I compared the home page of my website with an existing home page of a website. I compared it with Biffy Clyro's official website and I have identified that they have similar conventions. These conventions are the header which consists of the band name in bold text, followed by the navigation bar underneath. This is what I have included on my own website which follows the conventions of the existing one.
Another convention is the slide show; Biffy Clyro's slideshow is used to display information about the band. I have implemented this feature into my own work by including a slide show which consists of three images. The images display information about the band's new merchandise available, a quote about their latest performance from Kerrang Radio and an image advertising a box set of their albums.
Their home page has also been laid out in sections which I have also done of my home page to distinguish the different topics of my website. Down the right hand side of the page I have a section which states Kings of Leon's tour dates and beneath the slide show I have a section that shows the featured articles from the 'News' page.
This page on the Kings of Leon website is the biography of the band. The page consists of many paragraphs of main text on the left hand side which explains how Kings of Leon came about and their history. There is also a video on the right hand side of the band playing live.
I have included an article of the history of the band and the opening paragraph explains all of the members of the band and where they are from. I have also included an image of the band in the middle of the text to allow the user to grasp an understanding of who the members of the band are. On the right hand side I included a fact file. On the original Kings of Leon website they included facts within the text, however to make these facts more noticeable and easier to read I chose to include a fact file as it makes the page more interesting and it enables the user to learn about the band more easily.
I have also included a video on this page which consists of behind the scenes footage of their newest video (this is the video we are making for our coursework). This enables interactivity for the user as they can watch this and the video I have inserted consists of controls which enable the user to play, pause and stop the video.
I compared my home page to the home page of the original Kings of Leon website. One of the conventions that are identical is the section showing a feature of the band's tour dates which is on the left hand side of the original website. I have included this feature in my work on the right hand side of the page.
I have included similar content because I have included pages 'The Band', 'News', and 'Gallery'. This content is all featured on the original website because these are typical topics to find on a band website. Therefore this shows that the information on my website follows the typical conventions of a band website.
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