% Footline for  Slides

% Display title page and displays footers

\setbeamertemplate{footline}{} %so the title screen does not have a footline

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\begin{frame}
\titlepage
\end{frame}

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\setbeamertemplate{footline}{
\begin{beamercolorbox}{sectioninhead/foot}
\hspace{1ex}\bblue{\hrulefill}\hspace{1ex}

\vspace{1ex}
\hspace{1ex}
{\tiny \instructSmall \hfill 
\courseCode~\season~\yr:~\topic \hfill 
\insertframenumber/\inserttotalframenumber~~}
%\insertframenumber/\ref{lastframe}}
%\hfill {\small \insertframenumber} \hspace{10ex}
%{\small $$\insertframenumber$$}
\vspace{1ex}
\end{beamercolorbox}}

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