The Web Design Museum
Tommy Naples Music Homepage
Tommy Naples Music Homepage

Exhibit, launched February 2009

Tommy Naples Music

A new custom web design for a new record label in New Jersey.

Technology stack used

HTMLCSSJavaScriptjQueryFlashPHPCodeIgniterMySQLXML

Project goals

Tommy Naples Music wanted a custom website that would let visitors upload their own songs for review by the label to possibly allow them to get career assistance based on the quality of the submitted track. They also wanted a way to track the incoming songs using the site plus manage the online tracks of their already signed artists.

Solution

A new visual design was created for the label including a new logo, powered by a custom built content management system allowed for artist and music management and custom flash music player was set up.

Artist Detail Page
Artist Detail Page
The main news page.
The main news page.
See it live in 2009 (opens in a new tab)

The web in 2009

What was the web like back then?

  • Top browser

    IE7

    65% of users were using Internet Explorer

  • Screen size

    1024×768

    on a 15-inch flat screen

  • High-speed internet

    38%

    of US adults didn't have high-speed internet at home

Building for the web in 2009

  • New this year

    Firefox 3.5 brought web fonts and HTML5 video.

  • Still hanging on

    23%

    still used Internet Explorer 6, which was almost eight years old.