Support for subtitles

Added etoolbox possibly can be removed

main-dissertation.tex

@@ -141,6 +141,7 @@ Additional equipment was generously donated by the Icelandic Tourism Board.
 \clearpage{}
 
 \mainmatter{}
+\aliaspagestyle{chapter}{empty}
 % Don't put page numbers on the chapter changes
 
 %% If you would like to separate chapters into different files, use

main.tex

@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 
 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%Information for the Title page %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% 
 \title{Thesis and Project Report Template for \theInstitution{}}
+\subtitle{subtitle allowed}
 \author{Joseph~T.~Foley and Marcel~Kyas}
 \date{November, 2025}%Generally this is set to the day of the defense
 \publocation{Reykjavik, 2025}% Publisher info: Place, Year
@@ -61,10 +62,13 @@
 
 \begin{document}
 %% TODO: get the official cover graphic and have the system fill in the fields for you
+\thispagestyle{empty}
+\pagestyle{empty}
 \maketitle{}
 \copyrightpage{}
 %\signaturepage{} %Generally only for Print copies & now defunct in the Engineering department.
 
+
 %\begin{dedications}% Optional
 %  I dedicate this to my spouse/child/pet/power animal.
 %\end{dedications}
@@ -118,8 +122,8 @@ Additional equipment was generously donated by the Icelandic Tourism Board.
 \clearpage{}
 
 \mainmatter{}
-%\aliaspagestyle{chapter}{empty}
+\aliaspagestyle{chapter}{empty}
-%% Don't put page numbers on the chapter changes
+% Don't put page numbers on the chapter changes
 
 %% If you would like to separate chapters into different files, use
 %% \include{chapterfile}

ruthesis.sty

@@ -127,10 +127,11 @@
     \rulogo{}
     \par\end{center}\vspace{0.7cm}
 }
+\RequirePackage{etoolbox}
 %% TODO: investigate why bold isn't working on the title
 %\droptitle{}% length moves the title position up and down
 \pretitle{\begin{center}\bfseries\Huge}
-\posttitle{\par\end{center}\vspace{1.55cm}}
+\posttitle{\ifstrempty{\thesubtitle}{}{\\\normalfont{\LARGE \thesubtitle}}\par\end{center}\vspace{1.55cm}}
 \preauthor{\begin{center}\Large}
 \postauthor{\par\end{center}\vfill}
 \renewcommand{\maketitlehookc}{\begin{center}\textbf{\Large \theDegreeAbbrv{} \theDocumentType{} in \theProgram}\par\end{center}\vspace{1cm}}
@@ -249,7 +250,7 @@ in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement
 
 %%% Page styles Memoir Manual ch7.2 p109 
 \aliaspagestyle{book}{simple}
-\aliaspagestyle{chapter}{empty}
+\aliaspagestyle{chapter}{plain}%At the beginning we want page numbers on chapters
 \aliaspagestyle{cleared}{simple}
 \aliaspagestyle{part}{empty}