R+P Post 23: Planning my web pages

We first planned to plan the website's layout on paper, but then decided it would be better if we did it on Microsoft Powerpoint instead. By using powerpoint instead of drawing it out, we saved a lot of time.  By using the software we were able to quickly create shapes and icons and place them on different pages also allowed us to easily make changes, in case we decided we wanted to alter the way it looked.

We decided to use a navigation bar because we found that many other artists had it on their website and it seemed like an easy way to use the website, without cluttering part of it with a bar along the top. Calvin Harris' website (shown on the right), used it as well and we decided we would model the one on our website after his.

The pages that were made were loosely based on other websites we had researched, since they all seemed to follow a set of conventions. We included the following pages:

• Tour
• Gallery
• Store
• About
• Freespace

The pages on Afrojack's website

The pages on Glowinthedark's website

The tour page would inform fans where and when Orlando will be performing, and will allow them to purchase tickets for these events.
    The gallery page will show photos of Orlando,     from official events and from 'behind the               scenes'. We may choose to have an instagram                                                                                          feed displayed.
The store page will allow fans to buy official branded merchandise, which will probably have the Orlando logo or be related to Orlando in some way.
The about page will have a short biography of Orlando's life to give fans a sense of who he is, and to give him some personality that would not otherwise come across to the audience.
The freespace page was inspired by what I had seen on the website for the band Daughter, which had only just been made when I saw it. I thought it would be a good inclusion, as it would keep fans checking back to see if more has been added to the page.

Along the bottom of the website, there will be a list of social media links which will be shown on every page.