The Homepage

After last weeks editing of the website, I'm honestly at a bit of a loss as of what I should do to it now. I've stopped looking at the other pages, as I only need the hompage, and by looking at the other pages I am wasting time which could be used on this page. 

This is what I have of the homepage so far. It looks quite plain, so I am re-consulting the pages I looked at during research to see what they have on their homepages. These all had more plain backgrounds, or ones with no texture, so I changed my background to be plain black, which I actually much prefer.  

The Bob Dylan website has a homepahe which is full of news, with the option to change the page of the site on the side. I already have this bar, though mine is along the top, though I do think it looks better at the side, but iWeb doesn't allow for it to be anywhere but the top. 

 The Alberta Cross homepage has a piece advertising their new album along the top, which could be a good idea as it takes up more space, and means the album is in clear view from the start, and any advertising is done as soon as someone goes on the site, without having to look for it. It also has news all down the hompage, meaning the consumers are automatically updated. 

The Delain homepage has the bands latest news, the new video, the bands Twitter embedded, links to their social networking sites, and the next show that is coming up.

These pages can be seen elsewhere in my blog. Baring these in mind, I went back to my homepage to add these things. 

So, I've now changed the format a little bit, but I now feel it over overpowered by text, so I need to think how to change this, and maybe add images so it doesn't look so plain. It might be a good idea to replace the 'Homepage' with my logo, and I now actually prefer the other background I edited for it. I also think the black background looks much better, as its plainer, flatter and means the font stands out more.