Updates the look and feel of the talks page

Author: AnupKumarGupta

_config.yml

@@ -165,9 +165,9 @@ collections:
   portfolio:
     output: true
     permalink: /:collection/:path/
-  talks:
-    output: true
-    permalink: /:collection/:path/
+  # talks:
+  #   output: true
+  #   permalink: /:collection/:path/
 
 
 # Defaults
@@ -218,13 +218,13 @@ defaults:
       share: true
       comments: true
   # _talks
-  - scope:
-      path: ""
-      type: talks
-    values:
-      layout: talk
-      author_profile: true
-      share: true
+  # - scope:
+  #     path: ""
+  #     type: talks
+  #   values:
+  #     layout: talk
+  #     author_profile: true
+  #     share: true
 
 # Sass/SCSS
 sass:

_data/talks.json

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+[
+    {
+        "date": "2026-03-14",
+        "title": "Agentic AI",
+        "event": "National Conference on Emerging Technologies (AI, ML & DS)",
+        "venue": "Vikrant Institute of Technology & Management (VITM)",
+        "location": "Indore, Madhya Pradesh",
+        "speaker": "Keynote Speaker",
+        "link": ""
+    }
+]

_pages/talks.html

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+---
+layout: archive
+title: "Talks"
+permalink: /talks/
+author_profile: true
+---
+
+{% include base_path %}
+
+<!-- {% if site.talkmap_link == true %}
+
+<p style="text-decoration:underline;"><a href="/talkmap.html">See a map of all the places I've given a talk!</a></p>
+
+{% endif %} -->
+
+
+{% assign sorted_talks = site.data.talks | sort: "date" | reverse %}
+
+{% for talk in sorted_talks %}
+* **{{ talk.speaker }}**: `` [{{ talk.title }}]({% if talk.link != empty and talk.link != nil %}{{ talk.link }}{% else %}#{% endif %}), *{{ talk.event }}*, {{ talk.venue }}, {{ talk.location }}, {{ talk.date | date: "%B %Y" }}.
+{% endfor %}