Click on the little man next to their name Isadora.... and the click Dialog

Right click on the gingerbread man next to your name.
In the box which opens it says "start dialogue with....."

put your cursor over their little man and click dialog

Click on the gingerbread man beside their name, and it gives an option to start a dialog with them!   

  thrice the advice is always best

must have all posted at nearly the same time

Thanks loads xx
What if they are not on line.. do I look for them in the members bit?

No... you can still do it Isadora... even if they aren't on line...

Alternatively hover over the LiveCloud logo at the top of the page.
The drop down menu will show "dialogues" which in turn takes you to "start dialogue"

right - next question. I have a pm and I have no idea how to open it.. when I click on select all, nothing happens...
agghhh
I need a tearing the hair out smiley!

Go to the livecloud thing, at the top.
Click on your dialogues and it comes up with a list.
Click on the subject you want to read.

God I am a fool...
I have done it - thank you xx

Well than so am I, I hadn't a clue how to pm either

Some forum members have set their Permissions from the Control Panel to untick the World box by "Send Me Dialogs" (that makes sense if you are looking at the Permissions page). As a result, unless you are one of their Buddies etc, if you try the gingerbread man route you will find that the Dialog option won't appear.

If you try the other route via the Livecloud logo, you will be able to select the member and you will be able to write the message. Unfortunately when you come to sumbit it you will find that you get a message saying that you don't have permission to send the dialog, so that you have wasted your time.