New: Give your website an update with section shapes

A website is one of the most powerful tools for any musician today. It's often the first stop for fans, industry professionals, venue bookers, and media who want to learn more about your music and your brand.

That’s why creating a professional, visually engaging design is essential. To help you make an impact, we’re excited to introduce our newest design feature for Bandzoogle websites: Section Shapes!

With section shapes, you can add stylish transitions between sections of your website. This feature provides a fresh way to organize content, break up text, and add personality to your page. In this post, we'll explore how section shapes can help make your website unforgettable.

Why use sections on your website?

Sections are the building blocks of a great website layout. They allow you to organize page content into easily digestible chunks that guide your visitors through your story. Whether you’re showcasing your biography, media, shows, or merch, each section serves a specific purpose.

Organize content seamlessly: Styled sections on your website create a structured experience for users, helping them navigate different aspects of your site. When you add shapes to the transitions between sections, you guide the eye down the page in a visually pleasing way.

Add unique design flair: A great website should reflect your brand as an artist. With section shapes, you can choose from various styles to add flair to your website pages. These shapes can act as a signature look, enhancing your website’s personality and making your content more memorable.

Section shapes work best with high-contrast color schemes. For example, if you’re transitioning from a black background to a white background, the effect of the shape will be more striking and pop on the screen a lot better. Keep this color tip in mind when experimenting with section shapes: placing a dark background color next to a lighter one is the way to go when ordering your sections.

You can also add modern design flair within your sections by trying out our recent 'Image' feature update. Use a shape overlay within the feature to give your images a fresh, contemporary look.

Modern mobile-friendly design: More and more visitors will see your website on their smartphones, so giving your pages a modern, responsive design is crucial. Section shapes provide a clean, flowing transition from one section to the next, creating an intuitive scrolling experience on mobile devices. Using section shapes in your website design with mobile browsing in mind will help take your online presence to a whole new level.

Add section shapes to your EPK for a dynamic one-page layout

Section shapes are a perfect match for one-page websites or Electronic Press Kits (EPKs). With one-page sites, it's important to have clear divisions between content areas, like your musician bio, press photos, and links to your music. Adding shapes to these transitions helps break up your EPK visually, creating an interactive flow that makes it easier for media and talent bookers to find the information they need while keeping things engaging.

We hope this new feature inspires you to update your site with a fresh design! Whether you’re creating a modern vibe with a single color theme or experimenting with a more varied color scheme for your section backgrounds, section shapes give you the flexibility you need to make your music website design a memorable experience for everyone who lands there.

And don’t worry — you can swap design templates at any time without affecting your page content, so you’re free to test out different looks until you find the perfect fit.