beamerinnerthemeSimplePlus.sty

\pgfdeclareverticalshading[lower.bg,upper.bg]{bmb@transition}{200cm}{%
  color(0pt)=(lower.bg); color(2pt)=(lower.bg); color(4pt)=(lower.bg)}

\setbeamersize{text margin left=2em,text margin right=2em} 

% table of contents (overview)
\setbeamertemplate{section in toc}[sections numbered]
\setbeamertemplate{subsection in toc}{\leavevmode\leftskip=3.2em\rlap{\hskip-2em\inserttocsectionnumber.\inserttocsubsectionnumber}\inserttocsubsection\par}

\setbeamertemplate{footline}[frame number]
\setbeamertemplate{navigation symbols}{}
\setbeamertemplate{blocks}[rounded][shadow=false]
\setbeamertemplate{enumerate items}[default]

\setbeamertemplate{frametitle}{\vspace*{0.5em}\bfseries\insertframetitle\par\vskip-6pt\hrulefill\vspace{-0.1em}}

\setbeamertemplate{title page}{
    \vspace{7em}
    \begingroup
        \centering
        % ------------------------
        \begin{beamercolorbox}[sep=8pt,center]{title}
        \usebeamerfont{title}\inserttitle\par%
        \ifx\insertsubtitle\@empty%
        \else%
            \vskip0.25em%
            {\usebeamerfont{subtitle}\usebeamercolor[fg]{subtitle}\insertsubtitle\par}%
        \fi%     
        \end{beamercolorbox}%
        \vskip0.5em\par
        % ------------------------
        \begin{beamercolorbox}[sep=8pt,center]{author}
        \usebeamerfont{author}\insertauthor
        \end{beamercolorbox}
        \vskip-1em
        % ------------------------
        \begin{beamercolorbox}[sep=8pt,center]{institute}
        \usebeamerfont{institute}\insertinstitute
        \end{beamercolorbox}
        % ------------------------
        \begin{beamercolorbox}[sep=8pt,center]{date}
        \usebeamerfont{date}\insertdate
        \end{beamercolorbox}\vskip0.5em
        % ------------------------
        {\usebeamercolor[fg]{titlegraphic}\inserttitlegraphic\par}
    \endgroup
    \vfill
}