Making Websties

You also need to have something different, something unique about your site. With something like Harry Potter, there are TONS of RP sites out there, so you need to have something different to everything else, otherwise people won't join your site if there is another active one out there that's fairly similar. So you need that.

Then really, it's just advertise, advertise, advertise. You need to get your site out there. Directories, topsites and plain old putting up ads on millions of ad boards.

You'll need to create characters to start with, RP with yourself for a bit so the site looks active. Maybe get a couple of friends to come over, have you all RPing lots so it makes the site look active. Nobody wants to join a site that looks dead.

That's all the advice I can give atm. If you check out RPG-Directory, they have loads of guides & stuff for people creating new sites, may be useful.

I'll get there. Trust me it is going to be different. It's just a baby form at the moment.