Documentation

Welcome to talks.cam, the exciting talks-listing service for the University of Cambridge.

• Introductions to talks.cam:
  • for people who like attending talks
  • for seminar-series organizers
  • for webpage maintainers
  • for heads of department

• Step by step guides with screenshots

• Frequently Asked Questions
  • Can I see video or slides of talks, or can I include them in my listing?
  • I don’t know where the venue is, who should I contact?
  • I would like more information about a talk, who should I contact?
  • I am using the calendar feed, why are events showing up as starting an hour later than the website?
  • How can I have my talk / my list included in someone else’s list?
  • I’ve got a problem with my account, or I want to change it.
  • What are the rules and regulations?
  • What’s public and what’s private in talks.cam?
  • Can I put non-public events on talks.cam?
  • How do I edit a talks.cam listing?
  • How do I add another list organiser?
  • Who can advertise talks on talks.cam?
  • How do I get my list or talk included on the Featured Lists or Featured Talks listings?
  • More…

• Subscribing to talks:
  • by email
  • using an electronic calendar
  • via RSS

• About Talks.cam
  • Who we are
  • Enquiries, suggestions and support services

• Technical Information
  • A technical specification of the structure and content of feeds from the talks.cam site.
  • The level of service provided by talks.cam
  • Some of the icons on Talks.cam are from famfamfam , used under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 License

If you can’t find what you’re looking for, try the index.

You can also search these documentation pages using Google: simply prefix your query with “site:talks.cam.ac.uk/document” (without the quotes). Note that Google’s index may be slightly behind the latest updates to the documentation.