I had no idea what to expect venturing onto the domain of EdgarAndEllen.com. After reading the first couple of posts, I realized that I was clearly missing out on who Edgar and Ellen are by not watching their television series. With the help of Wikipedia and all of the information available on this weblog’s main site, I learned more than I could have imagined. Edgar and Ellen are the main characters in a series of children’s books written by Charles Ogden. The two namesakes of this site are children that spend time in a cemetery with the likely spooky company that one would expect.
When the site loads, a design comes up that has tweaked to show pictures of Edgar and Ellen in the header image and to make the site appear a bit more spooky than the standard WordPress template would. The site is easy to navigate and easy on the eyes, both much appreciated features of a weblog. It uses a two-column layout and the creators of this site keep the additional information in the sidebar to a minimum. Readers and fans can order the books or find out where to download Podcasts. They can also send Edgar and Ellen e-cards or play games involving the characters of these stories.
The site is fairly new. Appropriately enough, the blog portion of the site only rolled out a couple of days following Halloween. The updates come somewhat frequently and make an attempt to encourage reader feedback via the comments portion of each post.
It became clear to me that this site is geared towards people that watch Edgar and Ellen. Having never seen the show, I was unable to participate in the posts that pose questions about how one might interact with the title characters or what readers think about particular aspects of the show.
Blogs are becoming very popular. We all know that. In this case, the creators of the EdgarAndEllen.com site have opted to use a blog for viewer and fan interaction, rather than a message board. This may be something that takes off for other fan-related type sites in the future.
For now, this site is a must visit for those that follow the show. Those folks that know about this show will immediately add it to their list of bookmarks to be updated on all of the upcoming activity related to the show.
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