100 Questions for Webmasters
- 1. Please introduce yourself.
- Hello! My name is Blanki, I am a silly guy who draws and also has a website wooooah...
- 2. How long have you been making websites?
- I've been managing this one for less than a month atp LOL but I've made smaller websites prior in the last year or so.
- 3. And what got you into the hobby?
- Ermmmmm it looked like fun :3 also previous attempts were for school LOL.
- 4. What kind of website are you most interested in?
- I like art/game focused websites! I'd also love to make a OC-focused website page one day.
- 5. What's your workflow? Do you plan your websites out thoroughly or do you come up with the design as you go along?
- I come up with it as I go along :3
- 6. Please link to your biggest inspirations.
- My biggest currently would be my lovely friend trash!
- 7. What's your favourite part about making websites?
- Seeing it work in real-time wiaow...
- 8. And the thing you struggle with the most?
- Coding 💀 AOOUGUUGH
- 9. Do you keep the same layout on all of your pages? Or do you use different ones?
- Depends! I usually use the same!
- 10. How confident are you with CSS?
- Not very 💀 I'm very new
- 11. Do you know how to correctly use <dl>?
- Yes, mostly :3
- 12. What is your favourite HTML element?
- I like (p) it makes me smile...
- 13. If you're making a new web page from scratch, what is the first thing you do?
- Google w3schools and reference how other people do stuff LOL
- 14. Do you know JavaScript?
- Basically no LOL, I've used it some but most of it has been tutorials/templates
15. How about PHP?
No 😠I know nothing AHHHH
16. Does your website have a theme that you stick to?
Generally yes :3
17. Are you more focused on content or design?
Both!
18. Do you own a domain name? If not, would you ever want to?
I don't, but it'd likely be e0nbreak
19. What do you think of nostalgia-focused or "retro" websites?
I like them!
20. Is your HTML valid? Do you even check?
I pray. I pray everyday.
21. What are your opinion on buttons and banners?
I LOVE THEM!!!!
22. What do you think of button walls in particular?
I like em :3 Don't plan to have one myself though
23. If you started over again, would you make something similar or completely different?
Similar! I really love the layout I have...
24. Are you envious of other people's websites?
Sometimes! But I want to learn enough so I can do something similar w/ my own spin on it :3
25. What text editor do you use?
HTML Online Viewer.net LMFAO
26. Why do you use that one?
My friend trash reccommended it to me and it lets me see updates live ^_^
27. Do you host your image files on your web server, or on another host?
I usually either host it on imgchest or filegarden depending on what the file is!
28. This might not be relevant to you, but what's your opinion on the Neocities vs. Nekoweb debate?
Ermmmm I don't really care very much. A website is a website no matter where it is
29. How much server space would you estimate your main website takes up?
According to Neocities not much!
30. Do you keep local backups of your files?
I do!
31. Do you prefer simple or highly visual websites?
I love highly visual websites...
32. Do you stick to certain colours? Do you do that on purpose, or is it your subconscious?
I do! It's usually on purpose cause I love blue + rainbow color schemes...
33. Have you ever thought about quitting? Why?
Not really! Going on break maybe but not quitting.
34. Do you have many webmaster friends, or is it a solitary hobby?
Yes! I mentioned my friend trash already but I got my friend Dream into website-making :3
35. Do people in your real life know about your website?
Yes!
36. Do you update your website very often? How often is "very often"?
Somewhat! "Very often" to me is I get to it when I can.
37. And the overall design, do you change that much? Why or why not?
Not really! At least not thus far!
38. Is your website more you-focused, hobby-focused, or outside world-focused?
Mix of all three!
39. Do you do web design professionally?
Nope!
40. If not, would you like to? And if you're comfortable answering, what do you do for work?
(Shrug) Maybe! I like keeping my options open. I plan to major in producing/something related to storytelling :3
41. Do you communicate with people by email very much?
Not very much, I check it 24/7 though
42. Some people reject social media and use websites as a replacement. Do you keep social media outside of your website?
I do but I generally only use smaller ones like Toyhouse LOL. Youtubes the main exception.
43. How about instant messengers? Do you use a mainstream one like Discord or Telegram? Or something like Matrix? Do you avoid them?
I use Discord for the most part
44. Do you listen to music while you work on websites? If so, what kinds of artists?
Too many to name but my fav music artist is Madeon :3 you should listen to Adventure, today's it's 11 year anniversary! (the date im posting this I mean)
45. Do you keep everything you make on one website, or do you have more than one?
Currently it's all on one website!
46. On a similar note, do you keep to one topic on your site, or many?
Many!
47. Do you present your real self, or at least try? Or do you construct a persona on purpose?
Kinda a mix, obviously I filter myself a bit cause this is a public website. I'd say I'm generally myself on here!
48. Have you ever made a good friend thanks to your website?
Not yet, but I hope to!
49. Are you happy with the way HTML and CSS currently work?
Sure!
50. What are practices that you think people should avoid?
Being too scared to try new things.
51. What about under-utilised practices, or things you think people should do more?
Always back up your work. Please.
52. Do you use a lot of semantic HTML? Or are you guilty of generic structure?
I am very guilty of generic structure LOL
53. Do you consider different browsers?
Sometimes!
54. Speaking of, what's your preferred browser? Convince your readers why they should use it.
Google Chrome 💀 don't use it I only do cause there are extensions on here I can't bring to firefox. Otherwise I'd full on switch.
55. And what OS are you on?
Apple LMFAO
56. Do you have a strong opinion on that, or do you just happen to use it?
I just happen to use it!
57. Are your websites mobile-friendly?
Ideally I'd like them to be someday but currently not very much uwaaaah
58. What are your thoughts on autoplay?
If you make obnoxiously loud music autoplay without warning on your website I will Die (just give a heads up brother...please...)
59. What are your thoughts on webrings? Are you in any?
I like em! I'd like to join one soon :3
60. Do you have any web shrines? What do you like to see in that sort of page?
I do! I usually like seeing why people are passionate about the media/fun facts about the media!
61. Are your websites "cliche", in your opinion?
(shrug)
62. What is your ideal website? Are you striving for that, or for something else?
My ideal website is something that serves all the purposes I want it to, which even I don't know what that means for me yet!
63. Are you an artist? Do you draw or design your own assets?
Yes! I do sometimes :3
64. What are your favourite resource sites?
Glitter graphics...
65. Is there a habit you just can't get away from no matter how hard you try?
Not a good one but nail biting. I hope to kick it someday though!
66. What's your biggest advice for a new webmaster?
Learn from others! Don't be ashamed to ask for help! Also be patient w/ yourself web dev is scary
67. Do you keep all your styling in CSS? Or do you hard-code some?
I hate having seperate style sheets cause it's hard for my brain personally atm so whenever I can hard-code CSS into html I do
68. What do you think of frameset layouts?
They are neat :3
69. How about table-based layouts?
They are also neat!
70. Do you subscribe to the ideas of "one-column", "two-column" and "three-column" layouts? Do you use any of these?
Technically most of my website is a one-column website, but I hope to diversify past that!
71. Do you spend longer on the HTML or the CSS?
CSS 💀
72. Have you ever made a page with no CSS? It's useful for your thoughts.
Not yet...though I should try!
73. Do you ever find yourself making layouts with nothing to put on them? Or do you only make layouts when the need arises?
I'm very new to layout making, I usually use FTU ones others have made and heavily modify them from there.
74. Would you consider yourself a beginner? Or advanced? Somewhere in the middle?
Absolutely a beginner. I'm so very new to this
75. Do you have a habit of looking at the source code of websites you visit?
Yes LOL, it helps me understand!
76. How did YOU learn how to make websites?
Referencing others and locking myself in a box attempting to understand/do it myself
77. Do you ever force elements to do things they're not supposed to?
Yes.
78. Thoughts on floating elements?
I like them as long as they don't block stuff on the page :3
79. When you're sizing stuff, what do you use first? Do you use px, em, %, or something else?
I like px!
80. Do you have a favourite font?
Out of the preset ones I may be arial's only defender LMFAO
81. Would you run a website with another person? How would that work?
Maybe! We'd probably share the same text file and make edits whenever we can.
82. Do you surf the Web to find new personal websites very often?
Yes...
83. Do you bookmark other people's websites? How would you feel knowing someone else bookmarked yours?
Yes :3 I would be honored if someone did that for me!
84. What do you want people to be most impressed with when they see your website?
Mostly the content and/or design!
85. Are you interested in technology outside of websites? Do you collect?
I don't collect but I do like learning about tech!
86. How often and for how long are you online?
Decent chunk of the day I fear. I have a life though I swear
87. When it comes to your website, who is your target audience?
Myself mostly, and if people tend to enjoy stuff I do that's awesome!
88. Have you ever been interested in XHTML?
Not currently
89. Do you program in general? Have you ever written a program for use with or on your website, not counting simple JavaScript?
Not much...a lot of my programming is learning from others
90. Speaking of programs that help you make websites, what do you think of static site generators (SSGs)? Have you ever used one?
I haven't used one yet, but I am interested in learning more about em!
91. Do you keep a hitcounter? Why or why not?
No, but maybe I'll add one one day! I mostly just don't see a place to put it currently.
92. Do you frequent forums? Which ones?
Mostly only the Chicken Smoothie and Toyhouse forums LOL
93. Do you write your page content directly into the editor, or do you prepare it elsewhere, like a text document or a Word document?
I do it in HTML online and then paste it into Neocities
94. Do you think you appear cool to others? A more accurate answer now: do other people ever say you're cool?
People have told me I'm cool so perhaps I do, that depends on who's talking though ^_^
95. Are you embarrassed of your old work? Have you ever deleted everything out of shame?
Yes I have deleted out of shame many a times, I regret it though! I'm learning to be fine with messing up.
96. Would you close down your website if you couldn't update it, or would you leave an archive?
I'd likely leave an archive if I could!
97. Do you reveal a lot about yourself on your website? Or are you more secretive?
I'm in the middle with it currently I'd say
98. Are you willing to reveal who your best online friend is, and/or if they have a website?
I have many friends...so I cannot name them all...
99. And do you optimise the images on your website?
I try to!
100. We're out of time! How do you feel after answering 100 questions? ....other than exhausted.
It was fun :3