Page Layout ⇒ Different front page layout for each chapter

[snowfrog]

Hi,

I'm trying to get a different layout for each chapter title page in my thesis. Basically, I have a different background picture on each title page and I need to move the title of the chapter each time depending on the picture.

I have

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\def\@makechapterhead#1{%
  \vspace*{50\p@}%
  {\parindent \z@ \@chapteralignment \reset@font
    \ifnum \c@secnumdepth >\m@ne
      \huge\bfseries \color{red} \@chapapp{} \thechapter 
      \par
      \vskip 20\p@
    \fi
    \Huge \bfseries #1\par
    \nobreak
     \vskip 40\p@
  }}

to define how the title of the chapter should look like in my class definition file.

I saw in an article that to change how the title look I could put something like this in the preamble

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\renewcommand{\@makechapterhead}[1]{%
  \vspace*{50\p@}%
  {\parindent \z@ \raggedright \normalfont
    \hrule                                        % horizontal line
    \vspace{5pt}%                                 % add vertical space
    \ifnum \c@secnumdepth >\m@ne
        \huge\scshape \@chapapp\space \thechapter % Chapter number
        \par\nobreak
        \vskip 20\p@
    \fi
    \interlinepenalty\@M
    \Huge \scshape #1\par                         % chapter title
    \vspace{5pt}%                                 % add vertical space
    \hrule                                        % horizontal rule
    \nobreak
    \vskip 40\p@
  }}

but when I try I get the error message

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! Undefined control sequence.
<argument> 50\p 
                @
l.7   \vspace*{50\p@}
                     %

Besides, even if it worked it would not allow me to have different layout for each chapter I guess.

Does anybody know how I could do this?
Thank you.

[frabjous]

If I were you, I'd use the titlesec package, which allows you to use \titleformat{\chapter}... and \titlespacing{\chapter}... commands to change this stuff on the fly. Read its documentation for more info.

[snowfrog]

I'd use the titlesec package

Thanks for the advise. titlesec works a treat and does exactly what I need!