Design

For my website, I made two designs for each page and then I had to evaluate my decisions by asking peers which was better and my own opinion.
For the home page, my two designs were:

I asked all my friends which design was better, and 9 people voted for the first design, and 6 for the second. They all said it was because the first design was more detailed and the design of the page itself looked better due tot he slideshow in the middle. I also believed this was true which is why I am going to use the first design in my website.

My two designs for the About Us page were:

In this picture, I had changed the guitar and the banner and 12 people liked the first banner more than the second and so they voted for the first design. I also felt the first banner looked better as it didn't look like the guitar was just there to make up space, it shows that it is significant to the banner thus am going to use the first one.

My designs for the History page were:

The difference was that I attached a guitar to the page in the second design thus making it look a little more artistic etc. as it was not just plain text. Everyone liked the second design better as it had an addition to the page, and I also believe that the second one is better and so I will use the second one.

My designs for the Store page:

The differences between the two designs here and those are the guitar, the search bar being outside where the guitars are listed and lastly, I added a check box allowing users to categorize what type of guitar they want. Here, 11 people liked the first design as they all said the check box would be very helpful, however the other 4 thought that it would be easier without it as they might not know what is good in guitars etc. I personally liked the first one better too and so, i will use it.

My two designs for the Events page are:

The difference here is the position of the picture of the band playing, where in the first design, it was next to the calendar and in the second, it was the background of the calendar. 10 people thought the first design was better as the second one would make it hard to read the events text, however the other five thought it was a great idea as it would give the calendar design. I personally thought the second one was better and so am going to use it.

Here are my designs for the Support page:

The differences between the two designs here were that there was the outlet location in the first one, and the position of the warranty information was different. Everyone chose the first design as it had more information regarding the outlet and so would be more useful. I also believe this was true and so am going to use the first design.

Here is the table showing the choices made by my friends;