diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8f322f0..5f82fe3 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # See https://help.github.com/articles/ignoring-files/ for more about ignoring files.
 
+TODO
+
 # dependencies
 /node_modules
 /.pnp
diff --git a/TODO b/TODO
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..27cfbc0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/TODO
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+footer
+
+light/dark theme
+
+tests for tournois, testing the loading of map and table, then counting the markers
+
+logo for navbar and favicon
+
+tournament table scroll
+
+hover on table needs fixing - this only seemed to happen once I moved the logic into its own hook
+
+document my new hook
+
+error handling
+
+e2e tests for tournament page:
+    - make sure number of markers = tournamentData.length
+
+home page
+
+about page
+
+contact page
+
+SEO
diff --git a/app/about/page.tsx b/app/about/page.tsx
index 8cd2b45..a3653e3 100644
--- a/app/about/page.tsx
+++ b/app/about/page.tsx
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import Layout from "@/components/Layout";
 export default function About() {
   return (
     <Layout>
-      <header className="grid h-[calc(100%-144px)] md:h-[calc(100%-112px)] place-items-center">
+      <header className="grid h-[calc(100%-156px)] md:h-[calc(100%-124px)] place-items-center">
         <div className="relative h-full w-full bg-amber-200"></div>
         <div className="absolute">
           <h1>About Page</h1>
diff --git a/app/contact/page.tsx b/app/contact/page.tsx
index a54c9fb..a3903c7 100644
--- a/app/contact/page.tsx
+++ b/app/contact/page.tsx
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import Layout from "@/components/Layout";
 export default function Contact() {
   return (
     <Layout>
-      <header className="grid h-[calc(100%-144px)] md:h-[calc(100%-112px)] place-items-center">
+      <header className="grid h-[calc(100%-156px)] md:h-[calc(100%-124px)] place-items-center">
         <div className="relative h-full w-full bg-amber-200"></div>
         <div className="absolute">
           <h1>Contact Page</h1>
diff --git a/app/page.tsx b/app/page.tsx
index a03e3a0..9d643fd 100644
--- a/app/page.tsx
+++ b/app/page.tsx
@@ -1,14 +1,29 @@
+import Link from "next/link";
 import Layout from "@/components/Layout";
 
 export default function Home() {
   return (
     <Layout>
-      <header className="grid h-[calc(100%-144px)] md:h-[calc(100%-112px)] place-items-center">
-        <div className="relative h-full w-full bg-[url('/images/map-bg.jpg')] brightness-[0.2]"></div>
-        <div className="absolute">
-          <h1>Heading 1</h1>
-          <h2>Heading 2</h2>
-          <h3>Heading 3</h3>
+      <header className="grid h-[calc(100%-156px)] md:h-[calc(100%-124px)] place-items-center">
+        <div className="relative h-full w-full bg-[url('/images/map-bg.jpg')] bg-cover bg-center brightness-[0.2]"></div>
+        <div className="absolute text-center">
+          <h1 className="text-5xl p-5">Echecs France</h1>
+          <h2 className="text-3xl p-5 capitalize">
+            Find chess tournaments in France on a map
+          </h2>
+          <h3 className="text-xl p-5 mb-5">
+            A visual representation of all the chess tournaments published by
+            the{" "}
+            <Link href="http://www.echecs.asso.fr/" target="_blank">
+              <abbr title="Fédération Française des Échecs">FFE</abbr>
+            </Link>
+          </h3>
+          <Link
+            href="/tournois"
+            className="text-white bg-gradient-to-r from-teal-400 via-teal-500 to-teal-600 hover:bg-gradient-to-br focus:ring-4 focus:outline-none focus:ring-teal-300 dark:focus:ring-teal-800 font-medium rounded-lg text-sm px-5 py-2.5 text-center mr-2 mb-2"
+          >
+            Get Started
+          </Link>
         </div>
       </header>
     </Layout>
diff --git a/components/Footer.tsx b/components/Footer.tsx
index e0aa6ef..de98578 100644
--- a/components/Footer.tsx
+++ b/components/Footer.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 export default function Footer() {
   return (
-    <footer className="w-full bg-gray-800 text-white p-3">
-      <p>Footer</p>
+    <footer className="grid grid-cols-2 bg-gray-800 text-white p-3">
+      <div>
+        <p>&copy; {new Date().getFullYear()} - Owen Rees</p>
+      </div>
     </footer>
   );
 }
diff --git a/components/Layout.tsx b/components/Layout.tsx
index b00ccfa..7fa6dc4 100644
--- a/components/Layout.tsx
+++ b/components/Layout.tsx
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ export default function Layout({
   children: React.ReactNode;
 }) {
   return (
-    <div className="h-screen bg-white font-sans leading-normal tracking-normal">
+    <div className="h-screen min-h-[400px] bg-white font-sans leading-normal tracking-normal">
       <Navbar />
       {children}
       <Footer />
diff --git a/components/Navbar.tsx b/components/Navbar.tsx
index cc3eed9..7215811 100644
--- a/components/Navbar.tsx
+++ b/components/Navbar.tsx
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import Link from "next/link";
 
 export default function Navbar() {
   return (
-    <nav className="bg-gray-800 p-2 mt-0 w-full">
+    <nav className="bg-gray-800 mt-0 w-full">
       <div className="container mx-auto flex flex-wrap items-center">
         <div className="flex w-full md:w-1/2 justify-center md:justify-start text-white font-extrabold">
           <Link
@@ -13,26 +13,26 @@ export default function Navbar() {
           </Link>
         </div>
         <div className="flex w-full pt-2 content-center justify-between md:w-1/2 md:justify-end">
-          <ul className="list-reset text-white no-underline flex justify-between flex-1 md:flex-none items-center">
-            <li className="mr-3">
+          <ul className="list-reset text-white no-underline flex flex-1 md:flex-none items-center">
+            <li className="mr-10">
               <Link
-                className="inline-block hover:text-gray-200 hover:text-underline py-2 px-4"
+                className="inline-block border-b-4 py-5 border-transparent hover:border-teal-600 transition-all ease-in-out duration-300"
                 href="/tournois"
               >
                 Tournois
               </Link>
             </li>
-            <li className="mr-3">
+            <li className="mr-10">
               <Link
-                className="inline-block hover:text-gray-200 hover:text-underline py-2 px-4"
+                className="inline-block border-b-4 py-5 border-transparent hover:border-teal-600 transition-all ease-in-out duration-300"
                 href="/about"
               >
                 About
               </Link>
             </li>
-            <li className="mr-3">
+            <li className="mr-10">
               <Link
-                className="inline-block hover:text-gray-200 hover:text-underline py-2 px-4"
+                className="inline-block border-b-4 py-5 border-transparent hover:border-teal-600 transition-all ease-in-out duration-300"
                 href="/contact"
               >
                 Contact
diff --git a/components/TournamentMap.tsx b/components/TournamentMap.tsx
index 53ac650..4c8a4c7 100644
--- a/components/TournamentMap.tsx
+++ b/components/TournamentMap.tsx
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ export default function TournamentMap({ tournamentData }: TournamentDataProps) {
   return (
     <section
       id="tournament-map"
-      className="grid h-[calc(100vh-96px)] md:h-[calc(100vh-64px)]"
+      className="grid h-[calc(100vh-108px)] md:h-[calc(100vh-76px)]"
     >
       <MapContainer
         center={center}
diff --git a/cypress.config.ts b/cypress.config.ts
index 7e41a64..4108d54 100644
--- a/cypress.config.ts
+++ b/cypress.config.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ export default defineConfig({
       // implement node event listeners here
     },
   },
-
+  chromeWebSecurity: false,
   component: {
     devServer: {
       framework: "next",
diff --git a/cypress/component/mounting.cy.tsx b/cypress/component/mounting.cy.tsx
index 9935ccd..9190979 100644
--- a/cypress/component/mounting.cy.tsx
+++ b/cypress/component/mounting.cy.tsx
@@ -12,38 +12,40 @@ const navbarFooterCheck = () => {
   });
 };
 
-describe("Verify home page", () => {
-  beforeEach(() => {
-    cy.mount(<Home />);
+describe("Verify component mount", () => {
+  describe("Verify home page", () => {
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      cy.mount(<Home />);
+    });
+
+    it("correct h1 tags with website name included", () => {
+      cy.get("h1").contains("echecs france", { matchCase: false });
+    });
+
+    navbarFooterCheck();
   });
 
-  it("should have the correct h1 tags with website name included", () => {
-    cy.get("h1").contains("echecs france", { matchCase: false });
+  describe("Verify about page", () => {
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      cy.mount(<About />);
+    });
+
+    it("correct h1 tags with page title included", () => {
+      cy.get("h1").contains("about", { matchCase: false });
+    });
+
+    navbarFooterCheck();
   });
 
-  navbarFooterCheck();
-});
-
-describe("Verify about page", () => {
-  beforeEach(() => {
-    cy.mount(<About />);
-  });
-
-  it("should have the correct h1 tags with page title included", () => {
-    cy.get("h1").contains("about", { matchCase: false });
-  });
-
-  navbarFooterCheck();
-});
-
-describe("Verify contact page", () => {
-  beforeEach(() => {
-    cy.mount(<Contact />);
-  });
-
-  it("should have the correct h1 tags with page title included", () => {
-    cy.get("h1").contains("contact", { matchCase: false });
-  });
-
-  navbarFooterCheck();
+  describe("Verify contact page", () => {
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      cy.mount(<Contact />);
+    });
+
+    it("correct h1 tags with page title included", () => {
+      cy.get("h1").contains("contact", { matchCase: false });
+    });
+
+    navbarFooterCheck();
+  });
 });
diff --git a/cypress/component/utils.cy.ts b/cypress/component/utils.cy.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fbc85d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cypress/component/utils.cy.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+import { Tournament } from "@/types";
+import getTournaments from "@/utils/getTournamentData";
+import { createLayerGroups } from "@/utils/layerGroups";
+
+// TODO cy.wrap() for promise resolution
+// TODO DRY - variables and data fetching can be done before tests under the first describe block
+
+describe("Unit tests of utils directory", () => {
+  describe("Retrieve tournament data from DB", () => {
+    let response: Tournament[];
+    let results: Tournament[];
+
+    describe("France", () => {
+      before(async () => {
+        response = await getTournaments("france");
+        results = response.splice(0, 5);
+      });
+
+      it("log first 5 results", () => {
+        results.forEach((result) => cy.log(JSON.stringify(result)));
+      });
+
+      it("check tournament urls are active", () => {
+        results.forEach((result) => cy.request(result.url));
+      });
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe("Create layer groups for map markers", () => {
+    let response: Tournament[];
+    let results: Tournament[];
+    describe("France", () => {
+      const timeControls = [
+        { name: "Cadence Lente", colour: "green" },
+        { name: "Rapide", colour: "blue" },
+        { name: "Blitz", colour: "yellow" },
+        { name: "1h KO", colour: "red" },
+      ];
+
+      before(async () => {
+        response = await getTournaments("france");
+        results = response.splice(0, 5);
+      });
+
+      it("generate layer groups", () => {
+        const result = timeControls.map((timeControl) => {
+          return createLayerGroups(timeControl.name, timeControl.colour, {
+            tournamentData: results,
+          });
+        });
+        cy.wrap(result.length).should("be.greaterThan", 0);
+      });
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/cypress/videos/links.cy.ts.mp4 b/cypress/videos/links.cy.ts.mp4
deleted file mode 100644
index 84d07c0..0000000
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diff --git a/cypress/videos/mounting.cy.tsx.mp4 b/cypress/videos/mounting.cy.tsx.mp4
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diff --git a/cypress/videos/utils.cy.ts.mp4 b/cypress/videos/utils.cy.ts.mp4
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diff --git a/hooks/useTournamentFilter.tsx b/hooks/useTournamentFilter.tsx
index e48a007..8771fe3 100644
--- a/hooks/useTournamentFilter.tsx
+++ b/hooks/useTournamentFilter.tsx
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { Tournament } from "@/types";
 import { useState } from "react";
 
 // TODO change 'any'
+// TODO document this hook with TSDoc
 const useTournamentDataFilter = (
   initialState: Tournament[]
 ): (any | ((searchQuery: string) => void))[] => {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index fbae213..d7eda42 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -7,9 +7,10 @@
     "build": "next build",
     "start": "next start",
     "lint": "next lint",
-    "test": "jest",
-    "cypress:open": "cypress open",
-    "cypress:run": "cypress run"
+    "test:e2e": "cypress run",
+    "test:component": "cypress run --component",
+    "test": "npm run test:component && npm run test:e2e",
+    "cypress": "cypress open"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@types/node": "20.2.3",
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index e06a445..10bf758 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
     "target": "es5",
     "lib": ["dom", "dom.iterable", "esnext"],
     "allowJs": true,
+    "types": ["cypress"],
     "skipLibCheck": true,
     "strict": true,
     "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true,
diff --git a/utils/layerGroups.tsx b/utils/layerGroups.tsx
index 3a7ef39..4c8f842 100644
--- a/utils/layerGroups.tsx
+++ b/utils/layerGroups.tsx
@@ -1,8 +1,17 @@
 import { TournamentDataProps } from "@/types";
+import { LatLngLiteral } from "leaflet";
 
 import L from "leaflet";
 import { LayerGroup, LayersControl, Marker, Popup } from "react-leaflet";
 
+const coordinateRandomisation = (lat: number, lng: number): LatLngLiteral => {
+  const randomisation = () => Math.random() * (-0.01 - 0.01) + 0.01;
+  return {
+    lat: lat + randomisation(),
+    lng: lng + randomisation(),
+  };
+};
+
 export const createLayerGroups = (
   timeControl: string,
   colour: string,
@@ -12,7 +21,6 @@ export const createLayerGroups = (
     (t) => t.time_control === timeControl
   );
 
-  // TODO consider moving this into its own function
   const iconOptions = new L.Icon({
     iconUrl: `images/leaflet/marker-icon-2x-${colour}.png`,
     shadowUrl: "images/leaflet/marker-shadow.png",
@@ -23,13 +31,12 @@ export const createLayerGroups = (
   });
 
   const layerGroup = filteredTournaments.map((t) => {
-    // TODO move this coorindate randomisation into its own function to follow SRP
-    const coordinates = {
-      lat: t.coordinates[0] + Math.random() * (-0.01 - 0.01) + 0.01,
-      lng: t.coordinates[1] + Math.random() * (-0.01 - 0.01) + 0.01,
-    };
     return (
-      <Marker position={coordinates} key={t._id} icon={iconOptions}>
+      <Marker
+        position={coordinateRandomisation(t.coordinates[0], t.coordinates[1])}
+        key={t._id}
+        icon={iconOptions}
+      >
         <Popup>
           <p>
             {t.date}