Website codes and conventions

I decided to do some research into website layouts before we constructed our own. I went to band websites and tried to find common themes, and some codes and conventions that we could use on our own website. We found that most band websites had a photo of the band or the band logo on the home page. We then looked at the tabs the band had included on the website. we found most sites included:

Home
Ask
Gig/Tours
Videos
Music
Merch
Blog

we didn't have to include so many tabs in our site, so we decided to pick the ones we found most commonly, Gigs/Tours, merch, Home and music were tabs we managed t find on the majority of band websites we looked at. Also a common theme seemed to be promoting the bands new single (or album) on the homepage of the website. We decided that our music video would be the main focal point on the website and be large on the home screen. There are also links to the bands twitter and Facebook page on many home pages, which is something we considered to include.

Below is a screen grab of Bring me the horizons website. You can see all the tab links in the bottom left corner, and all the social networking links in the bottom right.