Work in progress: first colour changes.

beamerthemelumc.sty

-% Copyright 2011 by Jeroen F. J. Laros
+% Copyright 2015 by Jeroen F. J. Laros
 %
 % This file may be distributed and/or modified
 %
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 %
 % See the file doc/licenses/LICENSE for more details.
 
-\ProvidesPackageRCS $Header: /svnroot/presentation/trunk/beamerthemelumc.sty,v 1.0 2011/03/02 $
+\ProvidesPackageRCS $Header: /svnroot/presentation/trunk/beamerthemelumc.sty,v 1.0 2015/11/12 $
 
 \mode<presentation>
 
@@ -25,15 +25,16 @@
 \setbeamertemplate{bibliography item}[triangle]
 \bibliographystyle{plain}
 
-% Select a nicer font.
-\usepackage{newcent}
-\renewcommand{\sfdefault}{pnc}
+%% Select a nicer font.
+%\usepackage{newcent}
+%\renewcommand{\sfdefault}{pnc}
 \usepackage{eurosym}
 
 % Package for making graphs and automata.
 \usepackage{gastex}
 % Spaces around `=' break functionality.
-\gasset{linecolor=white, linewidth=0.5, AHLength=3}
+%\gasset{linecolor=white, linewidth=0.5, AHLength=3}
+\gasset{linewidth=0.5, AHLength=3}
 
 % Custom colours (use the gimp colour picker and divide by 255).
 \definecolor{LUMCBlue}{rgb}{0, 0.11372, 0.38039}
@@ -43,14 +44,15 @@
 \usenavigationsymbolstemplate{}
 
 % Set default colours.
-\alt<handout>{}{
-  \setbeamercolor{structure}{fg=white}
-  \setbeamercolor{normal text}{fg=white}
-  \setbeamercolor{frametitle}{fg=white}
-}
+%\alt<handout>{}{
+%  \setbeamercolor{structure}{fg=white}
+%  \setbeamercolor{normal text}{fg=white}
+%  \setbeamercolor{frametitle}{fg=white}
+%}
 
 % Change the bullets in the itemize environment.
 \setbeamertemplate{itemize items}[circle]
+\setbeamercolor{itemize item}{fg=black}
 \newcommand{\fakeitem}{\,\ \ \ $\bullet$\ \,}
 
 % Macros for bold text.
@@ -61,13 +63,13 @@
 \newcommand{\permfoot}[1]{\onslide<1->\bs{#1}}
 
 % Macro for highlighting.
-\alt<handout>{
+%\alt<handout>{
   \newcommand{\hlColour}{\color{red}}
   \newcommand{\defaultColour}{\color{black}}
-}{
-  \newcommand{\hlColour}{\color{yellow}}
-  \newcommand{\defaultColour}{\color{white}}
-}
+%}{
+%  \newcommand{\hlColour}{\color{yellow}}
+%  \newcommand{\defaultColour}{\color{white}}
+%}
 \newcommand{\hl}[1]{\hlColour#1\defaultColour}
 
 % Enable numbering of figures and tables.
@@ -218,7 +220,7 @@
 
 % The header of the body.
 \setbeamertemplate{headline}{
-  \colorbox{white}{\color{LUMCBlue}
+  \colorbox{LUMCBlue}{\color{white}
     \begin{tabularx}{0.98\textwidth}{ll}
       \includegraphics[scale=0.25]{logos/lumc_logo_small} & 
       \hspace{0.8cm}    % Space between the logo and the title of the section.
@@ -262,20 +264,29 @@
   }
 
   % Set the background colour.
-  \alt<handout>{}{\beamersetaveragebackground{LUMCBlue}}
+  %\alt<handout>{}{\beamersetaveragebackground{LUMCBlue}}
 
   % Reset the frame counter.
   \setcounter{framenumber}{0}
 
   % The footer of the body.
   \setbeamertemplate{footline}{
-    \colorbox{white}{\color{LUMCBlue}
-      \begin{tabularx}{0.98\textwidth}{XXX}
+    \colorbox{white}{\color{white}
+      \begin{tabularx}{0.98\textwidth}{p{3cm}lX}
         \\ [-3ex]       % Space above the footer line.
-        \myConference & 
-        \hfill \insertframenumber/\inserttotalframenumber 
+        \colorbox{LUMCBlue}{
+          \phantom{.} \hfill
+          \insertframenumber/\inserttotalframenumber
+          \hfill \phantom{.}
+        } &
+        \colorbox{blue}{
+        \myConference
+        }
           \hfill \phantom{.} & 
-        \hfill \myDate 
+        \hfill
+        \colorbox{gray}{
+        \myDate 
+        }
         \\ [-1ex]       % Space below the footer line.
       \end{tabularx}
     }

presentation.tex

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 \title{\LaTeX\ Presentation Template}
 \providecommand{\myConference}{Work discussion}
-\providecommand{\myDate}{Thursday, 24 February 2011}
+\providecommand{\myDate}{12-nov-2015}
 \author{Jeroen F.J. Laros}
 \providecommand{\myGroup}{Leiden Genome Technology Center}
 \providecommand{\myDepartment}{Department of Human Genetics}