diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 9e6c402..c4d244c 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -24,7 +24,9 @@
 Imports:
     rmarkdown (>= 1.7)
 Suggests:
+    base64enc,
     bslib,
+    qrcode,
     testthat (>= 3.0.0),
     withr (>= 2.4.2),
     xfun (>= 0.21),
diff --git a/NAMESPACE b/NAMESPACE
index 86e0d69..da90358 100644
--- a/NAMESPACE
+++ b/NAMESPACE
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # Generated by roxygen2: do not edit by hand
 
+export(qrlink)
 export(revealjs_presentation)
 export(slide_timing)
 import(rmarkdown)
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index a5593f8..e4e3de4 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # revealjs.ids (development version)
 
+- Title slide branding (ported from posterdown.ids): three new optional yaml entries -- `website` places a linked QR code (generated with the qrcode package) in the top left of the title slide; `partner_logo` shows a second institution's logo next to the IDS logo in the top right of every slide (for talks by authors from two institutions); `funder_logo` puts a funder logo in the bottom left of the title slide, opposite the Leibniz Gemeinschaft membership logo. Local logo files are embedded as data URIs, so they need not be shipped; a linked QR code anywhere on a slide can be produced with the new `qrlink()` function in inline R code. The navigation chrome (arrows, slide number, menu button) is now hidden on the title slide.
+
 - New `df_print` option (default `"kable"`): data frames are now printed as theme-styled HTML tables by default, so raw results on slides look reasonable without extra code. Use `df_print: default` for plain text output (or `tibble` / `paged` as in `rmarkdown::html_document`); `"kable"` prints all rows, so show only `head(x)` on slides with many-rowed results.
 
 - New transcript view, toggled with `r` (or, on touch devices, with a list button next to the speaker notes button): a single scrollable page containing every slide's content and speaker notes. Text-to-speech ("read aloud") browser extensions cannot walk a reveal.js deck (hidden slides are not part of the visible page text), but they can read the transcript from start to finish -- e.g. to have the whole talk including notes read aloud while practicing.
diff --git a/R/revealjs_presentation.R b/R/revealjs_presentation.R
index 68d0733..05c8131 100644
--- a/R/revealjs_presentation.R
+++ b/R/revealjs_presentation.R
@@ -152,6 +152,28 @@
 #'     toggleNotesButton: true
 #'     toggleChalkboardButton: true
 #' ```
+#' ## Title slide: QR code and additional logos
+#'
+#' Three optional yaml entries personalise the title slide for external
+#' audiences (ported from \pkg{posterdown.ids}):
+#'
+#' * `website: <url>` -- a linked QR code pointing to the URL is placed in
+#'   the top left of the title slide. Uses the \pkg{qrcode} package.
+#' * `partner_logo: <path-or-url>` -- when a presentation is given by
+#'   authors from two institutions, the partner institution's logo is shown
+#'   next to the IDS logo, in the top right of every slide.
+#' * `funder_logo: <path-or-url>` -- a funder logo (e.g. "Text+") is placed
+#'   in the bottom left of the title slide, opposite the Leibniz
+#'   Gemeinschaft membership logo. It is lifted above the footer band on
+#'   print (pdf) pages.
+#'
+#' Local logo files (svg, png, jpg, gif, webp) are embedded in the html as
+#' data URIs, so they do not need to be shipped with the presentation; http
+#' URLs are used as-is. A QR code anywhere else on a slide can be produced
+#' with [qrlink()] from inline R code. The navigation chrome (arrows, slide
+#' number, menu button) is hidden on the title slide for a bare first
+#' impression.
+#'
 #' ## Bibliography and citations
 #' 
 #' Documents with a `bibliography:` in their YAML header are formatted with
@@ -429,6 +451,21 @@
     # highlight
     args <- c(args, pandoc_highlight_args(highlight, default = "pygments"))
 
+    # website entry: place a linked QR code (inline SVG) in the top left of
+    # the title slide
+    if (!is.null(metadata$website)) {
+      args <- c(args, pandoc_variable_arg("website-qr", qrlink(metadata$website)))
+    }
+
+    # partner / funder institution logos: local files are inlined as data
+    # URIs so they resolve correctly in CSS and stay embedded in the output
+    if (!is.null(metadata$partner_logo)) {
+      args <- c(args, pandoc_variable_arg("partner-logo-src", logo_uri(metadata$partner_logo)))
+    }
+    if (!is.null(metadata$funder_logo)) {
+      args <- c(args, pandoc_variable_arg("funder-logo-src", logo_uri(metadata$funder_logo)))
+    }
+
     # default to the bundled IDS citation style unless the document
     # specifies a style of its own
     if (is.null(metadata$csl)) {
diff --git a/R/utils.R b/R/utils.R
index 0c13ae5..4f2c21f 100644
--- a/R/utils.R
+++ b/R/utils.R
@@ -46,3 +46,76 @@
   }
   pandoc_variable_arg(option, value)
 }
+
+# Resolve a logo image (yaml entries `partner_logo` / `funder_logo`) to a URL
+# usable inside CSS: http(s) and data URLs pass through unchanged, local
+# files are inlined as base64 data URIs. Inlining is required: CSS background
+# URLs would resolve relative to the theme stylesheet, and document-relative
+# files would be left behind when the rendered html is deployed elsewhere.
+logo_uri <- function(path) {
+  if (grepl("^(https?|data):", path)) {
+    return(path)
+  }
+  if (!file.exists(path)) {
+    stop("Logo file not found: ", path, call. = FALSE)
+  }
+  ext <- tolower(tools::file_ext(path))
+  mime <- switch(ext,
+    svg = "image/svg+xml", png = "image/png", jpg = , jpeg = "image/jpeg",
+    gif = "image/gif", webp = "image/webp",
+    stop("Unsupported logo format '", ext, "' (use svg, png, jpg, gif or webp)",
+      call. = FALSE
+    )
+  )
+  if (!requireNamespace("base64enc", quietly = TRUE)) {
+    stop("Package \"base64enc\" needed to embed local logo files. Please install it.",
+      call. = FALSE
+    )
+  }
+  sprintf("data:%s;base64,%s", mime, base64enc::base64encode(path))
+}
+
+#' HTML code for a linked QR code
+#'
+#' Generates a QR code (inline SVG) linking to the given URL and returns the
+#' corresponding HTML code, so a QR code can be placed anywhere in a
+#' presentation with inline R code.
+#'
+#' The `website` YAML entry of [revealjs_presentation()] uses this to
+#' place a linked QR code in the top left of the title slide.
+#'
+#' @param url Target URL for the QR code
+#' @param logo Optional path to a logo image to place in the center of the QR
+#'   code
+#' @param text Optional caption displayed below the QR code (alias:
+#'   `caption`)
+#' @param caption Alias for `text`
+#' @return Character string with HTML code for a linked QR code
+#' @export
+qrlink <- function(url, logo = NULL, text = NULL, caption = text) {
+  if (!requireNamespace("qrcode", quietly = TRUE)) {
+    stop("Package \"qrcode\" needed to generate QR codes. Please install it.",
+      call. = FALSE
+    )
+  }
+  tmp <- tempfile(fileext = ".svg")
+  qrcode <- qrcode::qr_code(url, ecl = if (is.null(logo)) "L" else "H")
+  if (!is.null(logo)) {
+    qrcode <- qrcode::add_logo(qrcode, logo, ecl = "L")
+  }
+  qrcode::generate_svg(qrcode, tmp, show = FALSE)
+
+  cap_html <- if (!is.null(caption) && nchar(trimws(caption)) > 0) {
+    sprintf('<span class="qrcode-caption">%s</span>', caption)
+  } else {
+    ""
+  }
+
+  svg <- gsub("\r?\n|\r", "", readChar(tmp, 1e7))
+  qr <- sprintf('<a class="qrcode" href="%s">%s</a>', url, svg)
+  if (nchar(cap_html) > 0) {
+    paste0('<div class="qrcode-container">', qr, cap_html, "</div>")
+  } else {
+    qr
+  }
+}
diff --git a/README.Rmd b/README.Rmd
index 6925f7e..39d0246 100644
--- a/README.Rmd
+++ b/README.Rmd
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 ## Screenshots
 
-Generated from [examples/ids.Rmd](./examples/ids.Rmd), see live demo [here](http://10.0.1.45/slides/2023-10-08-Revealjs-demo/ids.html).
+Generated from [examples/ids.Rmd](./examples/ids.Rmd), see live demo [here](http://10.0.1.45/slides/2023-10-08-Revealjs-demo/ids.html). A small starting-point deck is [examples/minimal.Rmd](./examples/minimal.Rmd).
 
 ![title](https://gitlab.ids-mannheim.de/ids/revealjs/-/jobs/artifacts/main/raw/target/title.png?job=build-job)
 
@@ -255,6 +255,26 @@
     center: true
 ```
 
+## Title Slide: QR Code and Logos
+
+Three optional yaml entries brand the title slide for external audiences:
+
+``` yaml
+title: "Habits"
+website: "https://korap.ids-mannheim.de/gerrit/IDS-Mannheim/revealjs"
+partner_logo: "dnb-logo.svg"
+funder_logo: "textplus-logo.svg"
+output: revealjs.ids::revealjs_presentation
+```
+
+-   `website` places a linked QR code (pointing to the URL) in the top left of the title slide. Requires the `qrcode` package.
+
+-   `partner_logo`, a path or URL to a second institution's logo, shows it next to the IDS logo in the top right of *every* slide -- for presentations given by authors from two institutions.
+
+-   `funder_logo`, a path or URL to a funder logo, shows it in the bottom left of the title slide, opposite the Leibniz Gemeinschaft membership logo. It is lifted above the footer band on print (pdf) pages.
+
+Local logo files (svg, png, jpg, gif, webp) are embedded in the html as data URIs, so they do not need to be shipped with the presentation; http(s) URLs are used as-is. A linked QR code at any other place on a slide can be produced with `revealjs.ids::qrlink("https://...")` in inline R code. On the title slide the navigation chrome (arrows, slide number, menu button) is hidden, for a bare first impression.
+
 ## Slide Transitions
 
 You can use the `transition` and `background_transition` options to specify the global default slide transition style:
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a6cca11..52cabf4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@
 ## Screenshots
 
 Generated from [examples/ids.Rmd](./examples/ids.Rmd), see live demo
-[here](http://10.0.1.45/slides/2023-10-08-Revealjs-demo/ids.html).
+[here](http://10.0.1.45/slides/2023-10-08-Revealjs-demo/ids.html). A
+small starting-point deck is
+[examples/minimal.Rmd](./examples/minimal.Rmd).
 
 ![title](https://gitlab.ids-mannheim.de/ids/revealjs/-/jobs/artifacts/main/raw/target/title.png?job=build-job)
 
@@ -327,6 +329,36 @@
     center: true
 ```
 
+## Title Slide: QR Code and Logos
+
+Three optional yaml entries brand the title slide for external audiences:
+
+``` yaml
+title: "Habits"
+website: "https://korap.ids-mannheim.de/gerrit/IDS-Mannheim/revealjs"
+partner_logo: "dnb-logo.svg"
+funder_logo: "textplus-logo.svg"
+output: revealjs.ids::revealjs_presentation
+```
+
+- `website` places a linked QR code (pointing to the URL) in the top left
+  of the title slide. Requires the `qrcode` package.
+
+- `partner_logo`, a path or URL to a second institution’s logo, shows it
+  next to the IDS logo in the top right of *every* slide – for
+  presentations given by authors from two institutions.
+
+- `funder_logo`, a path or URL to a funder logo, shows it in the bottom
+  left of the title slide, opposite the Leibniz Gemeinschaft membership
+  logo. It is lifted above the footer band on print (pdf) pages.
+
+Local logo files (svg, png, jpg, gif, webp) are embedded in the html as
+data URIs, so they do not need to be shipped with the presentation;
+http(s) URLs are used as-is. A linked QR code at any other place on a
+slide can be produced with `revealjs.ids::qrlink("https://...")` in
+inline R code. On the title slide the navigation chrome (arrows, slide
+number, menu button) is hidden, for a bare first impression.
+
 ## Slide Transitions
 
 You can use the `transition` and `background_transition` options to
diff --git a/examples/ids.Rmd b/examples/ids.Rmd
index 9114e18..d657904 100644
--- a/examples/ids.Rmd
+++ b/examples/ids.Rmd
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@
   - name: John Doe
 institute: "IDS Mannheim"
 date: "`r paste0('Mannheim, ', Sys.Date())`"
+website: "https://korap.ids-mannheim.de/gerrit/IDS-Mannheim/revealjs"
+partner_logo: "logos/clarin-logo.svg"
+funder_logo: "logos/text-plus-logo.svg"
 output: 
   revealjs.ids::revealjs_presentation:
     reveal_plugins: 
diff --git a/examples/logos/clarin-logo.svg b/examples/logos/clarin-logo.svg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1a198b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/logos/clarin-logo.svg
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
+    viewBox="0 0 358 138" 
+     shape-rendering="auto"
+     text-rendering="auto"
+     image-rendering="auto">
+
+  <style>
+    .logo-fill { fill:#00406f; }
+  </style>
+
+  <path class="logo-fill" d="M321.04,125h-1.17c0-31.75-26.35-57.5-58.85-57.5s-58.85,25.74-58.85,57.5h-1.17c0-32.38,26.87-58.64,60.02-58.64s60.02,26.25,60.02,58.64Z"/>
+  <path class="logo-fill" d="M248.43,130.64c-.48-.61-.96-1.22-1.41-1.84-.36-.49-.71-.98-1.06-1.49-18.53-26.86-11.26-63.3,16.23-81.4,27.47-18.09,64.75-11.01,83.29,15.82,2.11,3.05,3.92,6.29,5.41,9.68l-1.07.45c-12.85-29.2-47.49-42.69-77.38-30.14-3.37,1.41-6.59,3.13-9.63,5.13-26.95,17.76-34.06,53.49-15.88,79.82.34.49.69.98,1.04,1.46.45.6.91,1.21,1.39,1.81l-.92.7Z"/>
+  <path class="logo-fill" d="M259.95,101.78c-32.1.02-58.54-24.61-60.05-55.93l1.17-.05c1.52,31.72,29.08,56.23,61.55,54.74,32.47-1.49,57.55-28.41,56.03-60.13-.65-13.63-6.25-26.59-15.79-36.56l.85-.78c22.65,23.68,21.36,60.81-2.88,82.93-5.12,4.68-11.05,8.44-17.5,11.12-7.39,3.07-15.34,4.66-23.37,4.66Z"/>
+  <ellipse class="logo-fill" cx="319" cy="43.5" rx="10" ry="9.5"/>
+  <ellipse class="logo-fill" cx="218" cy="84.5" rx="10" ry="9.5"/>
+  <ellipse class="logo-fill" cx="237" cy="97.5" rx="10" ry="9.5"/>
+  <ellipse class="logo-fill" cx="260" cy="101.5" rx="10" ry="9.5"/>
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+</svg>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/logos/text-plus-logo.svg b/examples/logos/text-plus-logo.svg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f750ccd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/logos/text-plus-logo.svg
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<svg id="Ebene_2" data-name="Ebene 2" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 296 296">
+  <defs>
+    <style>
+      .cls-1 {
+        fill: #cd0022;
+      }
+    </style>
+  </defs>
+  <g id="Ebene_1-2" data-name="Ebene 1">
+    <g>
+      <path class="cls-1" d="m103.16,142.1c-2.9,0-5.12,1.08-6.68,3.23-1.09,1.5-1.78,3.48-2.11,5.91h16.82v-.97c0-2.31-.7-4.25-2.11-5.82-1.41-1.57-3.38-2.35-5.93-2.35Z"/>
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diff --git a/examples/minimal.Rmd b/examples/minimal.Rmd
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ca5e595
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/minimal.Rmd
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+---
+title: "Minimal Deck"
+subtitle: "smallest useful revealjs.ids presentation"
+author: "John Doe"
+date: "1 January 2026"
+# linked QR code in the top left of the title slide:
+website: "https://www.ids-mannheim.de/digspra/"
+# second institution logo (top right of every slide, next to the IDS logo);
+# funder logo (bottom left of the title slide). Local files are embedded:
+# partner_logo: "partner-logo.svg"
+# funder_logo: "funder-logo.svg"
+output: revealjs.ids::revealjs_presentation
+---
+
+```{r setup, include=FALSE}
+knitr::opts_chunk$set(echo = TRUE)
+```
+
+# Introduction
+
+## Markdown basics
+
+-   Some **bold** text in the IDS style
+-   Incremental points with `{.fragment}` or global `incremental: true`
+
+<!-- 00:30 -->
+
+::: notes
+This slide has speaker notes (press `s` for the speaker view) and a
+half-minute time budget from the timing comment above -- watch the pacing
+timer.
+:::
+
+# Results
+
+## Data frames look reasonable by default
+
+```{r}
+head(cars, 6)
+```
+
+## And plots as usual
+
+```{r pressure, fig.height=5, fig.width=10, message=FALSE}
+plot(pressure)
+```
+
+# Misc
+
+## Links
+
+A linked QR code, e.g. for supplementary material, can be put on any slide
+with inline R code: `r revealjs.ids::qrlink("https://www.ids-mannheim.de/")`
diff --git a/inst/reveal.js-5.2.1/css/theme/source/ids.scss b/inst/reveal.js-5.2.1/css/theme/source/ids.scss
index 9fd8e45..c55b95f 100644
--- a/inst/reveal.js-5.2.1/css/theme/source/ids.scss
+++ b/inst/reveal.js-5.2.1/css/theme/source/ids.scss
@@ -70,6 +70,11 @@
 // doesn't exactly match the configured one.
 $idsBarWidthRatio: 0.05;
 $idsLogoWidthRatio: 0.25;
+// Partner (second institution) logo: shown next to the IDS logo on every
+// slide when the document sets the `partner_logo` yaml entry (the template
+// then publishes the URL as the --partner-logo custom property).
+$idsPartnerGap: 16px;
+$idsPartnerHeightRatio: 0.085;
 $idsBarWidth: calc(var(--slide-height) * #{$idsBarWidthRatio});
 $idsHeadingGap: 24px;
 
@@ -225,10 +230,16 @@
 $idsLogoRight: 8px;
 
 .reveal .slides {
-  background-image: url('https://corpora.ids-mannheim.de/slides/reveal.js.ids/images/IDS-Logo-2019.svg');
+  // Second layer: the optional partner institution logo (--partner-logo is
+  // supplied by the template from the document's `partner_logo` yaml entry);
+  // paints as "none" without it, leaving a harmless empty layer.
+  background-image: url('https://corpora.ids-mannheim.de/slides/reveal.js.ids/images/IDS-Logo-2019.svg'),
+    var(--partner-logo, none);
   background-repeat: no-repeat;
-  background-position: top #{$idsLogoTop} right #{$idsLogoRight};
-  background-size: calc(var(--slide-height) * #{$idsLogoWidthRatio}) auto;
+  background-position: top #{$idsLogoTop} right #{$idsLogoRight},
+    top #{$idsLogoTop} right calc(#{$idsLogoRight} + var(--slide-height) * #{$idsLogoWidthRatio} + #{$idsPartnerGap});
+  background-size: calc(var(--slide-height) * #{$idsLogoWidthRatio}) auto,
+    auto calc(var(--slide-height) * #{$idsPartnerHeightRatio});
 }
 
 // The orange bar is drawn as a ::before on the headings rather than on the
@@ -565,6 +576,72 @@
   height: 100%;
 }
 
+// Website QR code and funder logo on the title slide (document options
+// `website` and `funder_logo`): top-left and bottom-left corners. All
+// logos on the title slide keep the same distance to their respective
+// margins: top 6px / left 8px (QR), top 6px / right 8px (IDS [+ partner]
+// logo), bottom 10px / left 8px (funder), bottom 10px / right 8px (WGL
+// membership logo), so the four corners share one inset vocabulary. The QR
+// is sized generously (a quarter of the slide height) so it stays scannable
+// in all circumstances. Both are DOM elements injected into the title frame
+// by the pandoc template (the QR itself is generated in R by qrlink());
+// absolute positioning sticks to the slide, because reveal.js positions the
+// sections themselves.
+.reveal .slides section.title-frame .title-qr {
+  position: absolute;
+  top: #{$idsLogoTop};
+  left: #{$idsLogoRight};
+  // The generated QR matrix has no quiet zone of its own (dark modules reach
+  // the svg edges), which makes it unscannable; the white plate's padding of
+  // ~4 modules supplies it. The plate's edge is also the element's visual
+  // boundary for the uniform corner insets, hence an outer size of 28% of
+  // the slide height minus the padding on two sides (~23% of pattern).
+  box-sizing: border-box;
+  width: calc(var(--slide-height) * 0.28);
+  padding: calc(var(--slide-height) * 0.025);
+  background: #fff;
+}
+
+.reveal .slides section.title-frame .title-qr a.qrcode,
+.reveal .slides section.title-frame .title-qr svg {
+  display: block;
+  width: 100%;
+  height: auto;
+  margin: 0;
+}
+
+.reveal .slides section.title-frame img.funder-logo {
+  position: absolute;
+  left: #{$idsLogoRight};
+  bottom: 10px;
+  height: calc(var(--slide-height) * 0.07);
+  width: auto;
+}
+
+// Lift the funder logo above the print footer band, like the WGL logo above
+html.reveal-print .reveal .slides section.title-frame img.funder-logo {
+  bottom: 55px;
+}
+
+// The navigation chrome is hidden on the title slide (the template toggles
+// the ids-title-plain class when the title frame is the current slide). Use
+// opacity/visibility rather than display:none so the transition out of the
+// title slide fades the chrome in instead of popping it up, and so reveal.js'
+// own controls bookkeeping keeps working underneath.
+html.ids-title-plain .reveal .controls,
+html.ids-title-plain .reveal .slide-number,
+html.ids-title-plain .reveal .slide-menu-button {
+  opacity: 0 !important;
+  visibility: hidden !important;
+  pointer-events: none !important;
+}
+
+.reveal .controls,
+.reveal .slide-number,
+.reveal .slide-menu-button {
+  transition: opacity 0.4s;
+}
+
 
 /*********************************************
  * SLIDES MENU
diff --git a/inst/reveal.js-5.2.1/dist/theme/ids.css b/inst/reveal.js-5.2.1/dist/theme/ids.css
index 8be1e80..982e0aa 100644
--- a/inst/reveal.js-5.2.1/dist/theme/ids.css
+++ b/inst/reveal.js-5.2.1/dist/theme/ids.css
@@ -430,10 +430,12 @@
 }
 
 .reveal .slides {
-  background-image: url("https://corpora.ids-mannheim.de/slides/reveal.js.ids/images/IDS-Logo-2019.svg");
+  /* Second layer: the optional partner institution logo (--partner-logo is
+     supplied by the template from the document's partner_logo yaml entry) */
+  background-image: url("https://corpora.ids-mannheim.de/slides/reveal.js.ids/images/IDS-Logo-2019.svg"), var(--partner-logo, none);
   background-repeat: no-repeat;
-  background-position: top 6px right 8px;
-  background-size: calc(var(--slide-height) * 0.25) auto;
+  background-position: top 6px right 8px, top 6px right calc(8px + var(--slide-height) * 0.25 + 16px);
+  background-size: calc(var(--slide-height) * 0.25) auto, auto calc(var(--slide-height) * 0.085);
 }
 
 .reveal .slides section:not(.title-frame) > h1:first-child,
@@ -674,6 +676,55 @@
   height: 100%;
 }
 
+.reveal .slides section.title-frame .title-qr {
+  position: absolute;
+  top: 6px;
+  left: 8px;
+  /* The generated QR matrix has no quiet zone of its own (dark modules
+     reach the svg edges); the white plate's padding supplies it. */
+  box-sizing: border-box;
+  width: calc(var(--slide-height) * 0.28);
+  padding: calc(var(--slide-height) * 0.025);
+  background: #fff;
+}
+
+.reveal .slides section.title-frame .title-qr a.qrcode,
+.reveal .slides section.title-frame .title-qr svg {
+  display: block;
+  width: 100%;
+  height: auto;
+  margin: 0;
+}
+
+.reveal .slides section.title-frame img.funder-logo {
+  position: absolute;
+  left: 8px;
+  bottom: 10px;
+  height: calc(var(--slide-height) * 0.07);
+  width: auto;
+}
+
+/* Lift the funder logo above the print footer band, like the WGL logo */
+html.reveal-print .reveal .slides section.title-frame img.funder-logo {
+  bottom: 55px;
+}
+
+/* The navigation chrome is hidden on the title slide (the template toggles
+   the ids-title-plain class when the title frame is the current slide) */
+html.ids-title-plain .reveal .controls,
+html.ids-title-plain .reveal .slide-number,
+html.ids-title-plain .reveal .slide-menu-button {
+  opacity: 0 !important;
+  visibility: hidden !important;
+  pointer-events: none !important;
+}
+
+.reveal .controls,
+.reveal .slide-number,
+.reveal .slide-menu-button {
+  transition: opacity 0.4s;
+}
+
 /*********************************************
  * SLIDES MENU
  *********************************************/
diff --git a/inst/rmarkdown/templates/revealjs_presentation/resources/default.html b/inst/rmarkdown/templates/revealjs_presentation/resources/default.html
index 9d49602..cf56f8e 100644
--- a/inst/rmarkdown/templates/revealjs_presentation/resources/default.html
+++ b/inst/rmarkdown/templates/revealjs_presentation/resources/default.html
@@ -130,10 +130,18 @@
   </style>
 
 $for(css)$
-    <link rel="stylesheet" href="$css$"/>
-$endfor$
+     <link rel="stylesheet" href="$css$"/>
+ $endfor$
+$if(theme-ids)$
+$if(partner_logo)$
+  <!-- partner institution logo: shown next to the IDS logo on every slide.
+       Only the URL is supplied here; the geometry lives in the IDS theme
+       (added as a second background layer on .reveal .slides) -->
+  <style>:root { --partner-logo: url("$partner-logo-src$"); }</style>
+$endif$
+$endif$
 $for(header-includes)$
-    $header-includes$
+     $header-includes$
 $endfor$
 </head>
 <body>
@@ -145,6 +153,16 @@
 $if(theme-ids)$
 $if(title)$
 <section class="title-frame" id="$idprefix$title-slide">
+$if(partner_logo)$
+  <!-- partner-logo: also shown together with the IDS logo on every slide
+       (via the injected background rule in <head>) -->
+$endif$
+$if(website-qr)$
+  <div class="title-qr">$website-qr$</div>
+$endif$
+$if(funder_logo)$
+  <img class="funder-logo" src="$funder-logo-src$" alt="" />
+$endif$
   <div class="author">
 $for(author)$
 $if(author.name)$
@@ -765,6 +783,23 @@
 
 $if(theme-ids)$
 <script>
+  // IDS theme: the navigation chrome (arrows, slide number, menu button) is
+  // hidden on the title slide -- it already carries title, authors, logos and
+  // QR code, and the bare first impression follows the IDS reference decks.
+  (function () {
+    function toggle() {
+      var slide = Reveal.getCurrentSlide();
+      document.documentElement.classList.toggle('ids-title-plain',
+        !!(slide && slide.classList.contains('title-frame')));
+    }
+    Reveal.on('ready', toggle);
+    Reveal.on('slidechanged', toggle);
+  })();
+</script>
+$endif$
+
+$if(theme-ids)$
+<script>
   // IDS theme: long slide headings should shrink onto one line instead of
   // wrapping (and pushing the orange bar taller or overflowing the slide).
   // Slide content is laid out in fixed slide coordinates and only ever scaled
diff --git a/man/qrlink.Rd b/man/qrlink.Rd
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..26b5bd7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/man/qrlink.Rd
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+% Generated by roxygen2: do not edit by hand
+% Please edit documentation in R/utils.R
+\name{qrlink}
+\alias{qrlink}
+\title{HTML code for a linked QR code}
+\usage{
+qrlink(url, logo = NULL, text = NULL, caption = text)
+}
+\arguments{
+\item{url}{Target URL for the QR code}
+
+\item{logo}{Optional path to a logo image to place in the center of the QR
+code}
+
+\item{text}{Optional caption displayed below the QR code (alias:
+\code{caption})}
+
+\item{caption}{Alias for \code{text}}
+}
+\value{
+Character string with HTML code for a linked QR code
+}
+\description{
+Generates a QR code (inline SVG) linking to the given URL and returns the
+corresponding HTML code, so a QR code can be placed anywhere in a
+presentation with inline R code.
+}
+\details{
+The \code{website} YAML entry of \code{\link[=revealjs_presentation]{revealjs_presentation()}} uses this to
+place a linked QR code in the top left of the title slide.
+}
diff --git a/man/revealjs_presentation.Rd b/man/revealjs_presentation.Rd
index 7f48a89..9735960 100644
--- a/man/revealjs_presentation.Rd
+++ b/man/revealjs_presentation.Rd
@@ -313,6 +313,30 @@
 }\if{html}{\out{</div>}}
 }
 
+\subsection{Title slide: QR code and additional logos}{
+
+Three optional yaml entries personalise the title slide for external
+audiences (ported from \pkg{posterdown.ids}):
+\itemize{
+\item \verb{website: <url>} -- a linked QR code pointing to the URL is placed in
+the top left of the title slide. Uses the \pkg{qrcode} package.
+\item \verb{partner_logo: <path-or-url>} -- when a presentation is given by
+authors from two institutions, the partner institution's logo is shown
+next to the IDS logo, in the top right of every slide.
+\item \verb{funder_logo: <path-or-url>} -- a funder logo (e.g. "Text+") is placed
+in the bottom left of the title slide, opposite the Leibniz
+Gemeinschaft membership logo. It is lifted above the footer band on
+print (pdf) pages.
+}
+
+Local logo files (svg, png, jpg, gif, webp) are embedded in the html as
+data URIs, so they do not need to be shipped with the presentation; http
+URLs are used as-is. A QR code anywhere else on a slide can be produced
+with \code{\link[=qrlink]{qrlink()}} from inline R code. The navigation chrome (arrows, slide
+number, menu button) is hidden on the title slide for a bare first
+impression.
+}
+
 \subsection{Bibliography and citations}{
 
 Documents with a \verb{bibliography:} in their YAML header are formatted with
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-branding.R b/tests/testthat/test-branding.R
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..df699b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-branding.R
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+test_that("title slide branding works (website QR, partner_logo, funder_logo)", {
+  skip_on_cran()
+  skip_if_not_installed("qrcode")
+  skip_if_not_installed("base64enc")
+
+  logo_svg <- tempfile(fileext = ".svg")
+  writeLines(
+    '<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="10" height="10"><rect width="10" height="10"/></svg>',
+    logo_svg
+  )
+
+  doc <- tempfile(fileext = ".Rmd")
+  writeLines(
+    sprintf(
+      '---
+title: "Test"
+output: revealjs.ids::revealjs_presentation
+website: "https://www.ids-mannheim.de/"
+partner_logo: "%s"
+funder_logo: "%s"
+---
+
+## A slide
+',
+      logo_svg, logo_svg
+    ),
+    doc
+  )
+
+  out <- rmarkdown::render(doc, quiet = TRUE)
+  html <- paste(readLines(out, warn = FALSE), collapse = "\n")
+
+  expect_match(html, '<div class="title-qr">', fixed = TRUE)
+  expect_match(html, '<a class="qrcode" href="https://www.ids-mannheim.de/">',
+    fixed = TRUE
+  )
+  expect_match(html, "partner-logo: url(\"data:image/svg+xml;base64,",
+    fixed = TRUE
+  )
+  expect_match(html, '<img class="funder-logo" src="data:image/svg+xml;base64,',
+    fixed = TRUE
+  )
+})