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1. Please introduce yourself.

hi...

2. How long have you been making websites?

writing them since i was 13. making them in weebly since i was 9 and in the library at lunch.

3. And what got you into the hobby?

not sure! i think i've just always had a strong interest in them..

4. What kind of website are you most interested in?

personal sites, especially shrines where people go all out!

5. What's your workflow? Do you plan your websites out thoroughly or do you come up with the design as you go along?

kind of non-existent. i jot down ideas and inspiration, but otherwise i see as i go

6. Please link to your biggest inspirations.

dokode.moe. i'd been browsing sites for a little while, but that really jumpstarted me to make this one

7. What's your favourite part about making websites?

i find writing them to be super relaxing. except for when something doesn't work as expected. then the best part is the satisfaction of getting it to work

8. And the thing you struggle with the most?

properly optimising the way i create pages. i think ssg's may help with this? don't know, what i'm doing rn is working enough

9. Do you keep the same layout on all of your pages? Or do you use different ones?

mostly so far, but i have more off-layout pages planned :]

10. How confident are you with CSS?

solidly....

11. Do you know how to correctly use <dl>?

im very embarrassed to admit i've not used it before.. i will be using it now..

12. What is your favourite HTML element?

i like <hr>

13. If you're making a new web page from scratch, what is the first thing you do?

i try to avoud it. i like to copy in something else to work off as a base

14. Do you know JavaScript?

no... i can understand some parts and tweak it, but i definitely can't write it myself

15. How about PHP?

no..........

16. Does your website have a theme that you stick to?

kind of! green is good, except for when something else fits better

17. Are you more focused on content or design?

content for sure. on this site anyway

18. Do you own a domain name? If not, would you ever want to?

no, but i think i'd like to at some point

19. What do you think of nostalgia-focused or "retro" websites?

i think they're great :] mine takes inspirations from a lot of older sites

20. Is your HTML valid? Do you even check?

mostly. i think i've run some parts through checkers at some points.. if it works it works

21. What are your opinion on buttons and banners?

love them! i think i first (remember) stumbling across them on deviant art (before they gutted the site)

22. What do you think of button walls in particular?

awesome! i think a lot of the practicality can be lost, but the joy of an awesome button wall makes up for it

23. If you started over again, would you make something similar or completely different?

similar i think

24. Are you envious of other people's websites?

a bit. i try to focus on taking inspiration and thinking about how i might implement a similar idea to my site

25. What text editor do you use?

i gave up i just edit straight in neocities. sorry.

26. Why do you use that one?

lazy.... the ones i've used on mac aren't great and this works fine for me. it also makes me more likely to update stuff because it's less of a hassle

27. Do you host your image files on your web server, or on another host?

just on neocities

28. This might not be relevant to you, but what's your opinion on the Neocities vs. Nekoweb debate?

didn't know it was happening.. i've been using neocities since before nekoweb popped up so that's why i use it

29. How much server space would you estimate your main website takes up?

neocities says 504.75 MB. that jumped up a LOT in the last couple days. oops

30. Do you keep local backups of your files?

no. i have soooo many adobe files on my computer and drives i don't need all of this stuff too. i should at some point though

31. Do you prefer simple or highly visual websites?

hmm.. i really like both

32. Do you stick to certain colours? Do you do that on purpose, or is it your subconscious?

yes, kind of? i just like green a lot

33. Have you ever thought about quitting? Why?

no not ever. i just come back to my site when i have time

34. Do you have many webmaster friends, or is it a solitary hobby?

nope :[ my girlfriend lets me show them stuff though and they're always impressed lol

35. Do people in your real life know about your website?

kind of. i have it linked in some ways to socials that irls have, but i'm not sure that any have looked past the homepage

36. Do you update your website very often? How often is "very often"?

i took an accidental almost 2 year break... but once i'm back into the swing it's usually quite often

37. And the overall design, do you change that much? Why or why not?

nooooooooooooo. i'm not doing all of that.

38. Is your website more you-focused, hobby-focused, or outside world-focused?

interest-focused

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?

yeah! i study graphic design and i think doing some web design would be awesome. my sites that i create for class are pretty different, this one is a lot more laid-back, and me not stressing about every minor detail. i'm currently a full-time student and the job market is badddddd...

41. Do you communicate with people by email very much?

noooot really

42. Some people reject social media and use websites as a replacement. Do you keep social media outside of your website?

not really. i'd like to leave more socials, but it's where i connect with a lot of other artists, especially in my city.

43. How about instant messengers? Do you use a mainstream one like Discord or Telegram? Or something like Matrix? Do you avoid them?

i just use discord. it's where my groupchat of like 7 years is and i'm in uni clubs and other group servers

44. Do you listen to music while you work on websites? If so, what kinds of artists?

sometimes.. lately it's been some ninajirachi, but some more chill things work too. i struggle to write if i can hear too many words

45. Do you keep everything you make on one website, or do you have more than one?

just one, for now anyway

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?

i guess kind of my real self, but i don't give it much thought

48. Have you ever made a good friend thanks to your website?

not on here exactly. i've met some cool people and that's plenty enough for me to consider them a friend of sorts

49. Are you happy with the way HTML and CSS currently work?

i think?

50. What are practices that you think people should avoid?

entirely iframe-based sites. sorry guys i know they look cool but i want to properly bookmark your page

51. What about under-utilised practices, or things you think people should do more?

hmm.. have fun...:)

52. Do you use a lot of semantic HTML? Or are you guilty of generic structure?

a bit of both somehow i think

53. Do you consider different browsers?

no, i dabbled in opera several years ago though

54. Speaking of, what's your preferred browser? Convince your readers why they should use it.

i've been a lifelong firefox user since i was 6. uhm... it's nice. i like it

55. And what OS are you on?

mac (sequoia 15.7.3, i don't really want to update to tahoe for as long as i can avoid)

56. Do you have a strong opinion on that, or do you just happen to use it?

not really. i'm happy to use windows (or linux) but i just so happen to like mac's ui

57. Are your websites mobile-friendly?

no... sorry. maybe someday, but i'm really just making my site for myself

58. What are your thoughts on autoplay?

don't like it. just let me click play myself. i'll probably close the page, if not, i won't listen to any of the music (or god forbid videos)

59. What are your thoughts on webrings? Are you in any?

very cool! i'm in a handful

60. Do you have any web shrines? What do you like to see in that sort of page?

yes, finally!! anything really. i just love to see other people earnestly expressing their love for something

61. Are your websites "cliche", in your opinion?

don't think so? don't really care either

62. What is your ideal website? Are you striving for that, or for something else?

my ideal website is somewhere i can put things that i like and organise them in a way that makes me happy

63. Are you an artist? Do you draw or design your own assets?

yes. sometimes, not really. i'd like to do more maybe

64. What are your favourite resource sites?

i have some links

65. Is there a habit you just can't get away from no matter how hard you try?

writing breaks as </br>, i think my old IT teacher was encouraging me to write it that way as it was being actively phased out

66. What's your biggest advice for a new webmaster?

just start! that's the hardest part!

67. Do you keep all your styling in CSS? Or do you hard-code some?

in my css. except for when i'm evil

68. What do you think of frameset layouts?

i don't like them :( i really like to be able to access a certain page easily. i understand the appeal though

69. How about table-based layouts?

not sure? i use tables for some sections on my site where i shouldn't (usually to avoid js). i'll fix it up eventually. maybe.

70. Do you subscribe to the ideas of "one-column", "two-column" and "three-column" layouts? Do you use any of these?

i guess on this site i mostly have it as two-column, apart from the three-column homepage. i don't really think about it

71. Do you spend longer on the HTML or the CSS?

oooo.. html because i do more of it, but i do spend awhile tweaking the css

72. Have you ever made a page with no CSS? It's useful for your thoughts.

no, it seems nice for certain use-cases. i've not found one yet

73. Do you ever find yourself making layouts with nothing to put on them? Or do you only make layouts when the need arises?

nooooo...i wish. i have way more ideas for pages than ideas for layouts.

74. Would you consider yourself a beginner? Or advanced? Somewhere in the middle?

some weird mix. i think i'm generally quite capable, but my html and css knowledge is 95% self-taught as i go, so i think i have some real gaps in my knowledge

75. Do you have a habit of looking at the source code of websites you visit?

yesss! i love to see how people do things

76. How did YOU learn how to make websites?

in terms of html/css, i think i started by customising my profile on a site called furvilla when i was 12

77. Do you ever force elements to do things they're not supposed to?

not on purpose?

78. Thoughts on floating elements?

ok for some use-cases

79. When you're sizing stuff, what do you use first? Do you use px, em, %, or something else?

i use % sometimes, px is easy and makes my brain happy

80. Do you have a favourite font?

i just like serif fonts :]

81. Would you run a website with another person? How would that work?

no. that sounds stressful. i'd happily make sites FOR others, but not with them

82. Do you surf the Web to find new personal websites very often?

sometimes, i mostly come across new sites incidentally

83. Do you bookmark other people's websites? How would you feel knowing someone else bookmarked yours?

yes. that would make me smile :]

84. What do you want people to be most impressed with when they see your website?

i don't really mind what people think about it. i hope it makes them happy

85. Are you interested in technology outside of websites? Do you collect?

no, i don't think so. i collect lots of other things though

86. How often and for how long are you online?

too many hours :[

87. When it comes to your website, who is your target audience?

hmmm.. maybe kind of like-minded people who can enjoy it

88. Have you ever been interested in XHTML?

no.. html is enough for me

89. Do you program in general? Have you ever written a program for use with or on your website, not counting simple JavaScript?

not anymore. i was studying IT and comp sci, and i learnt a little VBA and C++, but i'm really not too interested in it. and no

90. Speaking of programs that help you make websites, what do you think of static site generators (SSGs)? Have you ever used one?

no, it sounds cool though

91. Do you keep a hitcounter? Why or why not?

no, i feel like i'd get too in my head about it. i can see enough (too many) stats on neocities, and comments on my guestbook are plenty

92. Do you frequent forums? Which ones?

a little. i've been getting back into chicken smoothie

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?

editor..

94. Do you think you appear cool to others? A more accurate answer now: do other people ever say you're cool?

i've been told as much

95. Are you embarrassed of your old work? Have you ever deleted everything out of shame?

a little. but i did appreciate the earnestness

96. Would you close down your website if you couldn't update it, or would you leave an archive?

archive for sure

97. Do you reveal a lot about yourself on your website? Or are you more secretive?

some things. i'm getting a bit more comfy with sharing

98. Are you willing to reveal who your best online friend is, and/or if they have a website?

they don't have sites, but here's some of my best internet friends: kal, nate, kai, nana, millie, lex

99. And do you optimise the images on your website?

sometimes. not really. a lot of them are resources so it doesn't often make sense to

100. We're out of time! How do you feel after answering 100 questions? ....other than exhausted.

hungry. i need to go have late lunch its 7pm