Home Page Complete

I have finished the home page for my site. I am really happy with it. I think that the graphic I have created has a huge impact and really stands out. It looks exactly as I imagined and has accomplished everything that I hoped it would. I wanted to try and steer clear of the various clichés of the modern web whilst avoiding making something too complicated and cluttered like a lot of other music sites. I feel like I've balanced out those two things really well. This is the page:

This demonstrated the idea of the bands that I mentioned in a previous post. It works well to separate out the content into sections and divide things up nicely. It has just what it needed on the homepage. I carefully evaluated what my target audience would want from a homepage to a site like this. 

First thing is a bright, vibrant, exciting image. This draws in the eye. Straight after that is what the show is about, when and where it is and finally a link to buy tickets. This is all assembled in a block of text and that block of text animates in when the page is scrolled. This draws attention to it and pulls the eye towards the information that needs to be read. The left aligned style creates a nice, subtle border to the site and the words resemble audio levels you would typically see in a music player.

After that is a search bar, a quick resource for people who are looking for a specific item and don't want to have the hassle of over extended navigation to get there. After that is something I felt very important to include. It is a list of all the major brands attending. This is something I would be looking out for. If you see the name of your favourite guitar manufacturer or amp manufacturer you will be far more likely to pull the trigger on a ticket.

I ended with a contact form as I imagined that, for some people, the homepage could potentially be the only page on the site that they visit in the initial sitting. The contact therefore allows for any questions to be asked simply and upfront and could possibly lead to repeat visits and even ticket sales.