I'm trying to customize Palo Alto theme from beamer to get something like this:
But so far I managed to get this: [UPDATE]: Ok, eventually I got this:
% Document structure
\documentclass{beamer}
\usetheme[width=1.25cm]{PaloAlto}
% Titlepage
\title{Basic information about affiliation}
\author[Marcin Lembke]{Autor iksiński}
\institute[]{Instytut Radioelektroniki\\Wydział Elektroniki i Technik Informacyjnych\\Politechnia Warszawska}
\date{Braniewo, 2011}
% Beamer settings
% Resize header
\makeatletter
\setlength{\beamer@headheight}{0.85cm}
\makeatother
% Define colors
\definecolor{primary}{RGB}{200,131,53}
\definecolor{secondary}{RGB}{253,250,200}
% Set colors
\setbeamercolor*{palette primary}{use=structure,fg=black,bg=primary}
\setbeamercolor*{palette secondary}{use=structure,fg=black,bg=primary}
\setbeamercolor*{palette quaternary}{fg=black,bg=secondary}
\setbeamercolor{frametitle}{bg=primary, fg=black} %controls the color of the headline
\setbeamercolor{sidebar}{bg=secondary} %controls the color of the sidebar
\setbeamercolor{footer}{bg=primary}
\setbeamercolor{logo}{bg=primary} %controls the color of the logo area
% Disable navigation bar
\beamertemplatenavigationsymbolsempty
% Define headline
%\makeatletter
%\setlength{\beamer@headheight}{1cm}
%\makeatother
\makeatletter
\pgfdeclarehorizontalshading{beamer@headfade}{1cm}
{%
color(0cm)=(secondary);
color(3cm)=(primary);
color(\paperwidth)=(primary)%
}
\addtoheadtemplate{\pgfuseshading{beamer@headfade}}{}
\makeatother
% Define sidebar
\setbeamertemplate{sidebar left}{%
\vspace*{3cm}
\vspace*{\fill}
%\includegraphics[width=1.25cm]{ire_logo.png}\\
%\includegraphics[width=1.25cm]{weiti_logo.png}\\
%\includegraphics[width=1.25cm]{pw_logo.png}
\vspace*{0.1cm}
\vfill
}
% Define footer
\setbeamertemplate{footline}{bg=primary}
\makeatother
\setbeamertemplate{footline}
{
\leavevmode%
\hbox{%
\begin{beamercolorbox}[wd=.4\paperwidth,ht=2.25ex,dp=1ex,center]{author in head/foot}%
\usebeamerfont{author in head/foot}\insertshortauthor\ (IRE PW)
\end{beamercolorbox}%
\begin{beamercolorbox}[wd=.6\paperwidth,ht=2.25ex,dp=1ex,right]{title in head/foot}%
\usebeamerfont{title in head/foot}\insertshorttitle
\hfill
\insertframenumber{}\hspace{1ex}
\end{beamercolorbox}}%
}
\makeatletter
\begin{document}
\maketitle
\section{Section}
\begin{frame}{Frametitle}{Framesubtitle}
\end{frame}
\end{document}
So I can resize sidebar and set its colour and include images in it, I can define footer and make some changes (but I don't know how to move frame number to the right side and change canvas colour). I have no idea how to make shading headline and make changes I mentioned before in footer.
Could you help me? Any ideas or advices? [UPDATE]: I think it is ok. I still don't know how to change colour of right side of the footer, but it looks good. Thanks @Ignasi for help :)
center
option with proper values ofright
orleft
in second footline beamercolobox. You can also split this second beamercolorbox in two, one for title and another for framenumber.shading
.