Edit title slide of R Markdown Slidy Presentation

Question

Is there a way to edit the title slide of a R Markdown Slidy Presentation? I am able to add the header, footer, and custom css:

title: \"Slidy Template\"
author:         


        

Answer 1

You can modify the part about title page in the pandoc slidy template, also found with pandoc -D slidy.

$if(title)$

  
$title$
$if(subtitle)$
  
$subtitle$
$endif$
  

$for(author)$$author$$sep$
$endfor$
  
$if(date)$
  
$date$
$endif$

$endif$

Save the resulting file as default.slidy in your pandoc template directory :

$HOME/.pandoc/templates (unix)
C:\Documents And Settings\USERNAME\Application Data\pandoc\templates (windows XP)
C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\pandoc\templates (windows 7)