Pottermore set to open to the public in April
 

The Pottermore blog announced today that the Pottermore website is set to open to the public in early April. Apologizing for delays stemming to last October, the Pottermore team cited it was due to the extensive programming required to overhaul the site for the huge numbers of anticipated users.

We always knew Pottermore would be incredibly popular, which is why we made the decision to only open to one million Beta users to begin with. We wanted to make sure that we had a really good understanding of how people want to use the site and which bits we’d need to modify before giving more people access.

We gathered some incredibly useful feedback from our Beta users, and it became clear that our original platform wouldn’t be suitable when millions more users came on to the site. So we made a big decision: to move Pottermore to an entirely different platform set up. This ‘invisible’ change has involved a lot of work behind the scenes but it will enable our users to get the best from Pottermore as it grows and develops.

There have definitely been some challenges and the whole Pottermore team has been working really hard to incorporate all the Beta activity and feedback. This means that over the coming weeks and months we’ll be adding exclusive content and many more exciting features (such as sounds) to Pottermore for you to explore, share and discover.

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:x3: I already have Pottermore, but that's great for the people who have been waiting ages. It also means Chamber of Secrets will be released sooner.

ohh thats good news for me as i missed out on a chance to get onto pottermore early

awesome to hear, and yeah I'm hoping for book 2 soon then too!

hopefully book two will come out soon! :D

That's great! Looking forward for the new updates! :D

Oh wow, I had forgotten about Pottermore! Maybe I should get back on and see what's up...

Really?

:lol:

Glad SS has a place to remember my PM username, or I would have almost definitely forgotten it. It's been how long? xD But YAY I want CoS now.

YAAAAAAAAAY!! It' about time :lol:
I'm excited for everyone else around the world to join up and have CoS up. I wonder HOW many people will register.

YES!!! *does happy dance* FINALLY!!! :D :D :D

YAY This is AWESOME news! That means my Friend can stop giving me evils and moaning about how she'll never get on it etc etc etc

Thank the lord! I have been waiting to long ;). Can't wait for the opening

Been waiting to hear this for so long! well actually not all that long...just since this summer when I got swept into potter-nation

That is in a long long time....

oh yea, i 4got about that. Cant wait

This is awesome. I am so ready for CoS...now I hope I remember my u/n because I have not been on in so long :P

I cannot wait for CoS as well! Been waiting for ages.

let's just pretend I didn't totally forget I even had a Pottermore account

I really hope that this new platform does what all they are implying that it will. I am a little surprised to read that they seem to be a bit startled by just how popular Pottermore would be...

Now let's just hope that CoS is actually released sooner than half a year from now.

I hope they open adding CoS or some stuff in PS.

Next thing you know, it's extended to October again.............
BUT I'M STILL EXCITED

FINALLY! Been waiting AGES to get in!!!

Totally agree that there needs to be sound effects, it always felt weird without them.

I hope they will unblock chamber of secrets soon too. And i wish the shopping on Diagon Alley to be more interactive.

Awesome! I hope that they actually open it up to everyone this time and don't have another "oops, sorry, we need more beta time" last minute again. ;)

About time! Geez, I was beginning to feel like they were never going to get their act together.