Rachel @ Broken Fall
Rachel @ Broken Fall
Reviewed On: Thursday 12th November 2009
Homepage
First of all, green is one of my favourite colours! Anyway I love the header, it’s just amazing. I love the way it’s designed, it’s simple but effective.
Your sidebar is fine; it’s neat and has nothing unnecessary. The bows on the navigation hover is a nice touch; it’s so cute.
The CSS matches the layout well and I’m glad you’re not using white text on the dark grey background; it’s just blinding. The grey shade you’ve chosen is perfect.
To be honest, I can’t fault anything in the layout. It’s great, good job!
Coding & Validation
Your coding isn’t valid, you have 8 errors. The errors are occurring because <noscript> shouldn’t be placed in a paragraph tag.
Your CSS is valid, well done. 
You do have 4 warnings though, you just need to specify a width for floated elements; just add width: auto;.
Browser Compatibility
Your layout is consistent in Firefox, Internet Explorer, Opera and Safari and I can navigate freely in each browser.
Your font is a good, readable size and your navigation is clear and easy to find.
Content
Visitor
I like how you’ve used page anchors here; it makes it a lot easier for your visitors.
I enjoyed reading your articles; especially the “How Your Website is like a Business” article. It was unique and I’ve never seen anything like it before. You should definitely add more when you have time. I’d be interested to know what your online pet peeves are!
Avatars/Icons- These are so cute! You should definitely add more; they’re so unique.
Pixels- I get so jealous when I see pixels; I’ve been trying to make them for ages but I fail. I love these; especially the snowmen, they’re so adorable!
Premade Layouts- These are awesome! I love the first one especially; it’s designed very well. It’s great to see you’ve validated them as well.
Smilies- Your smilies are so original. I love the poop smilies, they make me laugh every time I see them! I like the reindeer and pumpkin smilies too! You should definitely add more when you get time.
Stock Images- These are beautiful. I’ll have to use a few for my Photoshop Actions! The image quality is great too.
Web Material- These are all fine; no complaints here!
Tutorials- On your valid rounded corners tutorial, it with with stretch should be it with stretch. Also the image URL’s go off of the page, view screenshot.
All of your tutorials are very well written and easy to understand. Your tutorials are of very high quality, very informative and original. You should definitely add more when you have time.
Hosting
This page and all of the sub-pages are fine. You offer a good amount of space and you seem like a very good host.
Owner
You’ve explained yourself very well and after reading it I feel like I’ve got to know you a lot better. I’d love to be able to speak Japanese fluently too.
The link you have at the bottom of the page to your pictures shows your old layout. I’m guessing because it’s still linked to a .php page.
Your other pages are fine.
Website
I enjoyed reading your website history! I only remember Woolisauce.net from all of your previous sites though!
I remember the “V6: Punctuation Attack” layout! I tried to follow that tutorial but failed miserably. Your past layouts are awesome.
Your other pages are fine.
Organisation & Originality
Your website is very organised and easy to navigate.
The content you provide is of an excellent standard and very unique.
Overall Comment
Rachel, I apologise for the short review but I honestly couldn’t fault anything on your website. You have a brilliant, well maintained website which you should be very proud of.
Your content is of a high standard and very unique. Your tutorials were flawless and they are written very well. All I can suggest is that you add more tutorials, articles and resources!
Keep up the great work, Rachel. I’d definitely recommend your website to anyone!
Your Rating. (5 out of 5)