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

Rmarkdown will not remove the title slide from a slidy presentation if you do not give a title. Simply, remove the title line from the yaml setting and add the first slide to give the details as you please.

author: ""
date: "June 18, 2015"
runtime: shiny
output: 
  slidy_presentation:
    css: ./styles/Slidy_Styles.css
    includes:
      after_body: ./styles/doc_suffix.html
      before_body: ./styles/header.html
---
#Slidy Template

**Author**

Affiliations

Date
---