Category: Updates

Have you ever spent hours using your graphics programs to make pretty art? Have you ever thought your art would look good as a theme for CoE? If so, you should be excited about our new contest! We’re happy to present the “CoE Site-Theme” contest! Ringhilwen and Veaglarwen are always busy cooking up new ideas,…

Yes, yes, ladies and gentlemen, everyone’s favourite moderator is back, with a big book under her arm and weeks and weeks of Tolkien-related discussions looming behind the ever-approaching horizon! Because this week CoE’s Book Club starts reading and discussing ‘Unfinished Tales’.

CoE would like to present a new user theme – Saruman! This theme features moonlight blues which are soothing and meant to enhance the evil ways of Saruman. We also used a feature commonly asked for which displays an image behind the menu, also used in themes such as Rivendell and Aragorn. The theme is…

For those of you using the “Misty Mountains” site theme, you may have noticed a big change in the appearance of your theme! The theme has been revamped to obtain a more updated look. New features include new banner images and new menu blocks complete with the Fellowship of the Ring! You can preview the…

The move to the new server has been successful. Some of you may notice that we are temporarily redirecting to the IP address, but that is only a short term thing, and the domain name will be working as expected soon. Please note: if you notice something that is not working as expected, please visit…

CoE is moving to a new server that will hopefully have a faster connection for the majority of our visitors. It will be occurring over the weekend (probably on Sunday), and there may be a day or two that the site won’t appear for you. No worries, though, we’ll be back soon!

The Books vs. Movies Section has been updated with a number of new articles about ‘Return of the King’. You can go to the section here.

CoE would like to present yet another user theme – TheOneRing! With this theme, we (Ringhilwen and Veaglarwen) are trying a new effect and layout to mix the look and feel up a bit. TheOneRing theme is hot! No, really it is! It features the ring shining through flames! The theme is titled “TheOneRing” and…

CoE would like to present a new user theme – Éowyn! This theme features softer colors and tones, multiple images of Éowyn, a woven border design, and a horse insignia that goes perfectly with our Shieldmaiden of Rohan. The theme is titled “Éowyn” and can be previewed in the theme gallery here as well as…

It’s that time of the year again, when the bees start buzzing and bright new things are headed your way. In this case: The RotK Section in Books vs. Movies! Find out just how much was left out of the Houses of Healing, how Tolkien really envisioned the Dead and why Boyens, Walsh and Jackson…