LOL, I wasn't suggesting your content was dry.
I was just trying to use an example that would hopefully illustrate one possibility for how Themes work.
Sooo, if you don't mind, I'll do a little copy/paste magick here and fill in with some observations.
File - New Project - Project Template - OK
Cool, you created a new template. Just like creating the blueprint I mentioned.
Themes - Blank - Yes
Okay, so you selected to use the Blank theme. So far so good.
Deleted all content - added my content (blue strip at top, logo)
At this point it might beg the question as to where you deleted and added the content. From the slide(s) or did you edit the Master Slide?
File - Save As (X)
File - Close
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File - New Project - Project from Template - (X) Open
So far so good. You just created a project using the blueprint you designed. At this point the new project should look identical to your template. The main difference is that if you clicked Save, you are now saving as a .CPTX file and not a .CPTL file.
Slides - Content Slide - add content- repeat
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If I click Slides - Question Slide this slide does not include my blue strip & logo. I think this is what confused me originally, and I still can't see why it has to be like that but then I don't want to use these slides - I'm happy for now to add all my content to the content slides. I don't want quizzes and scoring as my content will be shown in a live class in Connect.
You should be set then. But if you want to know why the Question slides don't follow what your color scheme has, we need to explore what (if anything) was done in the Master Slide view. Note that when you choose to display that view, you see a large "Primary" master slide and several "Secondary" or "Content" master slides. In the example screen capture below, I inserted a bright red rectangle on the large Master at the top. Because it is on the large Master, it also appears on all the Content master slides. But you also see that I inserted a bright blue rectangle on only one Content master. As you can see, there are "Content" masters for each Question type. So if you didn't add the colors and whatnot to the large Master, that's why you don't see them on any Question slides you insert.
Cheers... Rick