[Tex/LaTex] Putting the \title of a BeamerClass presentation in a \block

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I'm using a hand made beamer theme that uses the corporate identity standards of my university. However, the \title text on the \titlepage is not set in a \block environment as it is, e.g., in the Darmstadt theme.

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Is there a LaTeX command that actually toggles this feature on or off? If yes, is there a way to change the look of the \block environment of the \title without affecting the remaining \block environments on non-title-page slides?

\documentclass[handout]{beamer} % handout 
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usetheme{upb}
\setbeamercovered{transparent}
\usepackage{ragged2e} % besseren Umbruch
\usepackage{booktabs} % spezielle Tabellen zulassen
\usepackage{textpos}
\setbeamertemplate{blocks}[rounded][shadow=true]
\setbeamertemplate{title page}[rounded=true,shadow=true]
\title{Title}
\subtitle{Subtitle}
\author{phx}
\institute{University of Paderborn}
\begin{document}
 \frame{\titlepage}
\end{document}

The theme upd is available here (zip-file)

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Please provide a full minimal example. Based on the information that you wish a style like Darmstard you use the definition of Darmstadt:

\setbeamercolor*{title}{use=structure,fg=white,bg=structure.fg}
\setbeamertemplate{title page}[default][colsep=-4bp,rounded=true,shadow=true]

Full example without the unknown theme upd

\documentclass[handout]{beamer} % handout 
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
%\usetheme{upb}
\setbeamerfont{block title}{size={}}
\setbeamercovered{transparent}
\usepackage{ragged2e} % besseren Umbruch
\usepackage{booktabs} % spezielle Tabellen zulassen
\usepackage{textpos}
\setbeamertemplate{blocks}[rounded][shadow=true]
\setbeamercolor*{title}{use=structure,fg=white,bg=structure.fg,}
\setbeamertemplate{title page}[default][colsep=-4bp,rounded=true,shadow=true]

\title{Title}
\subtitle{Subtitle}
\author{phx}
\institute{University of Paderborn}
\begin{document}
 \frame{\titlepage}
\end{document}

Result with the usage of the theme upd:

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\documentclass{beamer}
\usecolortheme{orchid}
\begin{document}
\begin{frame}
  \begin{columns}[t]
    \begin{column}{0.49\textwidth}
      \begin{block}{This is a headline}
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      \end{block}
    \end{column}
    \begin{column}{0.49\textwidth}
      \begin{block}{}
      This is another block
    \end{block}
    \end{column}
  \end{columns}
\end{frame}
\end{document}

I've added a colour theme just to illustrate the extent of the blocks. So the question is: "How can I make the width of the body text thinner than that of the headline?" You can do that with a quote environment inside the block:

\documentclass{beamer}
\usecolortheme{orchid}
\begin{document}
\begin{frame}
  \begin{columns}[t]
    \begin{column}{0.49\textwidth}
      \begin{block}{This is a headline}
        \begin{quote}
          Here is some text that is shrunk a little bit isn't it?
        \end{quote}
      \end{block}
    \end{column}
    \begin{column}{0.49\textwidth}
      \begin{block}{}
      This is another block
    \end{block}
    \end{column}
  \end{columns}
\end{frame}
\end{document}

quote inside block inside column

[Tex/LaTex] Title in box in Beamer presentation

You can redefine the title page template and introduce the necessary modifications for the layout; this redefinition is needed since both the title and the subtitle are, by deafult, inside the same beamercolorbox so simply redefining the title beamer color would produce a box around both title and subtitle (which is not wanted here):

\documentclass{beamer}

\title{TITLE}
\titlegraphic{\includegraphics[height=4cm]{cat}}
\subtitle{\textbf{Subtitle}}
\author{Author}

\setbeamercolor{title}{bg=orange,fg=white}

\makeatletter
\setbeamertemplate{title page}
{
  \vbox{}
  \vfill
  \begin{centering}
    \begin{beamercolorbox}[sep=8pt,center]{title}
      \usebeamerfont{title}\inserttitle
    \end{beamercolorbox}
    \setbeamercolor{title}{bg=white,fg=structure}
    \begin{beamercolorbox}[sep=8pt,center]{title}
      {\usebeamercolor[fg]{titlegraphic}\inserttitlegraphic\par}
      \ifx\insertsubtitle\@empty%
      \else%
        \vskip0.25em%
        {\usebeamerfont{subtitle}\usebeamercolor[fg]{subtitle}\insertsubtitle\par}%
      \fi%     
    \end{beamercolorbox}%
    \vskip1em\par
    \begin{beamercolorbox}[sep=8pt,center]{author}
      \usebeamerfont{author}\insertauthor
    \end{beamercolorbox}
    \vskip-1em\par % change here
    \begin{beamercolorbox}[sep=8pt,center]{institute}
      \usebeamerfont{institute}\insertinstitute
    \end{beamercolorbox}
    \begin{beamercolorbox}[sep=8pt,center]{date}
      \usebeamerfont{date}\insertdate
    \end{beamercolorbox}\vskip0.5em
  \end{centering}
  \vfill
}
\makeatother

\begin{document}

\maketitle

\end{document}

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Notice that now there's no need to use \title[TITLE]{TITLE\includegraphics{...}} but now you can simply use \title{TITLE} and \titlegraphic{\includegraphics[]{}}`. Of course, feel free to make the necessary adjutments according to your particular needs (yo can play with the lengths in the \vskip commands to adjust vertical spacing).

As requested in a comment, to have a colored box around only the subtitle, the necessary modifications are the following:

\documentclass{beamer}

\title{TITLE}
\titlegraphic{\includegraphics[height=4cm]{cat}}
\subtitle{\textbf{Subtitle}}
\author{Author}


\makeatletter
\setbeamertemplate{title page}
{
  \vbox{}
  \vfill
  \begin{centering}
    \begin{beamercolorbox}[sep=8pt,center]{title}
      \usebeamerfont{title}\inserttitle
    \end{beamercolorbox}
      {\usebeamercolor[fg]{titlegraphic}\inserttitlegraphic\par}
      \ifx\insertsubtitle\@empty%
      \else%
        \vskip0.25em%
      \setbeamercolor{title}{bg=orange,fg=white}
      \begin{beamercolorbox}[sep=8pt,center]{title}
        {\usebeamerfont{subtitle}\usebeamercolor[fg]{subtitle}\insertsubtitle\par}%
      \fi%     
    \end{beamercolorbox}%
    \vskip1em\par
    \begin{beamercolorbox}[sep=8pt,center]{author}
      \usebeamerfont{author}\insertauthor
    \end{beamercolorbox}
    \vskip-1em\par % change here
    \begin{beamercolorbox}[sep=8pt,center]{institute}
      \usebeamerfont{institute}\insertinstitute
    \end{beamercolorbox}
    \begin{beamercolorbox}[sep=8pt,center]{date}
      \usebeamerfont{date}\insertdate
    \end{beamercolorbox}\vskip0.5em
  \end{centering}
  \vfill
}
\makeatother

\begin{document}

\maketitle

\end{document}

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With a new request, here's the code to change at will the width of the box used for the subtitle; change the length used for \subtitwd (initially set to 4cm) according to your needs:

\documentclass{beamer}

\newlength\subtitwd
\setlength\subtitwd{4cm}% change the width here

\makeatletter
\setbeamertemplate{title page}
{
  \vbox{}
  \vfill
  \begin{centering}
    \begin{beamercolorbox}[sep=8pt,center]{title}
      \usebeamerfont{title}\inserttitle
    \end{beamercolorbox}
      {\usebeamercolor[fg]{titlegraphic}\inserttitlegraphic\par}
      \ifx\insertsubtitle\@empty%
      \else%
        \vskip0.25em%
      \setbeamercolor{title}{bg=orange,fg=white}
      \vbox{%
         \hfill\begin{beamercolorbox}[wd=\subtitwd,sep=8pt,center]{title}
            {\usebeamerfont{subtitle}\usebeamercolor[fg]{subtitle}\insertsubtitle\par}%
        \end{beamercolorbox}\hfill\null%
      }%
      \fi%     
    \vskip1em\par
    \begin{beamercolorbox}[sep=8pt,center]{author}
      \usebeamerfont{author}\insertauthor
    \end{beamercolorbox}
    \vskip-1em\par % change here
    \begin{beamercolorbox}[sep=8pt,center]{institute}
      \usebeamerfont{institute}\insertinstitute
    \end{beamercolorbox}
    \begin{beamercolorbox}[sep=8pt,center]{date}
      \usebeamerfont{date}\insertdate
    \end{beamercolorbox}\vskip0.5em
  \end{centering}
  \vfill
}
\makeatother

\title{TITLE}
\titlegraphic{\includegraphics[height=4cm]{cat}}
\subtitle{\textbf{Subtitle}}
\author{Author}

\begin{document}

\maketitle

\end{document}

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