Everybody goes on the internet and surfs hundreds of internet pages but I myself never really look at where things are placed and what they do, so I chose to do some research on what another band has done for their page and what makes it so good, for this I chosen While She Sleeps' band page, this is because this band is very much the same genre as ours and I have used this page a lot before and know its a really effective band page.
This is the homepage of the website, the first thing you see is the very bold symbol of the band at the top in the centre, this is a very conventional place to put a logo as it will attract your attention straight away. Along the top you have a very simple link system, you can go on to find out about the band, to watching the videos or even buying their merchandise, making all these features interlink makes the website very useful, the link on the far right says 'Free Shit' this is however very unconventional on a website, usually try to make it very formal and posh, however, I like that they have kept their 'Hardcore; attitude throughout their website.
On the left just below the banner you have a picture column, the use of pictures instead of just written information makes it much more visually appealing and also just makes the friend more friendly to be on and browse through, the fact that they constantly update their website means that it keeps people wanting to come to it and visiting it to see what the band are up to and what is coming for the fans.
The right column is simply to show the tour dates, this shows the date, the location and the venue, you then have the ability to be able to tell the band you are going, this is a really nice addition to the website as the fans feel a lot closer with the band, this is linked through Facebook and done through the While She Sleeps' Facebook page, a nice way to link the two sites.
At the bottom right of the screenshot you see a pop-up that comes onto the screen when you visit the site, this is linked through to Twitter so if you aren't already you have an easy way to access their page and follow them, being able to keep up to date even more through the use of social networking, as technology grows, this has become more conventional on a website as it boosts the popularity because it seems as though the artist/band is doing a lot more, this is also evident at the top right of the website, you had the link to Facebook, Twitter and Youtube all at the click of a button. As well as the links to other sites at the top right, you also have a link to purchase their newest album, this is a great way to promote the album on their site as its very visible on the homepage, the colour scheme of the faded white on the leather black also works extremely well and keeps the text very easily readable and is very much their trademark.
This is the page you come to from clicking the 'Videos' link, this page has all of their videos that they have, its very simple and user friendly to navigate through, you have both links from videos off Youtube which are the first three, and then at the bottom right you have a video from Vimeo, the videos aren't just solely music videos either, they have videos from events such as Sonisphere ect.
Above is the page you come to when you click the 'Merch' link, this page is a very conventional page in terms of layout, most merchandise pages will have model pictures of the clothes, however, While She Sleeps have it set so that you don't see all the prices and what the clothes are called until you hover over them, this is a very unusual method, but actually it makes it all seem a lot more slick and professional and just make it seem less cluttered. You also have the large photo reel that is going on above the clothes, this is again a way of showing off the clothes in model shots, these are all edited to suit the band style and genre and the pictures are all in high quality as you would expect.
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