Once you've registered to the Gryffindor Common Room, you will be automatically set to VALIDATING, and you can check to see that you are in the group by looking to your left under your name, and you will see:

[color=red]Group: Validating
Posts: 0
Manes: 0
Member Inventory: View[/color]

This means that your registration is being processed by the Gryffindor Administration. While your registration is been processed, you cannot look up fellow Gryffindor member's accounts, perform searches, Look up the Member's List, PM other members or receive them. You CAN, however, post in the forums you can view.

All validating students have to wait at LEAST SEVEN (7) to NINE (9) days before they can be confirmed into the Gryffindor Common Room. We need at least that long to make certain that you are indeed a member of HOL and of Gryffindor House.

Once you've been validated, the administration will move you to the New User group. You can view profiles and receive PMs. A New User is not allowed to start topics. You are also not allowed to access Gryffmart or earn Manes.

First year promotion is done by the Gryffindor Administration, whenever they feel compelled to empty the New Users group. So you may have to wait for some time before you're officially a "First Year" on the Gryffindor Common Room. The whole validation to First Year process usually takes 10 days. Note again that all this is done MANUALLY, so please be patient. Whining about how long it's taking to get your account validated, and moved into your year group will upset the admins and shows us that you haven't really read this FAQ! Please be courteous.

As a first year, you can now start topics and earn Manes by posting (Please note that certain areas of the Gryffindor Common Room do not count to your post count or your Mane total) and buy items from Gryffmart.