\usebeamerfont{subtitle}\insertsubtitle\par%
\end{beamercolorbox}%
- % Without a logo to take up the available space, it looks better
- % if we move the author's name down a bit.
- \vspace{4em}
+ \vskip1em\par
\begin{beamercolorbox}[sep=4pt,center,#1]{author}
\usebeamerfont{author}\insertauthor
\end{beamercolorbox}
+
+ \vskip1em\par
+
+ \begin{beamercolorbox}[sep=8pt,center,#1]{date}
+ % The smaller "institute" font face looks better for this.
+ \usebeamerfont{institute}\insertdate
+ \end{beamercolorbox}
\end{centering}
\vfill
}