Critique my new-old Harry Potter forums

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hmm , well, the site itself is not very attractive , like you said not very CSS talented, you can take some crash courses for 3-4 hours and you can make your site look better...

In terms of attracting new people... as Speysider said , just go to Related sites , forums, and become an active user there, with signatures etc.. eventually people will come to your site , and thats how you start growing..