i saw that people were filling out this questionnaire and I was bored so why not. Might style this page later or it might just go into the graveyard of random plain html pages made on a whim lol
also i am very tired while writing this so excuse my random sarcasm or whatever this is lol
- 1. Please introduce yourself.
- hi i'm lazy so you can go look at the introduction page i already made
- 2. How long have you been making websites?
- almost a year not including the Google Sites stuff i messed around with in middle school
- 3. And what got you into the hobby?
- adhd hyperfixation turned autistic special interest
- 4. What kind of website are you most interested in?
- depends on the 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?
- this page is proof that i have zero plans
- 6. Please link to your biggest inspirations.
- i need to track down some of the first sites i saw and then i will fill this out sometime if i get around to it
- 7. What's your favourite part about making websites?
- a thirst for power
- 8. And the thing you struggle with the most?
- not knowing what in the world i'm even doing
- 9. Do you keep the same layout on all of your pages? Or do you use different ones?
- same layout different color scheme/theme
- 10. How confident are you with CSS?
- no
- 11. Do you know how to correctly use <dl>?
- i don't know how to correctly use half of the non-basic html stuff
- 12. What is your favourite HTML element?
- the element of surprise
- 13. If you're making a new web page from scratch, what is the first thing you do?
- link to 7.css
- 14. Do you know JavaScript?
- i know where to get javascript to do what i want but i can't say i know it
- 15. How about PHP?
- yes i know what that is certainly
- 16. Does your website have a theme that you stick to?
- converse high tops really the only repetitive motif besides the 7.css lol
- 17. Are you more focused on content or design?
- depends on the page
- 18. Do you own a domain name? If not, would you ever want to?
- nope.brokecollegestudent
- 19. What do you think of nostalgia-focused or "retro" websites?
- the frutiger aero speaks for itself
- 20. Is your HTML valid? Do you even check?
- nope it's full of fallacies
- 21. What are your opinion on buttons and banners?
- they exist
- 22. What do you think of button walls in particular?
- i need to update mine hahaha
- 23. If you started over again, would you make something similar or completely different?
- you're asking like i even had a plan to begin with
- 24. Are you envious of other people's websites?
- not really
- 25. What text editor do you use?
- inbuilt neocities
- 26. Why do you use that one?
- laziness
- 27. Do you host your image files on your web server, or on another host?
- on my neocities storage
- 28. This might not be relevant to you, but what's your opinion on the Neocities vs. Nekoweb debate?
- Dr. Pepper
- 29. How much server space would you estimate your main website takes up?
- apparently i'm at 3.62 GB of bandwidth if that's what you're asking
- 30. Do you keep local backups of your files?
- yes because i have trust issues lol
- 31. Do you prefer simple or highly visual websites?
- por que no los dos?
- 32. Do you stick to certain colours? Do you do that on purpose, or is it your subconscious?
- For some reason i keep coming back to grayscale. It's probably just because it's the easiest to make moodboards out of
- 33. Have you ever thought about quitting? Why?
- sometimes i consider deleting all traces of myself from the internet and then i remember it's all on the wayback machine already so there's no going back now
- 34. Do you have many webmaster friends, or is it a solitary hobby?
- i have some irl friends on here (the ones linked on my homepage)
- 35. Do people in your real life know about your website?
- only those two and whomever they tell^
- 36. Do you update your website very often? How often is "very often"?
- when i'm procrastinating actual responsibilities (so almost daily)
- 37. And the overall design, do you change that much? Why or why not?
- not really. too much work
- 38. Is your website more you-focused, hobby-focused, or outside world-focused?
- i just like making pretty pages and sometimes my hyperfixations seep in lol
- 39. Do you do web design professionally?
- no
- 40. If not, would you like to? And if you're comfortable answering, what do you do for work?
- no way i'm going into that industry haha.
- 41. Do you communicate with people by email very much?
- not really unless i have to
- 42. Some people reject social media and use websites as a replacement. Do you keep social media outside of your website?
- no.
- 43. How about instant messengers? Do you use a mainstream one like Discord or Telegram? Or something like Matrix? Do you avoid them?
- i've been using google chat to text my friends for forever at this point; i don't even remember why at this point
- 44. Do you listen to music while you work on websites? If so, what kinds of artists?
- 90s russian pop is my focus music for some reason lol
- 45. Do you keep everything you make on one website, or do you have more than one?
- one website is work enough
- 46. On a similar note, do you keep to one topic on your site, or many?
- i don't stay focused enough on one topic for that to be possible
- 47. Do you present your real self, or at least try? Or do you construct a persona on purpose?
- bold of you to assume i even know what my real self is haha
- 48. Have you ever made a good friend thanks to your website?
- no but i've met a lot of nice people
- 49. Are you happy with the way HTML and CSS currently work?
- yes but i have some beef with javascript
- 50. What are practices that you think people should avoid?
- i'm not your mom lol
- 51. What about under-utilised practices, or things you think people should do more?
- again i'm not your mom
- 52. Do you use a lot of semantic HTML? Or are you guilty of generic structure?
- ...i didn't know semantic html existed until my current site layout way pretty much already established...
- 53. Do you consider different browsers?
- i switched to firefox over the summer for no particular reason
- 54. Speaking of, what's your preferred browser? Convince your readers why they should use it.
- why do i have to have firm opinions on all this stuff
- 55. And what OS are you on?
- windows
- 56. Do you have a strong opinion on that, or do you just happen to use it?
- always used it but i wish it was still windows 7
- 57. Are your websites mobile-friendly?
- depends on the specific page
- 58. What are your thoughts on autoplay?
- autoplay is slay
- 59. What are your thoughts on webrings? Are you in any?
- i'm in a couple and they're neat i guess
- 60. Do you have any web shrines? What do you like to see in that sort of page?
- i have some shrines but they're all empty lol
- 61. Are your websites "cliche", in your opinion?
- other than the rampant 7.css i would say probably not
- 62. What is your ideal website? Are you striving for that, or for something else?
- again it's bold of you to assume i have any kind of plan
- 63. Are you an artist? Do you draw or design your own assets?
- i draw like once every two months and then forget art exists; i wouldn't say i'm terrible though
- 64. What are your favourite resource sites?
- i need to make some kind of directory at some point because i have so many resource sites bookmarked
- 65. Is there a habit you just can't get away from no matter how hard you try?
- finding myself on the weird side of pinterest every time i open it lol
- 66. What's your biggest advice for a new webmaster?
- never give your website up never let your website down never go and run around and desert it
- 67. Do you keep all your styling in CSS? Or do you hard-code some?
- i'm assuming i should know what that means
- 68. What do you think of frameset layouts?
- again i'm assuming i should know what that means
- 69. How about table-based layouts?
- they look cool
- 70. Do you subscribe to the ideas of "one-column", "two-column" and "three-column" layouts? Do you use any of these?
- i guess you could call my index page a two column
- 71. Do you spend longer on the HTML or the CSS?
- css for restyling every single page
- 72. Have you ever made a page with no CSS? It's useful for your thoughts.
- i have so many random plain html pages it's not even funny lol
- 73. Do you ever find yourself making layouts with nothing to put on them? Or do you only make layouts when the need arises?
- probably a good half of my pretty pages are completely unnecessary lol
- 74. Would you consider yourself a beginner? Or advanced? Somewhere in the middle?
- i really have no idea what i'm doing lol. i just burn bridges when i get to them or however that saying goes
- 75. Do you have a habit of looking at the source code of websites you visit?
- only if i want to figure out how something works
- 76. How did YOU learn how to make websites?
- pure BSing (baloney sandwiching)
- 77. Do you ever force elements to do things they're not supposed to?
- probably without realizing it lol
- 78. Thoughts on floating elements?
- look it floats
- 79. When you're sizing stuff, what do you use first? Do you use px, em, %, or something else?
- px for smaller stuff; % for bigger divs
- 80. Do you have a favourite font?
- Garamond
- 81. Would you run a website with another person? How would that work?
- sounds like a hastle
- 82. Do you surf the Web to find new personal websites very often?
- i spend so much time procrastinating things by doing that
- 83. Do you bookmark other people's websites? How would you feel knowing someone else bookmarked yours?
- i mostly bookmark resource sites and i would honestly be flattered
- 84. What do you want people to be most impressed with when they see your website?
- my secret rickroll powers
- 85. Are you interested in technology outside of websites? Do you collect?
- i recently got into kindle modding
- 86. How often and for how long are you online?
- ...no comment
- 87. When it comes to your website, who is your target audience?
- like i ever think that far ahead for my website lol
- 88. Have you ever been interested in XHTML?
- no idea what that is but it sounds fancy
- 89. Do you program in general? Have you ever written a program for use with or on your website, not counting simple JavaScript?
- i don't even know javascript properly lol
- 90. Speaking of programs that help you make websites, what do you think of static site generators (SSGs)? Have you ever used one?
- no but they seem interesting
- 91. Do you keep a hitcounter? Why or why not?
- i keep a viewcounter just because i think it's interesting
- 92. Do you frequent forums? Which ones?
- mostly just when i need answers to something specific
- 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?
- right into the editor lol
- 94. Do you think you appear cool to others? A more accurate answer now: do other people ever say you're cool?
- online maybe in person definitely not
- 95. Are you embarrassed of your old work? Have you ever deleted everything out of shame?
- i can't delete my wattpad account from when i was thirteen but i sincerely wish i could. i just pray that it never sees the light of day lol
- 96. Would you close down your website if you couldn't update it, or would you leave an archive?
- probably just leave it lol. i like random old archived stuff
- 97. Do you reveal a lot about yourself on your website? Or are you more secretive?
- i would rather not get stalked thank you
- 98. Are you willing to reveal who your best online friend is, and/or if they have a website?
- just the people i know from real life
- 99. And do you optimise the images on your website?
- my png page alone is taking up like half of the storage space i'm using... so no
- 100. We're out of time! How do you feel after answering 100 questions? ....other than exhausted.
- like i should go to bed because it's like 1:30 am lol