First Years! Over here! First Years!
C'mon, follow me. Mind yer step, now!
Don't worry about your luggage. They'll handle it.
Yeh'll get yer firs' sight o' Hogwarts in a sec. Jus' round this bend here.
No more'n four to a boat! Everyone in? Right then -- FORWARD!


New members, commonly known as “Muggles,” start in The Hogwarts Express.
The Hogwarts Express, a sub-forum of Diagon Ally, is for Introductions & Greetings.
Introduce yourself by starting a NEW TOPIC (a.k.a. "NEW THREAD") with your nickname as the subject line.
You might tell us where you're from (country, not too specific), what some of your interests are,
and how you ended up coming to HPC.


An Avatar is the little picture next to your name. You can edit this. More on that later.
Under your name is a title (rank). This title is determined by the number of posts you have made to date.

Post #2 ((Psyduck) ~ Rank
#3 (Psyduck) ~ Fun and Games
#4 (Psyduck) ~ * Site Map *
#5 (Psyduck) Where is everybody? Marauder's Map, Languages, Time Zones
~ (Seiyo Grasson) "Soft delete." Empty shell, demo of deleted post
#6 (Gingobibble) ~ Group Memberships
#7 (hedwig123) ~ How can I edit or delete my own post?
#8 (Gingobibble) ~ How do you put a picture in your post?
#9 (shirlincairns) ~ SPAM
~ ~ (Psyduck) ~ Soft Delete
#10 (Seiyo Grasson) ~ Avitar (INCOMPLETE)
#11 (Psysquid) ~ Chat Box
#12 (Psyduck) ~ This site is so slow!
#13 (Psyduck) ~ What are the rules, again?
#14 (Gingobibble) ~ Edit Profile + Signature (INCOMPLETE)
~ ~ ~(Psyduck) ~ Soft Delete
#15 (Psyduck) ~ elaborate signatures (INCOMPLETE)
#16 (Psyduck) ~ So many clubs!
#17 (hedwig123) ~ no more than 4 smilies in a post or PM (INCOMPLETE)
#18 (Psyduck) ~ Off-Topic or three words
#19 (Psyduck) ~ What happened to my shouts?
~ ~ (Hermione_is_Cool) ~ soft delete
#20 (Psyduck) ~ e-mail notifications
#21 (Psyduck) ~ Send it by Owl Post
#22 (Psysquid) ~ Living Avatars
Also ~ Multiple quotes in one post