Website Draft

This is a draft of my website, there is still a few changes that I need to make, so it is not perfect at this moment in time. The Website URL is www.mootpointmusic.co.uk

I imported a Login/Register section, this enables the fans to login in to the website and keep track of what the band are doing and where they are going to be touring next. I tried to stick to the colour theme of black and grey for the boxes, and colour for the images.

The Navigation bar is simple, however when you click on the page, the red box will follow so you know which page you are on.

This is my favourite part of the website, I took some photographs of the band, and they will be rotating on a 3 second window. This is the only part of the website which is down in colour, as the images in black and white didn't look right. There will be more images scrolling across, as I only have two scrolling at this moment. I want to change the design of them, making them more in a cartoon style, as they don't fade right and I could blend it into the background.

The 'Welcome' section is placed in the middle of the page, on the main box, which you can navigate to different pages. On this section I have put a little information about the band, the history and quotes they have stated. The whole idea of this page was to get the history of the band across to the audience, it shows that are really good friends, who love to play music. I don't think that i need to make any changes to this part, as I am happy with all of the text and layout.

About the album is a section, telling the audience what songs are on the CD and who played which part. For Example, on 'Home' Dave (Vocals) Steve (Guitar) Ian (Bass), I have stated this for all of the songs on the album. I have also stated how long it has taken them to complete this album and what style of music they are recording. I need to put some images along the bottom of the placeholder, as it is a little plain and simple, I need to put some imagery to brighten it up.

'The Video' I stated where the shots were taken, what effects I used and why I chose to shoot it in Black and White. I need to add a bit more detail to what effects I used, as it is a bit plain.

I have placed the lyrics on the website, so the audience can understand the message behind the song, by looking at the lyrics as well as just watching it.

I decided to add a section called 'FROM THE BAND', this is where the band members can leave a message for the fans. I thought that this was a nice idea, to remind the fans that the band is grateful for all of their help, getting them where they are today. The colours are simple, as I didn't want to make it to complex, so you couldn't read it, or get distracted by the colours and decor. I think that i could have a message from each of the band members, rather than one whole message.

Another section i added was, by the limited edition 'MootPoint' T-Shirt for only a small price of £9.99. There is a merchandise section on the navigation bar, but I thought it would look more professional to advertise something on the homepage, so the audience know that they can buy items of the band. The design is simple, black T-Shirt with the MootPoint logo placed on the left hand side of the shirt, I have listed all of the possible sizes that the shirt comes in, so there is a size for everybody.

Buy the song on iTunes was a section that i really wanted to incorporate into my website, this is available for all the fans to download the song for a small price of £0.99. I thought that this was another good way to advertise the band, by releasing their music on iTunes. To improve thi section, I am going to add a small image of the bands single 'Home' in the bottom right hand corner, to give it more of an effect.