• Skip to content
  • Skip to nav
  • Become a member
  • Technical groups

Return to IOM3 home

  • Contact IOM3
  • About IOM3
  • Member network
  • Log in
  • Home
  • READ THIS!
  • News
  • Features
  • Latest site updates
  • Help
  • Instructions & guides
  • Links
  • Contacts
  • Forum

Key contacts

For web editing help, in the first instance for all enquiries please contact Richard Cooper, IOM3 Web & New Media Development Manager:

Email richard.cooper@iom3.org

Tel 020 7451 7346

Full list of microsite webmasters and other IOM3 support staff

IOM3 Home

Welcome to the IOM3 Website Editors' Community microsite

This site contains resources to assist all editors of the IOM3 website.

If you are having problems, please look around here first - there is probably a document or link which will answer your question!

See also the site editors' message centre box on the left which will contain any important messages about the current status of the website which could affect site editing.

Otherwise please contact Richard Cooper, or post a question on the forum.

News

New "status update" content type

The IOM3 site is trialling a new content type for displaying short status updates along the lines of Twitter and Facebook.
Web editors community, 19 Apr 2012

Essential guidelines for local society event editors

Please make sure you follow these simple steps to maximise the impact of your events entered on the IOM3 website.
Web editors community, 21 Sep 2011

Easy method of copying text from Word & PDFs WITHOUT using Notepad

How to paste content from MS Word and PDF documents into the website CMS *without* having to go through the tiresome process of removing formatting with Notepad.
Web editors community, 08 Jul 2011
See all news

Features

Why use social networking?

A person on a mobile phone
Social networking sites can boost your packaging know-how and aid company promotion, but it helps to understand the platforms first. This article attempts to navigate the cluttered waters of social networks.
Packaging Professional Magazine, 15 Jan 2010

Editing microsites - static and dynamic content

The differences between static and dynamic content, and how to edit static pages and iedits.
Web editors community, 07 Jan 2010

IOM3 website editing for microsite editors - basics / quick start guide

Helpful pointers to get microsite editors started on editing the IOM3 website.
Web editors community, 07 Jan 2010
See all features

Site editing instructions

A quick overview of the most common functions can be downloaded here (MS Word 52k)

The "11 commandments of IOM3 site editing" (essential reading!) can be found on this page

To download the full instructions and other useful guides go to the instructions & guides page

Safari for Mac - important notice

Mac users, please don't use the Safari browser to edit the IOM3 website. Our rich-text editor doesn't work well with it, and it can have unexpected results. Mac users are strongly advised to use either Firefox or Chrome instead (as indeed are Windows users). Safari for Windows is not known to cause issues.

Popular help pages

How to create events

How to set up an organisation page for the Marketplace or Consultants' Directory

Useful links

Need help with HTML tags? Want to get your hands on a free image editor? Try the links page.

Latest updates

See Richard's blog listing updates to the website
  • Home
  • Contact IOM3
  • About/FAQ
  • Venue hire
  • Press room
  • Privacy
  • Copyright
  • Accessibility
  • Terms
  • Login