After making several beamer slides, I spend some time to organize notes of a title page for recall at any time in the future.

# 1. Elements of a title page

Use the `\titlepage` command to insert a title page into a frame:

```latex
\begin{document}

\begin{frame}
    \titlepage
\end{frame}

\end{document}
```

Before invoking the title page command, all elements that you wish to be shown must be specified. 

## 1.1 title & subtitle

```latex
\title[<short title>]{<title>}
\subtitle[<short subtitle>]{<subtitle>}

% template inserts
\insertshorttitle[<options>] 
\insertshortsubtitle[<options>] 
```

## 1.2 author & institute

```latex
\author[short author names]{author names}
%The names should be separated using the command \and. In case authors have different affiliations, they should be suffixed by the command \inst with different parameters.

\institute[short institute]{institute}
%If more than one institute is given, they should be separated using the command \and and they should be prefixed by the command \inst with different parameters.

%%% for instance
\author[shortname]{author1 \inst{1} \and author2 \inst{2}}
\institute[shortinst]{\inst{1} affiliation for author1 \and %
                      \inst{2} affiliation for author2}
```

## 1.3 date

```latex
\date[<short date>]{<date>}

% for instance
\date{\today}
\date[Nov. 4\textsc{th}, 2015]{November 4\textsuperscript{th}, 2015}
```

## 1.4 titlegraphic

```latex
% The <text> is shown as title graphic
\titlegraphic{<text>}

% for instance
\titlegraphic{
    \centering
    \includegraphics[width=4.5in]{logo-crop.pdf}
}
```

## 1.5 subject & keywords

```latex
% Enters the text as the subject text in the pdf document info. It currently has no other effect.
\subject{text}

% Enters the text as keywords in the pdf document info. It currently has no other effect.
\keywords{text}
```

# 2. Page style

## 2.1 Remove headline and footline

```latex
\thispagestyle{empty}
```

The **\thispagestyle{option}** changes the style for the current page only. The valid options are[1]:

- **plain**: Just a plain page number.  
- **empty**: Produces empty heads and feet - no page numbers.  
- **headings**: Puts running headings on each page. The document style specifies what goes in the headings.  
- **myheadings**: You specify what is to go in the heading with the \markboth or the \markright commands.

## 2.2 Remove the page numbering from the first page

Use the frame option **noframenumbering** not to number the title page. 

```latex
\begin{frame}[noframenumbering]
 \titlepage
\end{frame}

% OR

\begin{frame}[noframenumbering] 
    \maketitle  %\def\maketitle{\ifbeamer@inframe\titlepage\else\frame{\titlepage}\fi}
\end{frame}
```

# 3. Inside template inserts

## 3.1 Elements of a title page

```latex
%%% elements of a title page
\Insertshorttitle[<options>] % \Insertshorttitle[width={3cm},center,respectlinebreaks]
\Insertshortsubtitle[<options>] %   \Insertshortsubtitle[width={3cm},center,respectlinebreaks]

\Insertshortauthor[<options>] % \insertauthor[width={3cm},center,respectlinebreaks]
\Insertshortinstitute[<options>] % \Insertshortinstitute[width={3cm},center,respectlinebreaks]

\Insertshortdate[<options>] 
```

## 3.2 Insert the number

```latex
%%% insert the number
\insertpagenumber % Inserts the current page number into a template.

%% frame
\insertframenumber % Inserts the number of the current frame (not slide) into a template.
\inserttotalframenumber % Note: The number is only correct on the second run of TEX on your document

\insertframestartpage % Inserts the page number of the first page of the current frame.
\insertframeendpage % Inserts the page number of the last page of the current frame.

%% part
\insertpartstartpage % Inserts the page number of the first page of the current part.
\insertpartendpage % Inserts the page number of the last page of the current part.

%% section 
\Insertsectionstartpage % Inserts the page number of the first page of the current section.
\Insertsectionendpage % Inserts the page number of the last page of the current section.

%% subsection
\Insertsubsectionstartpage % Inserts the page number of the first page of the current subsection.
\Insertsubsectionendpage % Inserts the page number of the last page of the current subsection.

%% presentation
\insertpresentationstartpage % Inserts the page number of the first page of the presentation.
\insertpresentationendpage % Inserts the page number of the last page of the presentation.

%% appendix
\insertappendixstartpage % Inserts the page number of the first page of the appendix. 
\insertappendixendpage % Inserts the page number of the last page of the appendix. 

%% document
\insertdocumentstartpage % Inserts 1.
\insertdocumentendpage % Inserts the page number of the last page of the document 
```

## 3.3 Insert part & section

```latex
%%% section 
\Insertshortpart[<options>] % Inserts the short version of the part name into a template. 

\Insertsection % Inserts the current section into a template.
\Insertsubsection % Inserts the current subsection into a template.
\Insertsubsubsection % Inserts the current subsection into a template.
```

## 3.4 Insert navigation 

```latex
%%% navigation
\insertnavigation{<width>} % Inserts a horizontal navigation bar of the given <width> into a template.
\insertverticalnavigation{<width>} % The bar shows a little table of contents. The individual lines are typeset using the templates section in head/foot and subsection in head/foot.

%% section 
\Insertsectionnavigation{<width>} % Inserts a vertical navigation bar containing all sections, with the current section highlighted.
\Insertsectionnavigationhorizontal{<width>}{<left insert>}{<right insert>} % Inserts a horizontal navigation bar containing all sections, with the current section highlighted. 

%% subsection
\Insertsubsectionnavigation{<width>} % Inserts a vertical navigation bar containing all subsections of the current section, with the current subsection highlighted.
\Insertsubsectionnavigationhorizontal{<width>}{<left insert>}{<right insert>}  
```

**References:**

[1] [LaTeX Page Styles](http://www.personal.ceu.hu/tex/pagestyl.htm)

[2] StackExchange TeX: [How to add several authors with different affiliations in beamer?](http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/17961/how-to-add-several-authors-with-different-affiliations-in-beamer)

[3] [The beamer class User Guide for version 3.36.pdf](http://mirrors.ircam.fr/pub/CTAN/macros/latex/contrib/beamer/doc/beameruserguide.pdf)