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Event Details

Configure your event’s basic information in these files:

  • _data/config/organisers.yml for host institution and partners (see Organisers)
  • _data/config/site.yml for event details
  • _config.yml for site settings

Site settings

Edit _config.yml for basic site configuration. The url and baseurl settings depend on what you named your repository on GitHub. Get these wrong and your deployed site will load, but every stylesheet, script, and image will return 404, leaving the page unstyled.

The rule is simple: GitHub Pages serves a repository named <owner>.github.io from the root of that domain, and any other repository from a sub-path matching the repo name.

Case A: repository is named <owner>.github.io

For example, an organisation acm-cre-university with a repo acm-cre-university.github.io. The site will be served from https://acm-cre-university.github.io/.

title: "ACM COMPUTE Regional"
description: "Regional event for computing educators and researchers"
url: "https://acm-cre-university.github.io"
baseurl: ""
lang: en

Case B: repository has any other name

For example, a personal account jane-doe with a repo acm-cre-university, or an organisation acm-cre-university with a repo event-2026. The site will be served from https://<owner>.github.io/<repo-name>/.

title: "ACM COMPUTE Regional"
description: "Regional event for computing educators and researchers"
url: "https://jane-doe.github.io"
baseurl: "/acm-cre-university"
lang: en

The baseurl must start with / and must match your repository name exactly. It tells Jekyll to prefix every internal link and asset URL with that path so they resolve under the sub-path instead of the domain root.

Event information

Edit _data/config/site.yml for event-specific details.

Basic information

event_name: "ACM COMPUTE Regional Event"
tagline: "For Computing Educators & Researchers"
date: "2026-03-21"
date_display: "Saturday, March 21, 2026"
time: "9:30 AM - 6:00 PM"

The date field uses ISO format (YYYY-MM-DD) for sorting. The date_display field is shown to visitors.

Location

location:
  name: "Your University"
  address: "123 Main Street, City, Country"
  url: "https://youruniversity.edu"
  map_url: "https://maps.app.goo.gl/your-map-link"
  map_embed_url: "https://www.google.com/maps/embed?pb=..."

To get the map_embed_url:

  1. Open Google Maps and find your venue
  2. Click Share > Embed a map
  3. Copy the URL from the src attribute

Registration

registration:
  free: true
  form_url: "https://tally.so/r/your-form-id"

The template supports embedded forms from Tally, Google Forms, Typeform, or any service that provides an embed URL.

social:
  email: "cre@youruniversity.edu"
  host_website: "https://youruniversity.edu"
  host_twitter: "https://x.com/YourUniversity"
  host_instagram: "https://instagram.com/youruniversity"
  isigcse_website: "https://isigcse.acm.org/home/"
  isigcse_twitter: "https://x.com/isigcse"

The host_* keys are for your institution’s social links. The isigcse_* keys link to ACM iSIGCSE. Remove any links you don’t need.

Accommodation (optional)

accommodation:
  available: true
  name: "University Guest House"
  location: "On campus"
  price: "INR 1,500 per night"

Set available: false or remove this section if you’re not offering accommodation.

Sponsorship (optional)

sponsors:
  seeking: true
  form_url: "https://tally.so/r/sponsorship-form-id"

Set seeking: false when you’ve finished collecting sponsors.

Complete example

event_name: "Delhi University COMPUTE Regional Event"
tagline: "Empowering CS educators across North India"
date: "2026-04-15"
date_display: "Wednesday, April 15, 2026"
time: "9:00 AM - 5:30 PM"

location:
  name: "Delhi University, North Campus"
  address: "University Road, Delhi 110007, India"
  url: "https://du.ac.in"
  map_url: "https://maps.app.goo.gl/example"
  map_embed_url: "https://www.google.com/maps/embed?pb=..."

registration:
  free: true
  form_url: "https://tally.so/r/your-form-id"

social:
  email: "cre@du.ac.in"
  host_website: "https://du.ac.in"
  host_twitter: "https://x.com/DelhiUniv"

accommodation:
  available: true
  name: "University Guest House"
  location: "North Campus"
  price: "INR 1,200 per night"

sponsors:
  seeking: false

Next steps

Set up your Schedule to add sessions and speakers.

Tip: If you haven’t already, configure your Organisers (host institution and partner logos) first.