Website Development

We decided to get our music video done before we went on to do the album cover and website, which left us for a week for both.
We split the tasks and Lewis did the album cover and i did the website, however Lewis finished before me and so helped making the merchandise pictures and giving general critical advice on what i'd done and what to change which was very helpful.

We decided to have 9 pages (a homepage, about us section, news page, events page, photoshoots page, videos page, sign up page, competitions page and store) which we feel fully created band identity and also allowed the audience to get to know the band and utilise the site (entering competitions etc.) as much as possible.

Ways in which it promoted our music video:
-The videos page
- A link to the youtube page
- A news flash as to when the video premier is

Ways in which it promoted our album:
- clear links to buy the album and single
- clear links to the iTunes store
-kept up the road trip 'route 66' theme

Ways in which it promoted the band:
-lots of pictures
-kept up Americanised fun theme
-clear news into events and ticket purchasing

Ways in which the audience could get involved:
-The competitions page
-the merchandise store
-the comments box on the videos page
-the 'Messages to STA' box on the home page
-the signing up to the website to gain extra bonuses
-the clear links to ticket purchasing and album/single purchasing websites