A simple USF color pandoc-beamer template

md2beamer.sh

#!/bin/bash
# Requires: pandoc -- http://johnmacfarlane.net/pandoc/
# Usage: ./md2beamer.sh Content.md  ==> Content.pdf (beamer presentation)

name=`echo $1 | cut -f1 -d'.'`
pandoc $1 -o $name.pdf -t beamer --template=usf_simple.beamer --latex-engine=xelatex --highlight-style=tango

usf_simple.beamer

\documentclass[xcolor=x11names, compress, $if(fontsize)$$fontsize$,$endif$$if(handout)$handout,$endif$$if(beamer)$ignorenonframetext,$endif$]{$documentclass$}

%% General document %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{decorations.fractals}
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%


%% Beamer Layout %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

%%% USF Colors %%%
\definecolor{USFgreen}{RGB}{0,103,71} 			%USF Official Dark Green
\definecolor{USFgold}{RGB}{207,196,147}			%USF Official Gold
\definecolor{USFseaglass}{RGB}{128,176,166}		%USF Subdued Green/blue
\definecolor{USFtealgreen}{RGB}{0,147,116}      %USF Lighter teal green
\definecolor{USFsilvergray}{RGB}{126,150,160}	%USF Medium gray
\definecolor{USFslate}{RGB}{70,96,105}			%USF Dark blue/gray
\definecolor{USFrhubarb}{RGB}{187,24,71}		%USF brighter red
\definecolor{USFsky}{RGB}{41,175,206}			%USF lighter blue
\definecolor{USFstorm}{RGB}{0,100,132}			%USF Darker blue
\definecolor{USFpitaya}{RGB}{214,0,128}			%USF classy pink
\definecolor{USFespresso}{RGB}{116,59,25}		%USF brown
\definecolor{USFgrape}{RGB}{111,38,135}			%USF purple
\definecolor{gDarkBlue}{RGB}{49,79,103}			%my own Dark Blue color

%\usefonttheme[onlysmall]{structurebold}
\usepackage{arev}
%\usepackage{arevmath}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{fourier}

% Palentino also looks great (but less readable for slide)
% Comment out above and use below if you want palatino
%\usefonttheme{serif}
%\usepackage{palatino}

\useinnertheme{default}

%% FONTS %%
\setbeamerfont{title like}{series=\bfseries}
%\setbeamerfont{frametitle}{shape=\itshape}
\setbeamertemplate{navigation symbols}{}

\setbeamercolor*{normal text}{fg=black,bg=white} 
\setbeamercolor*{alerted text}{fg=USFrhubarb} 
\setbeamercolor*{example text}{fg=black} 
\setbeamercolor*{structure}{fg=black} 
\setbeamercolor{frametitle}{fg=white, bg=USFgreen}
\setbeamercolor{titlelike}{fg=gDarkBlue, bg=USFgold!20}

% head/foot colors
\setbeamercolor*{lower separation line head}{bg=USFgold} 
\setbeamercolor{footlinecolor}{fg=USFslate!50}
\setbeamercolor{section in head/foot}{bg=USFgreen, fg=USFgold}

% Block colors
\setbeamercolor{block title example}{bg=gDarkBlue, fg=white}
\setbeamercolor{block body example}{bg=gDarkBlue!20, fg=black}
\setbeamercolor{block title}{bg=USFgreen, fg=white}
\setbeamercolor{block body}{bg=USFgreen!10, fg=black}

\setbeamertemplate{frametitle}
{
    \nointerlineskip
    \begin{beamercolorbox}[sep=0.3cm,ht=1.8em,wd=\paperwidth]{frametitle}
        \vbox{}\vskip-2ex%
        \strut\insertframetitle\strut
        \vskip-0.8ex%
    \end{beamercolorbox}
}

\setbeamertemplate{footline}{%
\begin{beamercolorbox}{footlinecolor}
	\vskip2pt%
	\makebox[0pt][l]{\,\insertshortauthor}%
	\hspace*{\fill}\insertshorttitle\hspace*{\fill}%
	\llap{\insertpagenumber\,/\,\insertpresentationendpage\,}
\end{beamercolorbox}
}

\setbeamercolor*{palette tertiary}{fg=black,bg=black!10} 
\setbeamercolor*{palette quaternary}{fg=black,bg=black!10} 

%% -- Hyperlink Colors -- %%
\usepackage{hyperref}
\hypersetup{colorlinks = true,
			urlcolor=USFrhubarb,
            linkcolor=gDarkBlue,
            pdfborder={0 0 0}}
\urlstyle{same}  % don't use monospace font for urls
%% ----- %%

\renewcommand{\(}{\begin{columns}}
\renewcommand{\)}{\end{columns}}
\newcommand{\<}[1]{\begin{column}{#1}}
\renewcommand{\>}{\end{column}}
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

\usepackage{amssymb,amsmath}
\usepackage{ifxetex,ifluatex}
\usepackage{fixltx2e} % provides \textsubscript
\ifxetex
  \usepackage{fontspec,xltxtra,xunicode}
  \defaultfontfeatures{Mapping=tex-text,Scale=MatchLowercase}
  \setmonofont{Inconsolata}
\else
  \ifluatex
    \usepackage{fontspec}
    \defaultfontfeatures{Mapping=tex-text,Scale=MatchLowercase}
  \else
    \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
  \fi
\fi
$if(natbib)$
\usepackage{natbib}
\bibliographystyle{plainnat}
$endif$
$if(biblatex)$
\usepackage{biblatex}
$if(biblio-files)$
\bibliography{$biblio-files$}
$endif$
$endif$
$if(listings)$
\usepackage{listings}
$endif$
$if(lhs)$
\lstnewenvironment{code}{\lstset{language=Haskell,basicstyle=\small\ttfamily}}{}
$endif$
$if(highlighting-macros)$
$highlighting-macros$
$endif$
$if(verbatim-in-note)$
\usepackage{fancyvrb}
$endif$
$if(tables)$
\usepackage{longtable}
% These lines are needed to make table captions work with longtable:
\makeatletter
\def\fnum@table{\tablename~\thetable}
\makeatother
$endif$
%$if(url)$
%\usepackage{url}
%$endif$
$if(graphics)$
\usepackage{graphicx}
\makeatletter
\def\ScaleIfNeeded{%
  \ifdim\Gin@nat@width>\linewidth
    \linewidth
  \else
    \Gin@nat@width
  \fi
}
\makeatother
\let\Oldincludegraphics\includegraphics
\renewcommand{\includegraphics}[2][]{\Oldincludegraphics[width=\ScaleIfNeeded]{#2}}
$endif$

% Comment these out if you don't want a slide with just the
% part/section/subsection/subsubsection title:
\AtBeginPart{
  \let\insertpartnumber\relax
  \let\partname\relax
  \frame{\partpage}
}
\AtBeginSection{
  \let\insertsectionnumber\relax
  \let\sectionname\relax
  \frame{\sectionpage}
}
\AtBeginSubsection{
  \let\insertsubsectionnumber\relax
  \let\subsectionname\relax
  \frame{\subsectionpage}
}

$if(strikeout)$
\usepackage[normalem]{ulem}
% avoid problems with \sout in headers with hyperref:
\pdfstringdefDisableCommands{\renewcommand{\sout}{}}
$endif$
\setlength{\parindent}{0pt}
\setlength{\parskip}{6pt plus 2pt minus 1pt}
\setlength{\emergencystretch}{3em}  % prevent overfull lines
$if(numbersections)$
$else$
\setcounter{secnumdepth}{0}
$endif$
$if(verbatim-in-note)$
\VerbatimFootnotes % allows verbatim text in footnotes
$endif$
$if(lang)$
\usepackage[$lang$]{babel}
$endif$
$for(header-includes)$
$header-includes$
$endfor$

$if(title)$
\title{$title$}
$endif$
$if(author)$
\author{$for(author)$$author$$sep$ \and $endfor$}
$endif$
$if(date)$
\date{$date$}
$endif$


\begin{document}
$if(title)$
\begin{frame}
	\titlepage
\end{frame}
$endif$

$for(include-before)$
$include-before$

$endfor$
$if(toc)$
\begin{frame}
\tableofcontents[hideallsubsections]
\end{frame}

$endif$
$body$

$if(natbib)$
$if(biblio-files)$
$if(biblio-title)$
$if(book-class)$
\renewcommand\bibname{$biblio-title$}
$else$
\renewcommand\refname{$biblio-title$}
$endif$
$endif$
\bibliography{$biblio-files$}

$endif$
$endif$
$if(biblatex)$
\printbibliography$if(biblio-title)$[title=$biblio-title$]$endif$

$endif$
$for(include-after)$
$include-after$

$endfor$
\end{document}