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So right now I'm working on a Google sheet documenting the commands of MCCC, so afterward, we can all find alternatives on a per-context-menu-item basis to add in.

Unfortunately, it looks like I've bitten off more than I can chew at the moment, and I have no idea what I'm doing for formatting. Can anyone give me advice and encouragement? also if there were a drop down menus or hide/show option in gsheets that would be perfect for organization

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Hi Everyone!

I have an account in Second Life & noticed today that this particular creator has meshes from Sky Sims, NewSea, Nightcrawler, Sintiklia & possibly others! 

PLEASE REBLOG this so that the creators can see this & can try to figure this out!

Thank you

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Sims 4 Stuff Pack Giveaway

I know everyone is hyped for Discover University, but I wanted to do something for the simmers that are still wanting some of the older packs. I was selling-my-possessions broke during the run of Sims 3, so I know what it’s like not to be able to afford all 30+ packs. 

So I’m giving away some Sims 4 Stuff Packs!

THREE simmers who reblog this post will win one Stuff Pack of their choice.

Info:

You must have an Origin account

You must be 18+ or have your parents’ permission

Only one reblog per account counts as an entry

You don’t have to follow me, but I would appreciate it! :)

I’ll use a random generator to draw three names on Monday, November 18, 2019. I’ll message/inbox the winners, and they’ll have 48 hours to respond before I choose another name.

If this goes well, I’ll do Game Packs next month before the holidays, so if you don’t need any Stuff Packs, stay tuned. Happy Simming!

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Sooo you’ve arrived at the post where I’m lining up some of the alternatives you can use instead of adfly! Missed my first post? It’s HERE! Let’s get to it shall we? =) before we continue I’d like to express my gratitude to a group of people who helped me out in lots of ways! <333 English is not my first language so their help has been highly appreciated!

Patreon.

In my opinion the best method to monetize CC if you want to be sure you get something in return for your time and effort! Patreon has become a widely accepted way in the community to donate money towards some of their fav creators. As a creator, it does not cost you a dime in advance! Their fees will be extracted from the donations you received. I am very pleased with what you get on their site! You can go all out; upload HD images, video’s, create goals you can reach with you patron’s, etc. The interface is easy to use and the best part is (to me) that you don’t have to spend any time worrying about collecting payments, etc. It’s all taken care of. You have to find a workflow, balance that works best for you and your followers. Some creators release their cc after patreon every week, 2 weeks, and some once per month. This is completely up to you. I personally try to release stuff not later than 2 weeks after Patreon. This is what works best for my personally.

NOTE: Patreon Exclusive CC tends to get re-uploaded by other people since it’s locked behind a paywall then. It's also against EA tou but hey… it’s all up to you! Best way to avoid all this (In my opinion!) is to be transparent about when you will release your work and don’t go exclusive.

PayPal / Ko-Fi.

a completely different way of trying to get something back for your time and effort since it’s an optional donation. I used (still use) PayPal a lot in the past / present and it’s a very safe way of getting something back. Ko-Fi is very similar and friends tell me lots of positive things about it.I use both of them a lot to donate to creators I love! I really hope I can expand my donating ways to Patreon as well! I know that it is a non-committal way of monetizing CC which can make it less attractive for some creators to use but the donations I got from when I started with it (when I was a smaller simblr) till this day far exceed the $0,02485 dollars you get per click (highest payout rate, USA) on Adfly.

I personally do not donate to a creator that uses adfly-only links. My mindset behind that is; you’re apparently satisfied with the funds you raise with Adfly. I’m not going to support you on that. What I mean with this sentence is; creating goodwill towards your followers is sooo much more valuable! It has definitely paid off for me, from when I was a smaller simblr, till now.

Adsense.

Last but most definitely not least! Adsense can have 2 scenario’s depending on your tech levels I will explain both of them;

You’re unable to code your own website (me too!). I mean, I know html a little but I’m far from able to create my own website! If you’re like me, you most likely have to purchase a package at one of these companies; Wix, Wordpress. There could be more options out there but i’m only talking these about 2 since I have experience with those. You need to purchase a paid package to be able to run Adsense on your website, the free packages do not allow you to do that. The fees are very different between Wix and Wordpress! I believe that Wordpress is cheaper(!) than Wix. I’ve been at Wix from the beginning and moving a website out of their company is made really hard for customers (to prevent them from leaving of course) + I would loose my URL. That being said; Wix has a drag and drop html editor that lets you customize your site endlessly. Wordpress however provides better care for wordpress sites via plugins etc. Pro’s and con’s you have to decide whats best for you!

NOTE: Blogger is also an option. I have no personal experience with it unfortunately but loooong ago I looked into it and i thought it also has a free option + running Adsense? This is speculation at best! I’m not sure about this! Though it’s worth mentioning it. Google is your friend in this case =) Add-on infoby Jennie, thank you! <3 Adsense for Blogger is free, but you need to fit the criterias set by Google to be able to use it (Blogger is owned by Google).

You’re a solid coder that can code your own website. I’ve looked into this in the past and to me it seems that you only have to purchase a domain in that case. With Adobe Dreamweaver or other coding softwares for websites you then create your own website and include the main code for Adsense. Along with the codes for the ads itself (where you want them, which size, which sort of ads, etc)

From this point it’s the same for both scenarios! To be eligible for the program your site needs to be around for a few months and have generated some traffic (visitors)! I don’t know the exact numbers Adsense expect to see before letting you into their program. I also read on their forums back then it depends on more factors than just pageviews. It depends on what kind of website you have, what kind of content it hosts, etc. But when I started I had maybe 2000 followers on Tumblr? So its definitely not 100,000 pageviews in a month or something like that. Sucks that I installed my Analytics account only a year ago otherwise I could look up what my monthly traffic was back in the days. Bottom line of Adsense; In the long term this will generate income even if you’re not releasing stuff everyday. Which is why I am so fond of Adsense. You need to put in so time and effort + money in my case but it has paid me back every penny I put into it! some months I generate 50 bucks and sometimes more or less. It depends on your own activity and factors you can’t always control. For example; I just saw (in Analytics) that my Chablis Coat Product Page has spiked yesterday. This can be due to; Tumblr picking up on my Chablis Coat post or someone on youtube doing a CC haul video. These are estimated guesses tho! In 99% of the cases I have no clue why something gets flooded with visitors.

Some perks of NOT using Adfly / Short.e / Shorteners

Create sustainable bond with you followers for the long term.

Increase chances of people donating / supporting your work.

Increase your download count.

Increase site visitation levels & possible Adsense revenues.

Indirectly; increase you’re followers count.

which leads to; more people who will likely support you / donate.

this upwards cycle does not have an end to it if you make the right choices! points 2. till 7. can repeat itself endlessly.

Meaning; every positive change you make affects the next step in this cycle. Same as it works for a downwards spiral I guess. One thing for sure; Adfly users won’t experience the perks above to its full extend than users that don’t use it. Adfly stagnates blog growth in general.

Sorry for the long post but I really hope I was able to give you guys some insights on other alternatives for Adfly / Short.e / Shorteners in general. Most importantly; it’s all up to you! Do as you see fit. All I wanted to say with these 2 posts is, try to be mindful to your followers when you make a decision. Only they made it possible for you to monetize your CC in the first place!

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how to make your CC shopping experience smoother and safer (chrome extensions) 

the dangers of ad shorteners | ways to safely monetize cc

so! ive been reading posts complaining about adfly giving people nasty viruses and ugly pop-up ads for a while, and to help i wanted to share the extensions that i use to protect my pc while cc shopping from that kind of stuff (also to make cc shopping faster for you!) also these extensions are going to be chrome focused but its possible that other browsers have these extensions or at least alternatives! so im going to be very broad if u dont use chrome

fyi: the resources are out there and i didnt make them; im just putting them into a list! so pls dont attack the messenger lmaoo

anyway! the list is under the cut so i can add more if i find more things (also to edit dead links if something happens)! reblog 2 save a life! 

Keep reading

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safety links for downloading cc

as someone who dls a lot of cc from a lot of places, i’ve had to take a LOT of precaution when it comes to safety online for those pesky short links that infect ur computer with random garbage. here are the extensions i personally use to bypass most shitty linkage

disclaimer: please don’t come to me and tell me im taking money from creators by using these extensions. if you want to click on adfly links, go ahead! this is just for the people who don’t. also, don’t take these links as a get out of jail free card for online safety. people are crafty. use common sense to avoid getting a virus. this will just lower your chances of getting a virus, or just save you some annoyance.

adblock plus- p much the most popular extension out there. i use it on all sites even outside of cc downloading. sadly a lot of sites are taking action against adblock, adding counters to their links, or even keeping you from accessing the site at all. it’s easy to disable the extension for single sites though, or you can just leave the site altogether. still, adblock is incredibly useful!

the rest of these extensions are for the google chrome webstore. im sure there are similar extensions for whatever browser you use though. just check your browser’s webstore and im sure you’ll find similar, or you could just switch to google chrome

ad(fly) skipper - bypasses adfly’s counter and takes you straight to your download

short.est skipper - same deal as the last one, and currently my most useful extension, since a lot of creators are using short.est instead of ad.fly lately. short.est is annoying because it has a lot of different redirect urls it can take you to with different domains, but the devs of the extension were good about blocking most, if not all, of the domains short.est uses so it’ll skip it no matter what.

tsr ad skipper - bypasses tsr’s countdown. it’s not necessarily a safety extension, just saves you time and keeps tsr from being more annoying than it has to be.

if you have more feel free to reblog and add them. enjoy ur cc hunting!

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Simtober 2019 Day 1: Ring

hi I’m not dead

Anywho, I’m hoping to do Inktober on this blog, but with sims pics instead. Due to school being busy, I probably won’t succeed, but hey, it’s worth a shot!

Somebody’s really proud of herself for getting engaged... <3

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Welcome to TS2 Tutorial Database!

We’ve got a database for Bodyshop defaults, object defaults, palettes, Maxis match custom content, multple databases for conversions; so if you want to download something, you should have no problem finding it. But what if you want to know something instead? Then you better have that one tutorial you need bookmarked or you’ll have to offer your first child to Google in order to find it on the 8th search page between the clothing stores and videos of people putting glue in their noses. Well, let’s make an end to that kind of nonsense.

This is the TS2 tutorial database, a place to learn about the crazy game called The Sims 2. So take the tour and go learn something you didn’t know yet!

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Welcome to House 2; we finally picked names! The houses are Enchanted and Mesmerised; this week we’ll be with House Mesmerised! And I’m hoping they will be!  Silas by @renlishsims Ivanna by @blood-and-flowers-sims Peni by @probs-sims Dorothy by @simblrz Naomi by @somegaysimmer Jaelyn by @lemonywaffles Alex by @stop-playing-musical-cribs

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☼ NEW SIMBLR  ☼

Hey! I’m a new simblr so I have a lot to learn :-) I’m maxis mix and I plan to share edits, lookbooks, stories, and more.

My dashboard is empty ☛ IF YOU’RE A SIMBLR PLEASE REBLOG  ☚ (maxis match/mix or alpha) so I can follow you and maybe get to know more people! I would really appreciate your help.

(I speak spanish, english and some french)

I’m shy at first but I promise I’m friendly :´)

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Let’s try something different. Together.

I typed up a huge reply to Simsdom’s “response” — and I do mean HUGE — and after I finished it I went back and reread it and realised… There was nothing in there that I didn’t already say in the first post.

Simsdom can spout as many accusations as they like directed at me, but anyone has to do is read the comments on that post from the hundreds of people in the community who have dealt with/been a victim of the person who runs Simsdom to know that nothing I said was a lie. Also, there was the proof shown clearly in the links contained in that post that this person is a liar, a bully, and doesn’t care at all about the creators in the community. Simsdom on the other hand was able to provide no proof real proof to back their claims in their response.

Instead of responding to that waste of space, this will be the last post I make on the subject for now but I updated the original post with some more little tidbits of information (all updates are clearly marked, bolded and blockquoted) and I thought we could try something else, as a community. A different tactic if you will; because trying to talk sense into the owner of Simsdom is as useless as trying to talk a fish into flying.

So, if you want to show your love for and help support the creators of this community, big and small, and you believe they have every right to decide whether they want the product of their hard work to be monetized by and shared on Simsdom; join me in making our voices heard…

Report Simsdom to EA for violation of their EULA/TOU

Report SimsDom to Google for malicious software

Report SimsDom to Google Adsense - take your pick which category, they violate several

Huge thank you to @salemvoocraft and @saurussims  for providing the links to EA and Google’s report forms 💜

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It’s time we talk about SimsDom again.

Most of you probably already know who and what Simsdom is but for those that don’t, Simsdom (or SimsDomination) claim to essentially be a CC finds website, which in essence I suppose they are… But don’t get your hopes up for a Lana replacement because they are SO much more than that. And not in a good way.

I know this is an old subject, and most people probably thought it was all over and done with, but Simsdom is still around and what’s worse is that I’ve noticed a growing trend among my fellow Game Changers who create content for Youtuber and Twitch/Mixer of promoting the site by using it to do CC shopping haul videos and streams, which is encouraging their viewers to use Simsdom. I’m not going to name names or point fingers but it made me realise that maybe some people don’t understand just how bad Simsdom is for the community in general, but especially for the amazingly dedicated CC creators of Simblr. And it’s just so disappointing to see people that some many in the community, including myself, look up to promoting this garbage site!

If you’re curious to know why this is a problem, I’ll explain under the cut. If not, keep scrolling… But don’t say I didn’t warn you.

Keep reading

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⋆ HEY ⋆

If you are a small maxis match simblr reblog so I can support the shit out of you

thank u 

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@rosetintedsimmer

Meet Alex Tchaikovsky!

Age: 26

Gender: cis male

Orientation: bisexual

Employment: library IT worker by day, internet piracy ring leader by night

Aspiration: Chief of Mischief

Traits: Genius, Geek, Lazy*

Family: Cady Tchaikovsky, 1, daughter with ex-girlfriend. Lives with her maternal grandparents.

Story: Implusive hacktivist Alex Tchaikovsky is looking for love (and for a lady by his side to up his chances of winning Cady back at her next custody hearing.) To him, everything is binary - right and wrong, valid and invalid, loved and hated. But win his heart, and boolprop alexLoyalty true.

Download: Private download upon request

* - I actually can't remember the 3rd trait nor can I be arsed to go back into TS4 to look for it. If I check him again and find I misremembered, I will edit this post and let you know.

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Group Date 1 

Date at Countess Nadia’s Beach Estate

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*slaps the top of my game* this baby can fit so much cc…  *computer screeching sounds*

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Dance 3/8