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Some of these Frequently Asked Questions have really been asked more or
less frequently, the rest are things that are bound to need some explanations. The most
obvious are added below and as time goes by, this info is likely to grow.
Feel free to suggest more things to explain... either by
owlpost (if you are logged in) or by using the
guestbook. Last updated June 1st, 2006 see the news for more info.
Newly registered members must confirm their email address before they can login. An email is dispatched to your email address at registration time. If you've logged in before, the first thing to try is to use the the forgotten password form under Login in the menu. That way a new password will be sent to your registered email address.
But what if you waited for such an email for 10 minutes or so, and it isn't
comming? (Normally it will arrive within seconds, but sometimes it could take a few minutes.) Just
take it easy, we'll solve it. First, check your spam
and/or trash folder. It is possible that some email programs, depending on how heavy
spam-filters you use, might sort it into one of these two boxes. If this didn't
help, you just have to inform Evreka (admin) that you need help.
This can be done in a few different ways, see below. If you registered under an AOL email address,
see also Why AOL Email Adresses Poses a Problem below.
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So far not one person who has registered under an AOL address has got the confirmation email.
As far as I know this is ONLY a problem for AOL email addresses. I am positive the emails are
sent OK, so the only possible explanation is that AOL refuses to deliver emails that are
automatically generated, regardless of content. This is problematic as all emails from Try & Trix
normally are automatically generated. I do check unconfirmed members at intervals and send
confirmation emails "by hand" to AOL addresses. However, this may take several days. Also this
affect all emails, not just confirmation emails. This means that the option to receive emails on
site updates also require special treatment to AOL addresses. And, which is worse still, so does
a forgotten password.
My recommendation is therefore to, if at all possible, register under an email address from some
other server. There are plenty of servers offering free email accounts, including gmail, yahoo
and hotmail. If this is not an option, use your AOL email, but be aware that it may take days to
get a confirmation email and SAVE the address that sent it. You are going to have to email that
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Do you have huge problems to stay logged in? Post your username in the Guestbook, or email
me if you have my email address, and we can solve the problem. 
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You do this at the Control Panel MyCP, which can be found under Members in the menu. (You have to be logged in to go there.) To the top
If some inputs here appear to be posted in the past or in the future compared to when it "should" according to your time zone, it's because this site resides on a swedish server. Hence it shows swedish time (GMT +1 hour). To the top
Not all of the categories mentioned below may currently have puzzles. However these are all categories that are planned for the immidiate future.
| Category | Description |
|---|---|
| HP Books | Puzzles where the answers are obtainable solely from JKR's books: PS/SS, COS, POA, GOF, OOTP, HBP or possibly from the two extra books Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them and Quidditch Through The Ages |
| HP Movies | Puzzles where the answers are obtainable solely from the movies of WB's production: PS/SS, COS, POA, GOF. Or, possibly, are centered around known facts from the production of the movies, such as how things are done or behind the scenes... |
| JKR Knowledge | Puzzles that test what you know about the author behind it all. Info used will solely be either info she has given herself or is otherwise widely known. Rumours will NOT be included. |
| HP General | Puzzles where the answers don't fit in any category mentioned above, yet are all about the HP world. Examples: Both book and movie questions are included. And/Or some question(s) are based on interviews with JKR and/or on info from her site. |
| HP DH | Any puzzle that contains any information whatsoever found within - or related to - DH, which will be released July 21st, 2007 appears under this category. These puzzles will eventually - well after release date - be moved to either HP Books or HP General, depending on where they'd fit. |
| HP Spoiler | Any puzzle that includes any kind of information from or about an unreleased or very recently released movie or ditto info from Jo will be presented under this category. This way you can avoid it if you so wish. Any such puzzles will eventually - well after release date - be moved to the apropriate non-spoiler category, depending on where they'd fit. |
| HP Special | Quizzes that don't have incorrect answers and so are very special... Like the Sorting Hat Quiz, for instance. |
Please note the way points are scored in any question where the answers look like this:
Answer
Every correctly checked box, earns you +1 point as usual. However, to avoid that anyone can get
100% correct answers without any knowledge by simply checking every box, every
incorrectly checked box will make you loose 1 point. (You can't however,
make assumptions on the amount of correct/incorrect answers per question. This ratio varies.) Every
quiz where this applies says as much at some relevant place. Either at the description of the
quiz, or at the question(s) themselves. However, this seems to be easily over-looked.
Example: If, on a certain question, with four correct answers, you choose three answers
correctly and three wrongly, you'll end up at 0 points as the score for that
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Please note the way points are scored in any question where you are supposed to type in the
answer in a field looking like this:
The textfields score if what is in them is exactly matched by alternatives given in the database.
It is impossible to figure out how every person in the world is going to prefer to answer. So
instead of creating a looong list of alternatives that should score, (which likely would not
contain what some people wrote anyway), every such puzzle states clearly how you should
answer in the description of it. Never put in any additional words that do not fit the
given description. For the same reason spelling is very important. If you type in a correct
answer you will get +1 point, otherwise it will be zero for this question.
Example:
| In the description | In the text fields, answer on the straight forward forms: Harry Potter or Dobby (if there is just one word in the answer). |
| Question: | Who is the boy who lived? |
| Correct Answers: | Harry or Harry Potter. |
| Incorrect answers: | All others, including (but not limited to): "Potter, Harry", Harry himself, HP, Harry!! ... (Specifically, Potter will not do, as it can also refer to James.) |
Because it depends on the level of difficulty. You need a lower percentage to pass a challenging puzzle than a medium or easy one. If you know your HP you are likely to pass any level... If you pass you get the choice to be saved to the highscore list. (Provided you have logged in.) To the top
See this help page for the Jigsaw application. To the top
See this help page for the interactive CW application. To the top
For all puzzles except the Sorting Hat, it is the
difficulty of the puzzle that is rated. The rating values
mean the following:
1: Too easy and boring.
2: Easy.
3: Medium.
4: Challenging, but fun.
5: Impossible! Too hard to be fun.
For the Sorting Hat, you instead rate the
accuracy of its sorting:
1: This Sorting Hat needs its inner eye tested! :(
2: I have tested worse, but...
3: It is OK.
4: This Sorting Hat was great!
5: WOW! This was one of the best Sorting Hats I have tried! :e
Only members can rate. After finishing a puzzle the logged in member get an option to rate it. After the rate has been submitted it can't be changed. To the top
If you want to contact admin, for whatever reason, there are a few different ways to
do this.
Naturally, you can contact admin for other reasons than needing help. Anyone can post in the Guestbook, and those posts are checked regularly. If you post to get help
with something, for instance login problems or a confirmation email that never arrived, make sure to
include your username so it's possible to know who posted.
The logged in member can choose to send an email through owlpost in the menu.
(Alternatively, if you are a member at
Leaky Lounge or
Explore Potter, you can
send Evreka a PM from there.) Those are also checked regularly.
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| Abbreviation | Means |
|---|---|
| PS/SS | Short for the first book, which was published under the name Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone in Britain and a few other countries and as Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone in the US. |
| COS | Short for the second book: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. |
| POA | Short for the third book: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. |
| GOF | Short for the fourth book: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. |
| OOTP | Short for the fith book: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. |
| HBP | Short for the sixth book: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. |
| DH | Short for the seventh book, which will be published July 21st, 2007: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. |
| JKR | Short for J.K. Rowling, the author of the series. |
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| CW | Short for crossword here at Try & Trix. |
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Additionally, Try & Trix uses a free online service from StatCounter to keep track of the amount of unique visitors who come by this site. StatCounter uses cookies to get this job done, and since these cookies are not set by Try & Trix, this site can't remove them either.
If you are determined to avoid cookies, you must set your browser to not accept any. However, by doing so you may find that you can not login here. Alternatively, you could allow session cookies and not other types, in which case login will work whereas the counter will just treat every new page load as that of a new visitor's.
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