avoid slide number in first page beamer

[Christian Salas]

i am using
\setbeamertemplate{footline}[frame number]
in order to get the slide number in a beamer presentation.

my quick-question is:
how can i avoid the page [slide] number in the first slide?

thanks

[C Hanck]

does

\begin{frame}[plain]
the first slide
\end{frame}

do it?

Best

- Christoph

[Christian Salas]

yes, thank you!!!