Do you love your house? Would you do anything for your house? Would you die for your house? You're in luck, because I've got some exciting news: House Staff Elections are going on now in all four houses!

Every six months, using our tried and true electoral process, each house elects six users to lead the way. So if you're interested in hosting awesome events for your house (and the site), organizing activities, or generally making your Common Room the place to be, you should head there right this very second. Even if this doesn't sound like the job for you, you can still make your voice count by nominating, interviewing, and voting for the people you think are best suited to run your house.

All the information you need can be found in the big stickied thread at the top of each common room. And hurry: nominations are over in a week.

Lost? Try a portkey:

Posted by Xeneixian on May 8, 2012 - 11:42 pm

Over the past few months HEX has been undergoing improvements and changes. During this time several of our current global moderators and regular users have distinguished themselves through the amount of time and work they have dedicated to the site. So in recognition of their hard work we are happy to announce the following promotions.

Please welcome Sara11408, Tinuel, Marvinater123, VanessaAngela, Chris_phoenix, and Reneespeaks, who have all been promoted to Global Moderator. And also a big congratulations to Jeleme, Heathermonique005, Nefarious Black, and Caleneledh who have been promoted to Staff.

We are certain that will all continue to distinguish themselves in their new positions!

Posted by anacrusis on May 3, 2012 - 2:32 pm

Shove those piles of books and parchment away for just a sec and enjoy the newest issue of the Quibbler! We know you're busy preparing for your exams (and if you're not, then you SHOULD be) but it's scientifically proven that you will study more efficiently if you're in a good mood. So let us tell you about our own perilous study sessions here at the Quibbler, and even give you some tips on how to survive the horrors to come.

If you have any questions or concerns about the Quibbler or its content, please owl Marluxia or one of the other publications staff members, Tori Tendleswift or MuggleBornMegan07. Thanks!

Posted by Marluxia on May 1, 2012 - 9:35 pm

Posted by Kitten050606 on April 25, 2012 - 12:16 pm

Due to the steady decline of raffles, Fortune's Alley will be closing down soon. All users will be given one week to move their raffle threads to Diagon Alley. All raffles will be moving back into Diagon Alley, but that does not mean that the rules are necessarily changing completely.

The following guidelines are now in play:

- All side contests will occur within the actual raffle thread, and advertisement threads for raffles in Diagon Alley will also no longer be allowed as you could just bump the actual raffle thread.

- If you hold a raffle/contest and disappear for an extended period of time without notice, we will delete all funds that were gained by selling tickets.

- If you hold a raffle/contest and either refuse to give out prizes or something else determined to be cheating your account will be brought back down to zero, as in no money or items, even ones gained prior to the raffle.

- If you take more than 2 months to end a raffle/contest you will receive one warning by owl. Once it is determined that the owl was read/seen and nothing has been done you will be punished accordingly. It is up to the users partaking in the raffle/contest to report any problems.

- We will not be fixing any raffles or contests that go wrong, every contest you participate in is done at your own risk.

- Raffles/contests can be held in user store forums if you so wish, but you are subject to the same guidelines.

One last note is that there will be no more stickying or coloring of raffles. All users will be responsible for keeping their own thread afloat in DA. We hope that this will help keep everything more stream-lined and more fun.

Any questions/problems can be directed to Kitten050606, HPfanextrm, or Caleneledh.

Posted by Kitten050606 on April 25, 2012 - 12:08 pm

A new site-wide layout has been added to bring the site from winter to spring. It is titled, "Spring with Padfoot" and was made by JamesLondon. I particularly like this layout because of the very scenic background. Great job!

Posted by John on April 17, 2012 - 11:59 pm

Posted by MuggleBornMegan07 on April 15, 2012 - 11:55 am

Shopkeepers and resident wizarding tycoons will be happy to learn that you can now make your stores bigger and better than ever...for a small fee.

Until now, only 52 items fit in a store at a time, and the maximum sale price of items in user stores was 25,000 Galleons. Those limits are a thing of the past. Stores can now be upgraded up to five times. With each upgrade, you are able to stock more items and price them higher than before.

So, how do you know if it's worth it for you? Take a look:

• To upgrade an existing store (or to open a new store), click on Store in the Your Items section of the left-side navigation OR click HERE. It'll look something like this:
  
• Upgrade "0" represents the initial item and price caps in a store; if you already have a store, this is what you already own, so you don't have to pay anything more. If you don't own a store, you can open one for 2,000 Galleons.
• Upgrades can only be purchased in order. You will only be able to see the next upgrade available; when you purchase an upgrade, the next will become available.
• Upgrades 4 and 5 must be UNLOCKED before they can be purchased. You can unlock them by meeting certain special requirements in your store.

Posted by Xeneixian on April 15, 2012 - 2:37 am