblock*}        
     \setSingleSpace{1.0}
   \newpage\quad%% I am not sure why we must put this to ensure that the covers don't overlap