How can I use my own front page on top of a template?

Questions
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1

I have used hei-synd-thesis:0.1.1 as a template for writing my dissertation however I want to change the front page to something custom and remove the Information about this report page but there isn’t a file for these.

They simply appear from

#show: thesis.with(
  option: option,
  doc: doc,
  professor: professor,
  expert: expert,
  school: school,
  date: date,
  tableof: tableof,
)

And the metadata from the metadata.typ file

I am using the webapp for writing it.

Thank you, this is the final thing I want to change before submission.

2

Well, at least you can fork the template and rewrite the part that creates the front page. Not sure you can selectively replace pages in the document with Typst :thinking:

3

Do I need to run Typst locally to do that? When using the webapp if I try to upload the custom version I run into an issue with having too many files in the project

4

You can:

  • copy the whole package in the web app and change it, then use it
  • do the same but locally
  • ask package author to add some customizability if it makes sense

If you hit a file count limit, then you can either reduce file count/combine them, switch to the CLI, or pay for Typst Pro.

I had this problem with one of my biggest projects where I had a ton of code snippets, which is why I hit the 100 files limit. I just had to upload it to the web app to be able to easily share it and modify. I had around 300 files. So the conclusion is that free file size count limit didn’t change. Instead, I had to make it less convenient and put them all in a single YAML file and then access them by key.