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    How To PM People on TS3 Forums! *Updated 6/9/09*

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    LawertendLawertend Posts: 5,144 New Member
    in The Sims 3 General Discussion
    Hey guys! :D
    So, I figured out how to PM people on TS3 forums!

    Oh, this is great! It was rather tricky. :wink:
    OK, I realized that TS3 Forums, and the Spore Forums use the same set up.

    So, I copied the links and such that let you PM on Spore Forums... and guess what?!
    They WORK on TS3 Forums!

    OK, so, first of all, EA hid our forum profiles. I found them.
    http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/user/profile/920.page
    You can also see all the posts I've made as well!

    Now, as you can see, they HID THE PM FEATURE. Why would they do this? I have no idea! But... follow this link:
    http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/pm/sendTo/920.page

    And what can you do? PM me! Now, see where is says 920? That's what number I am. To find your number *which is a very long process* you have to go to Member Listing, and search yourself. Then, you'll see what your number is, to the left hand side.
    ^^Please Ignore this! Scroll a little more down, for an easier alternative to finding your number!!

    Replace the XXX's with your number/the number of the user you want to PM

    IMPORTANT LINKS!
    http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/user/profile/XXX.page
    ^^ Your forum profile

    http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/pm/sendTo/XXX.page
    ^^ The link to let you PM people

    http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/pm/inbox.page
    ^^ The link to your inbox. Bookmark this link, to make accessing your inbox, 10x easier!

    EDIT!! There is an EASIER way to find people!! Thanks to heidismiles for this. :wink:
    OK, when you go to PM someone, there will be a FIND USER button next to the recipient's name, right? Copy and paste the username you want to PM, and then click that button. Then paste in their name, and then click Choose This User, and the recipient's name will change to the person you want to PM!!

    EDIT!! There is an EASIER way to find your number! Thanks to HILNUS for this. :wink:
    Click on my preferences, the number in the URL is your member number.

    To get to your inbox, you must first send a PM to somebody *you can send a PM to yourself, to make it easier.* Once you've done this, there will be a link that guides you to your Inbox.

    I hope everyone uses this, because it took a while for me to figure out! Happy PM'ing!
    Make it easier for people to PM you! Place your link in your signature.

    Don't know how to make the link work in your signature? Copy and paste this code into your signature, just make sure you replace the ### with your member number!
    [url=http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/pm/sendTo/###.page]Click here to PM me![/url]

    EDIT!! Please stop spamming my inbox with test PMs, and random typing. If you want to make sure your PMs work, PM YOURSELF! Thank you!

    Comments

    • LawertendLawertend Posts: 5,144 New Member
      edited June 2009
      Bump. Trying to let everyone see this. :wink:
    • Quibell89Quibell89 Posts: 35 New Member
      edited June 2009
      I guess everybody is still searching his/her number. :lol:
    • heidismilesheidismiles Posts: 502 New Member
      edited June 2009
      Holy crap! This is epic. Great job figuring it out :D

      Also notice that on the first PM link you gave (to PM you,) there is actually a box there that lets you search by member name for your recipient.

      And if you want to speed up the process of finding your member number, you can play with the number on the member listings URL. For example, my member name can be found on this page (below). If your member name starts with, say, "M," you might try changing the number to something like 50000.
      http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/user/list/35220.page

      Here is the link to PM me, if anyone wants :-p
      http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/pm/sendTo/18367.page
    • LawertendLawertend Posts: 5,144 New Member
      edited June 2009
      Quibell89 wrote:
      I guess everybody is still searching his/her number. :lol:

      Yeah, I guess! They didn't do a good job with the whole Member Listing thing. :lol:
      They should have a built in member searcher.
    • heidismilesheidismiles Posts: 502 New Member
      edited June 2009
      To find your posts, go here and replace the number with your member number:

      http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/listByUser/18367.page


      Same here, for threads you started:
      http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/recentTopics/showTopicsByUser/18367.page
    • LawertendLawertend Posts: 5,144 New Member
      edited June 2009
      BUMP! People really need to see this. :lol:
    • litabelaqualitabelaqua Posts: 4,322 Member
      edited June 2009
      i found my number!!! its 2760, lol great fun finding it, now what do i do with it lol
    • xocAnDiixocAnDii Posts: 1,809 Member
      edited June 2009
      Great Find!! bene! (haha remember those days??)
      My legacy: https://seraphinolegacy.wordpress.com/
    • RawrKiddoRawrKiddo Posts: 2,555 New Member
      edited June 2009
      OMG! Amazing!

      lol I actualy put my id number on my profile 3 days ago XD

      I knew it would come in handy!
    • Quibell89Quibell89 Posts: 35 New Member
      edited June 2009
      Ah! Got it now. Thanks a lot, both Lawertend and heidismiles for being really clever on this one. :) :thumbup:
    • LawertendLawertend Posts: 5,144 New Member
      edited June 2009
      xocAnDii wrote:
      Great Find!! bene! (haha remember those days??)

      Yeah, you mean last week? :lol:
      I really miss benes.
    • litabelaqualitabelaqua Posts: 4,322 Member
      edited June 2009
      The absolute best part about this is being able to find threads i started, untill now because if the sheer volume of posts, i wasnt able to find replies to question i had asked.

      Thanks so much for this info, its invaluable!!!
    • retroryan1981retroryan1981 Posts: 171 Member
      edited June 2009
      Yes very good find. I cannot wait until I can start PMimg ppl. Still searching for my number. LOL Almost there. :0)
    • Billysim143Billysim143 Posts: 968 Member
      edited June 2009
      Thanks for the detaild information!

      My username starts with the letter b and I was on page 338! :-o
    • Kasper92PKasper92P Posts: 101 New Member
      edited June 2009
      Hopefully the sims ppl fix this so it is much easier :\
    • HILNUSHILNUS Posts: 245 New Member
      edited June 2009
      Umm wanna know the easiest way to find your number?
      When you are viewing the Index, Forum, Thread see where it says My Preferences? Go there
      http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/user/edit/XXXX.page
      See the XXXX that number will be your member number.

      Edit: Modified to show quickest way to My Preferences.
    • lipglosslipgloss Posts: 998 New Member
      edited June 2009
      Niiiiice. Thanks for that information.

      I am hoping EA will make the PM process easier though.
    • RawrKiddoRawrKiddo Posts: 2,555 New Member
      edited June 2009
      If Not, we can always post our Numbers on our Profile XD
    • LawertendLawertend Posts: 5,144 New Member
      edited June 2009
      HILNUS wrote:
      Umm wanna know the easiest way to find your number?
      When you are viewing the Index, Forum, Thread see where it says My Preferences? Go there
      http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/user/edit/XXXX.page
      See the XXXX that number will be your member number.

      Edit: Modified to show quickest way to My Preferences.

      Thanks for this! Added it to the main post! 8)
    • retroryan1981retroryan1981 Posts: 171 Member
      edited June 2009
      Ok found it! I am member 902. I also bookmarked the links to pm and my thread and msg list. Awesome find. I wish they would have made this process easier! LOL

      http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/pm/sendTo/902.page
    • heidismilesheidismiles Posts: 502 New Member
      edited June 2009
      Hey, I just want to add that I think we should all post this information in our blogs - with props to Lawertend, of course! You can also post PM links in your siggy!
    • HILNUSHILNUS Posts: 245 New Member
      edited June 2009
      I am sure they left out the ability to pm and view forum profiles for a reason. I'm not sure what that reason would be but whatever. While I think this is a good find I think we should be cautious with it.
    • RaineRaine Posts: 163 New Member
      edited June 2009
      That took me forever! Do you have any idea how many peoples' usernames start with 'rainbow'??
    • PlayPlay Posts: 704 Member
      edited June 2009
      Wheyyy!

      Thankyou so much for finding this Lawertend!

      Everyone PM me!

      http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/pm/sendTo/68.page :lol:
    • LawertendLawertend Posts: 5,144 New Member
      edited June 2009
      HILNUS wrote:
      I am sure they left out the ability to pm and view forum profiles for a reason. I'm not sure what that reason would be but whatever. While I think this is a good find I think we should be cautious with it.

      I don't see why or how why could get in trouble with this. It's only PM'ing people...
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