Happy New Year! HOS is back for another year and we are all happy that you are all here with us for the New Year! We hope that you all, both new and old, can find new plots, new beginnings, and great adventures here on HOS that we have all been looking forward to forever. It's time to refresh, revitalize, and revolutionize our lovely little characters of our's!
Now, this month, we will be having the first ever HOS Triwizard Tournament! We have had sign ups open for a while, and we have had everything come into place. So when the champions are announced make sure to show your house spirit to root for your house! For as we know, even though they get eternal glory, your house could as well! Look out for that and lost of new and exciting things coming to HOS this year!
Photographs used in HOS' graphics are copyright to their respective owners, however, manipulated graphics made exclusively for HOS are copyright of HOS and the creator Ashley/Karisha. Everything else is credited to HOS Staff for their help including Beth/Mal. Codes used to make the layout of HOS are the property of the gifted coders of many coding help sites (which I can not remember to list).
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HOGWARTS ONLINE SCHOOL (HOS) is in no way associated with Warner Brother's, Bloomsbury, or J.K. Rowling; No infringement is intended. HOS is purely for entertainment purposes and does not take profit for, or promote Harry Potter. All other content not associated with the aforementioned, however, such as non native shops, classes, forms, rules, manipulated images, characters (celebrities and names are exempt), etc. are property of HOGWARTS ONLINE SCHOOL and their respective owners, and may not be used elsewhere without permission from the staff or the contents creator. We will know if something has been stolen, and action will be taken against thieves; Plagiarism is not tolerated!
UPDATED: January 22nd, 2012
DECREE/UPDATE:
The admins have come to a new agreement on the 'No Babies' rule for Adults/Graduates only! If you want to read more, take a look at the rules or for a more in depth explanation read the new General Support FAQ located Here .
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A new update has been put out for members with Adult characters (not graduates) only. If you want to know more go read the thread in the Ministry Decree board.
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HOS has received an award from one of our affiliates for being a forum that is 7+ years old. This is definitely an achievement that couldn't be possible without all of you!
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We now have a Staff & Job Directory thread here on HOS. It lists all the jobs on HOS and who is in charge of what. The link to the thread can be found on HOS' Main Page under the PORTKEY side table.
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We have brought back the IC CBOX. The link is located right below the OOC CBOX. All members who want to participate in IC chats please use the IC CBOX.
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A link to the 'HOS Site Map' has been added to the portkey (to your top-left on the first side table) for easier access. This thread is extremely helpful if in case you forget where exactly a board is, and don't have the time to search or are just too lazy. We suggest using: ctrl + F for quicker searching.
DECREE/UPDATE:
MEMBERS THAT HAVE POWER TO MOVE THREADS, PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING! PRE-SELECTED ARCHIVE: DO NOT MOVE THREADS TO THE BOARD TITLED: "Retired/Old Threads". Move all old threads to "Removed Topics - Term XVII" ONLY!
(Notice: If you know of anything that should be displayed to the entire site in easy view, PM Candice La Morte (delacourcloud19). Decrees will be added from top to bottom in the order they are submitted.)
Check this board frequently for site wide updates, important announcements from any HOS organization, site games and contests and tracking of the Housepoint Hourglasses.
[justify]This board provides you access to General Support, the Attendance Office and Absences, Site Suggestions, Staff Errors and Requests, Report Inactive Moderators, Report a Crime, Spam Reports and Name Changes.
[justify]If you're looking to Affiliate with HOS or Advertise your site, come here. Members and Guests are welcome. We also provide HOS members the chance to advertise for HOS VIA the Advertising Program to redeem house points.[/justify]
Here is where you can request your celebrity look-a-like or post threads asking which celebrity you should choose! You can also sign up for the Member Directory and match HOS members to the characters that they play!
[justify]Discuss plots with other people so you don't have to use OOC comments during a thread, here. There's also the Wanted Faces section if you're looking for a specific type of character.
Here you find sign ups for various character necessities like Housing, Patronous', Brooms, Wands, etc.
These accessories are NOT MANDATORY, but are key necessities for strong character development. You will also find the Spell Registry, and Potions Registry here, as well.