Mrthfx

To be honest I have tried a lot to get this working but without any luck. My goal is to add a footer that contains a name on the left side and the page number count on the right side to each site of my cv with class moderncv.

For me it is clear how to do that with moderncv style casual but not with style classic.

Has anybody a minimal example that works out of the box?

The desired behavior can be achieved with the following code snippet:

fancyfoot{}

fancyfoot[LE,RO]{thepage}

fancyfoot[RE,LO]{John Doe} 

So I just got this to work for myself before I found this post. The first problem I found is that the makecvfooter command is not defined for the Classic theme for some reason. The Casual theme does have this defined. You can search the casual theme for the makecvfooter and copy that over, or use this answer to a similar question. (I totally suggest referencing that answer.)

After that I made the following changes:

1. 
   

   Page Numbering

   
   
   

   % moderncv.cls
   
   usepackage{lastpage}% Add this for getting the total page count.
   
   
   
   % moderncvstyleclassic.sty
   
   fancyfoot[r]{thepage of pageref{LastPage}} % Right side footer area
   
   

   
   


2. 
   

   Centering text. For some reason my contact information was all screwed up. I wanted it page centered and spanning from the center.

   
   
   

   % Original code
   
   %setlength{footerwidth{0.8textwidth}} % Definition of footerwidth
   
   %parbox[b]{footerwidth}{% Usage of footerwidth. This should work.
   
   
   
   % My change
   
   parbox[b]{textwidth}{% This got the formatting that I desired for the center.
   
   

   
   

In the current version of moderncv 2.0.0 with moderncvstyle{casual} a package moderncvfooti.sty is called, containing a definition for the footer of the cv with makecvfoot, based on package fancyhdr and style plain.
For the letter of the cv is makeletterfoot used to print the footer, also based on fancyhdr and style plain.

In moderncv style classic the package moderncvfooti.sty is simply not used. To get the footers of style casual printed you need to add the two lines

usepackage{moderncvfooti} % to get the definition of the footers

setlength{footskip}{66pt} % to get space for the footer

in your preamble (after calling moderncvstyle{classic}).

So the following complete code

documentclass[11pt,a4paper,sans]{moderncv}



% moderncv themes

moderncvstyle{classic} % casual, classic, banking, oldstyle and fancy

moderncvcolor{blue} 

%nopagenumbers{} 



usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}

usepackage[scale=0.75]{geometry}



usepackage{moderncvfooti} % <===== to get the definition of the footers

setlength{footskip}{66pt} % <========= to get the space for the footer



% personal data

name{John}{Doe}

title{Resumé title}

address{street and number}{postcode city}{country}

phone[mobile]{+1~(234)~567~890}

phone[fixed]{+2~(345)~678~901}

phone[fax]{+3~(456)~789~012}

email{john@doe.org}

homepage{www.johndoe.com}

social[linkedin]{john.doe}

social[twitter]{jdoe}

social[github]{jdoe}

extrainfo{additional information}

photo[64pt][0.4pt]{example-image-a}

quote{Some quote}





begin{document}



makecvtitle



section{Education}

cventry{year--year}{Degree}{Institution--3}{City--4}{textit{Grade}--5}{Description--6}  % arguments 3 to 6 can be left empty

cventry{year--year}{Degree}{Institution}{City}{textit{Grade}}{Description}



section{Master thesis}

cvitem{title}{emph{Title}}

cvitem{supervisors}{Supervisors}

cvitem{description}{Short thesis abstract}



section{Experience}

subsection{Vocational}

cventry{year--year}{Job title}{Employer}{City}{}{General description 

  no longer than 1--2 lines.newline{}%

Detailed achievements:%

begin{itemize}%

item Achievement 1;

item Achievement 2, with sub-achievements:

  begin{itemize}%

  item Sub-achievement (a);

  item Sub-achievement (b), with sub-sub-achievements (don't do this!);

    begin{itemize}

    item Sub-sub-achievement i;

    item Sub-sub-achievement ii;

    item Sub-sub-achievement iii;

    end{itemize}

  item Sub-achievement (c);

  end{itemize}

item Achievement 3.

end{itemize}}

cventry{year--year}{Job title}{Employer}{City}{}{Description 

  line 1newline{}Description line 2}

subsection{Miscellaneous}

cventry{year--year}{Job title}{Employer}{City}{}{Description}



section{Languages}

cvitemwithcomment{Language 1}{Skill level}{Comment}

cvitemwithcomment{textbf{Language} 2}{textbf{Skill} level}{Comment}

cvitemwithcomment{Language 3}{Skill level}{Comment}



section{Computer skills}

cvdoubleitem{category 1}{XXX, YYY, ZZZ}{category 4}{XXX, YYY, ZZZ}

cvdoubleitem{category 2}{XXX, YYY, ZZZ}{category 5}{XXX, YYY, ZZZ}

cvdoubleitem{category 3}{XXX, YYY, ZZZ}{category 6}{XXX, YYY, ZZZ}



section{Interests}

cvitem{hobby 1}{Description}

cvitem{hobby 2}{Description}

cvitem{hobby 3}{Description}



section{Extra 1}

cvlistitem{Item 1}

cvlistitem{Item 2}

cvlistitem{Item 3. This item is particularly long and therefore 

  normally spans over several lines. Did you notice the indentation 

  when the line wraps?}



section{Extra 2}

cvlistdoubleitem{Item 1}{Item 4}

cvlistdoubleitem{Item 2}{Item 5}

cvlistdoubleitem{Item 3}{Item 6. Like item 3 in the single column list before, this item is particularly long to wrap over several lines.}



section{References}

begin{cvcolumns}

  cvcolumn{Category 1}{begin{itemize}item Person 1item Person 2item Person 3end{itemize}}

  cvcolumn{Category 2}{Amongst others:begin{itemize}item Person 1, anditem Person 2end{itemize}(more upon request)}

  cvcolumn[0.5]{All the rest & some more}{textit{That} person, and textbf{those} also (all available upon request).}

end{cvcolumns}



clearpage

%-----       letter       ---------------------------------------------------------

% recipient data

recipient{Company Recruitment team}{Company, Inc.\123 somestreet\some city}

date{January 01, 1984}

opening{Dear Sir or Madam,}

closing{Yours faithfully,}

enclosure[Attached]{curriculum vitae{}}

makelettertitle



Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Duis ullamcorper 

neque sit amet lectus facilisis sed luctus nisl iaculis. Vivamus at neque 

arcu, sed tempor quam. Curabitur pharetra tincidunt tincidunt. Morbi 

volutpat feugiat mauris, quis tempor neque vehicula volutpat. Duis 

tristique justo vel massa fermentum accumsan. Mauris ante elit, feugiat 

vestibulum tempor eget, eleifend ac ipsum. Donec scelerisque lobortis 

ipsum eu vestibulum. Pellentesque vel massa at felis accumsan rhoncus.



Suspendisse commodo, massa eu congue tincidunt, elit mauris pellentesque 

orci, cursus tempor odio nisl euismod augue. Aliquam adipiscing nibh ut 

odio sodales et pulvinar tortor laoreet. Mauris a accumsan ligula. 

Class aptent taciti sociosqu ad litora torquent per conubia nostra, per 

inceptos himenaeos. Suspendisse vulputate sem vehicula ipsum varius nec 

tempus dui dapibus. Phasellus et est urna, ut auctor erat. Sed tincidunt 

odio id odio aliquam mattis. Donec sapien nulla, feugiat eget adipiscing 

sit amet, lacinia ut dolor. Phasellus tincidunt, leo a fringilla 

consectetur, felis diam aliquam urna, vitae aliquet lectus orci nec 

velit. Vivamus dapibus varius blandit.



Duis sit amet magna ante, at sodales diam. Aenean consectetur porta risus 

et sagittis. Ut interdum, enim varius pellentesque tincidunt, magna 

libero sodales tortor, ut fermentum nunc metus a ante. Vivamus odio leo, 

tincidunt eu luctus ut, sollicitudin sit amet metus. Nunc sed orci 

lectus. Ut sodales magna sed velit volutpat sit amet pulvinar diam 

venenatis.



Albert Einstein discovered that $e=mc^2$ in 1905.



[ e=lim_{n to infty} left(1+frac{1}{n}right)^n ]



makeletterclosing



end{document}

gives you the result:

The disadvantage now is that you have the personal informations double on the first page of the CV and on the first page of the letter.

To add an smaller footer to the cv and letter you can use

fancyfoot{} % <==================================== clears footer

fancyfoot[R]{thepage} % <====================== pagenumber right

fancyfoot[L]{John Doe} % <============================= name left

In case you want to add more informations be aware of warnings telling you that the space for the footskip is to small, set it with command setlength{footskip}{66pt} to the needed value, change 66pt to your needs ...

So with the following mwe

documentclass[11pt,a4paper,sans]{moderncv}



% moderncv themes

moderncvstyle{classic} % casual, classic, banking, oldstyle and fancy

moderncvcolor{blue} 

%nopagenumbers{} 



usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}

usepackage[scale=0.75]{geometry}



fancyfoot{} % <========================================================

fancyfoot[R]{thepage} % <=============================================

fancyfoot[L]{John Doe} % <=============================================



% personal data

name{John}{Doe}

title{Resumé title}

address{street and number}{postcode city}{country}

phone[mobile]{+1~(234)~567~890}

phone[fixed]{+2~(345)~678~901}

phone[fax]{+3~(456)~789~012}

email{john@doe.org}

homepage{www.johndoe.com}

social[linkedin]{john.doe}

social[twitter]{jdoe}

social[github]{jdoe}

extrainfo{additional information}

photo[64pt][0.4pt]{example-image-a}

quote{Some quote}





begin{document}



makecvtitle



section{Education}

cventry{year--year}{Degree}{Institution--3}{City--4}{textit{Grade}--5}{Description--6}  % arguments 3 to 6 can be left empty

cventry{year--year}{Degree}{Institution}{City}{textit{Grade}}{Description}



section{Master thesis}

cvitem{title}{emph{Title}}

cvitem{supervisors}{Supervisors}

cvitem{description}{Short thesis abstract}



section{Experience}

subsection{Vocational}

cventry{year--year}{Job title}{Employer}{City}{}{General description 

  no longer than 1--2 lines.newline{}%

Detailed achievements:%

begin{itemize}%

item Achievement 1;

item Achievement 2, with sub-achievements:

  begin{itemize}%

  item Sub-achievement (a);

  item Sub-achievement (b), with sub-sub-achievements (don't do this!);

    begin{itemize}

    item Sub-sub-achievement i;

    item Sub-sub-achievement ii;

    item Sub-sub-achievement iii;

    end{itemize}

  item Sub-achievement (c);

  end{itemize}

item Achievement 3.

end{itemize}}

cventry{year--year}{Job title}{Employer}{City}{}{Description 

  line 1newline{}Description line 2}

subsection{Miscellaneous}

cventry{year--year}{Job title}{Employer}{City}{}{Description}



section{Languages}

cvitemwithcomment{Language 1}{Skill level}{Comment}

cvitemwithcomment{textbf{Language} 2}{textbf{Skill} level}{Comment}

cvitemwithcomment{Language 3}{Skill level}{Comment}



section{Computer skills}

cvdoubleitem{category 1}{XXX, YYY, ZZZ}{category 4}{XXX, YYY, ZZZ}

cvdoubleitem{category 2}{XXX, YYY, ZZZ}{category 5}{XXX, YYY, ZZZ}

cvdoubleitem{category 3}{XXX, YYY, ZZZ}{category 6}{XXX, YYY, ZZZ}



section{Interests}

cvitem{hobby 1}{Description}

cvitem{hobby 2}{Description}

cvitem{hobby 3}{Description}



section{Extra 1}

cvlistitem{Item 1}

cvlistitem{Item 2}

cvlistitem{Item 3. This item is particularly long and therefore 

  normally spans over several lines. Did you notice the indentation 

  when the line wraps?}



section{Extra 2}

cvlistdoubleitem{Item 1}{Item 4}

cvlistdoubleitem{Item 2}{Item 5}

cvlistdoubleitem{Item 3}{Item 6. Like item 3 in the single column list before, this item is particularly long to wrap over several lines.}



section{References}

begin{cvcolumns}

  cvcolumn{Category 1}{begin{itemize}item Person 1item Person 2item Person 3end{itemize}}

  cvcolumn{Category 2}{Amongst others:begin{itemize}item Person 1, anditem Person 2end{itemize}(more upon request)}

  cvcolumn[0.5]{All the rest & some more}{textit{That} person, and textbf{those} also (all available upon request).}

end{cvcolumns}



clearpage

%-----       letter       ---------------------------------------------------------

% recipient data

recipient{Company Recruitment team}{Company, Inc.\123 somestreet\some city}

date{January 01, 1984}

opening{Dear Sir or Madam,}

closing{Yours faithfully,}

enclosure[Attached]{curriculum vitae{}}

makelettertitle



Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Duis ullamcorper 

neque sit amet lectus facilisis sed luctus nisl iaculis. Vivamus at neque 

arcu, sed tempor quam. Curabitur pharetra tincidunt tincidunt. Morbi 

volutpat feugiat mauris, quis tempor neque vehicula volutpat. Duis 

tristique justo vel massa fermentum accumsan. Mauris ante elit, feugiat 

vestibulum tempor eget, eleifend ac ipsum. Donec scelerisque lobortis 

ipsum eu vestibulum. Pellentesque vel massa at felis accumsan rhoncus.



Suspendisse commodo, massa eu congue tincidunt, elit mauris pellentesque 

orci, cursus tempor odio nisl euismod augue. Aliquam adipiscing nibh ut 

odio sodales et pulvinar tortor laoreet. Mauris a accumsan ligula. 

Class aptent taciti sociosqu ad litora torquent per conubia nostra, per 

inceptos himenaeos. Suspendisse vulputate sem vehicula ipsum varius nec 

tempus dui dapibus. Phasellus et est urna, ut auctor erat. Sed tincidunt 

odio id odio aliquam mattis. Donec sapien nulla, feugiat eget adipiscing 

sit amet, lacinia ut dolor. Phasellus tincidunt, leo a fringilla 

consectetur, felis diam aliquam urna, vitae aliquet lectus orci nec 

velit. Vivamus dapibus varius blandit.



Duis sit amet magna ante, at sodales diam. Aenean consectetur porta risus 

et sagittis. Ut interdum, enim varius pellentesque tincidunt, magna 

libero sodales tortor, ut fermentum nunc metus a ante. Vivamus odio leo, 

tincidunt eu luctus ut, sollicitudin sit amet metus. Nunc sed orci 

lectus. Ut sodales magna sed velit volutpat sit amet pulvinar diam 

venenatis.



Albert Einstein discovered that $e=mc^2$ in 1905.



[ e=lim_{n to infty} left(1+frac{1}{n}right)^n ]



makeletterclosing



end{document}

you get the resulting pdf

Because an cv and a letter are usualy printed one-sided, you need not to respect even or odd page numbers ...