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JK Rowling website...

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bea · 04/01/2006 15:02

has anyone ever explored this website ? as it's very cleverly done... however, there is a locked door and i'm sure i've read somewhere that now and again you're able to get into the room and find things very exciting (if you're a potter fan!)... has anyone ever made it through this door... and at the moment the phone keeps ringing at me... am i supposed to pick it up? and how should i do that... i've tried her mobile phone but that doesn't seem to be it...

anyway for those people who have explored the site hope you know what i mean....

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aragon · 04/01/2006 15:05

No idea what to do with the mobile either. Need some red hot HP fans (or parents of) to tell us the answers.

RTKangaSantaMummy · 04/01/2006 15:21

how does the door open?

RTKangaSantaMummy · 04/01/2006 15:22

deffo brill website though

Thanks

catsmother · 04/01/2006 15:42

I think the door can only ever be opened on specific dates (???), and even then, I think you have to answer clues etc to do it.

Have a feeling you enter "magic" on the mobile, though I may be wrong. Can't remember what it's supposed to do though.

How do I know ....... through my job as a researcher on AQA, ended up on some JK Rowling / HP fansite (not HER one) and started to read threads about all the hidden bits.

expatinscotland · 04/01/2006 15:43

i don't have speakers on my PC, thankfully

RTKangaSantaMummy · 04/01/2006 15:47

yes thanks

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bea · 04/01/2006 16:11

what does AQA stand for catsmother?

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saltire · 04/01/2006 16:59

I'm a sad 35 yr old who knows how the website works. The site is laid out in such a way that you collect "awards" if you access certain parts of the site. There are lots Potter related things, i.e first draft s of chapters, drawings etc to collect.

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bea · 04/01/2006 18:38

saltire... tell us more!!! as i've scooted around the website for a good time and just found the usual stuff, read the news, biogs, extras etc.. but have never come across something a little more exciting!!!

what sort of things should i be looking out for and have you ever made it into the locked room... and how do i asnwer that damn telephone!!!

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TambaTheDragonSlayer · 04/01/2006 19:10

I am looking at the page where you can read her biography and look at the rumours etc -is there any more to it than that?

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bea · 04/01/2006 19:15

yup.. there's suppposed to be all sorts of hidden things to find and clues to read... Saltire seems to be the expert!!

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catsmother · 04/01/2006 20:55

Bea, "Any Question Answered". See www.63336.com.

saltire · 05/01/2006 09:32

Right.
If you move the cursor over the objects on her desk, for example the pen, and click it leads you to different places.

If you click on the "links" object you come to a bookshelf which has links to different websites. One of the books moves to reveal a key. Drag the key accross to the locked box beside the bookshelf, and you will find something. Also collect the potions bottle on that shelf

Click on the coffee mug. This takes you to the "extra stuff" page. If you drag the eraser up to the blank sheet of paper and rub, a drawing will appear. This shows what you need to collect from the site to get the next award. And collect the leaves which arepinned there as well.

Go to the Fan Sites page and you see all the trophys, You can move one of the medal boxes to teh side and it reaveals something you need to collect. Also collect the feather on that page.

Click on one of the pens lying on the floor in the "rubbish bin" section, it breaks and reveals another drawing of things to collect.
I think that clicking on the fly reveals something as well, but my PC isn't playing today on the JK Rowling site. On the front desk if you leave it at that page after about five minutes the marble starts to glow, when its glowing, click on it, this is the only time you can click on it, and it leads you to somewhere else on the site.

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bea · 05/01/2006 14:55

flippin' 'eck! Saltire... you do know all the little extra things... i clicked on the pen the other day..theone that breaks and you get some pics... i didn't have the foggiest waht to do with it!!!

ta! very much... now where am i going to find a spare couple of hours to explore!!!!

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expatinscotland · 05/01/2006 14:58

And here I thought I was a fan! Dang, Saltire!"

saltire · 05/01/2006 15:22

Forgot about the phone. If you type in the word MAGIC, ie 62442 and press the call button it also gives you another award. There is another Potter related word that you can type into the phone but I'll let you try and guess that one, if you get stuck I'll tell you
As for the famous door, it only opens when Ms Rowling wants it too, like when she announced the release date of Half Blood Prince, and even then it only opens for a couple of days.
Her website is great, and she gives a lot of information out to fans. She seems to really appreciate all her fans. Obviously without them she would still be in an Edinburgh coffee house.

FrenchGirl · 05/01/2006 15:43

Thanks for all your clues saltire, dd and I have been having a great time looking at the site and collecting awards!! I knew the site already but had no idea about all this....
Still trying to guess the second phone word!

SoupDragon · 05/01/2006 15:47

Does something just happen if you collect all the bits in the picture(s) or do you have to do something with them?

SoupDragon · 05/01/2006 15:51

The pen pot has fallen over!! And I think the watch glows after a couple of minutes but I missed it...

saltire · 05/01/2006 15:54

If you collect everything on the picture you get an award to put in the scrapbook featured on the site.
Tis can be something like a copy of one of the first pages she wrote of the Philosephers stone, or a drawing she has doen. They are supposed to be kept in the scrapbook, but everytime i go on the site i have to collect them again, but you need to have all the clues to collect the things.

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