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100 Questions for Webmasters

Questionnaire by mouseling

1. Please introduce yourself.

Henlo I'm Stupied! The username is a product of decades old spelling mistake no one bothered to correcting me of.

2. How long have you been making websites?

As of answering this, I've been maintaining this website for 2 and a half years!

3. And what got you into the hobby?

Honestly can't remember. Fairly certain a blog post by LiteralHat convinced me to make one. Googled up "Free Wesbite Hosting" and the rest is history.

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

I love technically complicated websites with lots of art!!

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 start with a small sketch so I can properly plan the desktop and mobile look. Either have to compromise or find better solutions during the actual coding.

6. Please link to your biggest inspirations.

I have too many bruh but in terms of website making:

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

Looking back at it and finding stuff I forgot about.

8. And the thing you struggle with the most?

Actually finishing projects.

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

I like to break my website down to separate parts with each of them having their own distinct design that is consistent through out that section.

10. How confident are you with CSS?

Fairly confident. I think. maybe. not sure-

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

Nope.

12. What is your favourite HTML element?

The handy dandy <div> for when I have no idea what to use.

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

Add <main> to a container with a set max width.

14. Do you know JavaScript?

15. How about PHP?

Only in theory.

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

Usually it does but I get bored of it and frequently change it. Some pages are still stuck in a previous theming.

17. Are you more focused on content or design?

Both! I like designing to emphasize the content.

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

Unfortunately not because apparently my country is flagged as untrustworthy by most reputable domain registrars and they require me to hand over my national id.

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

I love anything frutiger-esque but rarely do people actually nail the style down correctly.

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

Just did, apparently not.

21. What are your opinion on buttons and banners?

They're cute!

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

Not as cute. Specifically ones where there is so much you start to wonder if the webmaster even cares about the website they are linking. Personally prefer curated and organized button collections with reasons why they're there.

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

Not sure, still figuring a lot of things out and I'd rather not have a true do-over.

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

No!!! I love creative people!! I love looking at funky sites!!! I am begging you all to continue making more cool shit!!!!!!

25. What text editor do you use?

VScode

26. Why do you use that one?

Live Server Extension + It's easy

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

I host all my images on my website because it saves from the headache of worrying about external hosts going down - which they always are.

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

I think they both have their own distinct communities and it be dumb to have static hosting pit against each other.

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

As of right now, all my websites take up 394.98 MB of storage.

30. Do you keep local backups of your files?

Yep! I also use github for version control and deploying my website.

31. Do you prefer simple or highly visual websites?

Although I like when there's a balance between the two, I definitely favor visually heavy websites more.

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

I should always have some shade of blue / teal or else I will DIE!

33. Have you ever thought about quitting? Why?

No, because this website is basically an archive of literally everything I do. I'll stop updating this website when I decide to stop doing anything with my life.

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

Most of my irl friends have humanitarian aspirations and aren't really into technically nerdy stuff. So I don't really have anyone to be webmasters with. It's fine, I've always been inclined to seclusion.

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

Sometimes I mention it in passing for the sake of having a conversation. Since most of them are normies they rarely have anything interesting to say about independent web or the current state of the internet. I highly doubt most gave it anymore than a thought.

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

At least once a week with small tweeks done every other day if possible.

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

It changes quite frequently because I will never be satisfied

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

Mostly hobby-focused with a lot of my art, oc writings, and rambling of whatever media I'm into. On a rare occasions I'll talk about what I'm up to irl.

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?

Haha no. Don't want to touch any of the modern frameworks and webdev norms. Also currently not working but pursuing a course in Computer Science!

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

Too much of a zoomer to use email and I hate being directly contacted in general.

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

Despite my dislike of them and their predatory nature, I recognize its importance in making connections. Only keeping accounts deemed "essential" though; Such as Instagram since it's relevant and common enough, Youtube to post videos, Deviantart to find autists who are looking for fanart of that ultra specific thing I happened to draw 3 years ago.

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

Sometimes pop in and out of Discord from time to time. Also use messenger because Facebook is like THE social media of the Philippines for some reason.

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

Either have a whole ass video in the background or in complete silence. Nothing in-between.

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

I like to keep most of everything in this website but I have separate websites for certain comics and non-stupied related things.

46. On a similar note, do you keep to one topic on your site, or many?

Anything and everything I like goes here. I happen to like quite a lot of things.

47. Do you present your real self, or at least try? Or do you construct a persona on purpose?

My pessimism and low self-esteem is greatly exaggerated for that #relatable points. I like happy things too!

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

I am too much of a socially inept lurker for that.

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

Refer to the answer in question number 37

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

Stupid ass crt effects you can't toggle off and loading screens you can't opt out of.

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

Relative units. Making visual heavy pages aren't that difficult to make responsive if you'd just stop using px for everything.

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

Trying my best to use the semantic tags, but my lack of knowledge makes it difficult.

53. Do you consider different browsers?

Everything but Safari.

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

Firefox. Is alright I guess.

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?

Just whatever's convenient. One day I'll be stuck up enough to care.

57. Are your websites mobile-friendly?

Yessir! It nice being able to access my website anywhere everywhere!

58. What are your thoughts on autoplay?

Annoying. Just don't.

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

Although I understand the criticism against them, personally found a handful of neat websites through them. I just wish they provided a js-less version of their widgets.

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

None of them are completed so far. I like when people get super ind-depth of their love of that media and give really obscure trivia that would otherwise be unknown.

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

I dunno, I don't care, I don't want to know.

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

My ideal website would be an effortless change the layout of and add content to.

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

Yep!!! I design most of my assets but I am not above using pre-made svgs or css pattern generators.

64. What are your favourite resource sites?

Go to this list

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

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

It's a bit overwhelming to start of with but I strongly suggest using github to deploy to neocities. Pinky promise it will save you a lot of pain and suffering once you've set it up correctly.

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

Usually have a fixed CSS styling for everything but sometimes use inline css for temporary items.

68. What do you think of frameset layouts?

<iframe> have their purpose but personally dislike when it's used for an entire layout. It makes the site feel so clunky and cheap.

69. How about table-based layouts?

No strong opinion on them.

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

Three-columns are too overwhelming and I never know what to put in them. I prefer sticking to two columns, with one bigger than the other to establish some visual hierarchy.

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

HTML is hastily put together and a lot of time is spent on css to adjust it. The goal is to write as little HTML tags possible.

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

Only for pages that won't matter that much.

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 make pages with the intention to put stuff in it. The problem is sometimes I get so caught up planning a seamless way of easily adding the content, I forget about actually adding the content.

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

Beginner who has deluded themselves to thinking they know anything.

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

Only whenever I encounter annoying visual quirks that I want to remove.

76. How did YOU learn how to make websites?

Through the scientific method of fucking around and finding out.

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

Not always in purpose.

78. Thoughts on floating elements?

I love them!!! - just as long it isn't blocking the main content

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

Usually I'll have a parent with a set width and aspect ratio. Then use percentage for sizing and aligning them.

80. Do you have a favourite font?

Grandstander and Barriecito

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

That'd be awesome. In love with the idea of creating an arg with someone or some sort of collaborative visual novel. They'll create the story and lore than I'll do all the visual and technical stuff.

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

Not really.

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

Tend to forget about my bookmarks. Usually rely on neocities / nekoweb's following feature to keep track of websites. Honestly the thought of people liking my website to bookmark and check on it is incredibly jarring to me.

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

My art gallery. Not the art itself but the system created for it. From the lightboxes to the justified gallery.

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

I love learning about old video game consoles, their limitations, and how game devs scooted ways around it. Too poor to collect them though so choosing to live vicariously through emulation.

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

Everyday at random intervals in various different sites.

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

Me! Everything on my website is for my own amusement and no one elses! Would prefer to have an older audience though. I've noticed a trend of tiktok roblox kids following me. If you fit in that category, do me a favor and don't interact with me. Thank You.

88. Have you ever been interested in XHTML?

Far too impulsive and careless to.

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

Dabbled in some Turbo C, Ruby, and Python here and there. Haven't made anything substantial with it though.

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

WOHOOO!!!!! I love them!! I think everyone should use one!!!!

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

They're usually not very accurate and I'd rather not know.

92. Do you frequent forums? Which ones?

Yes :)

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?

Type it directly unto VSCode. When not lazy, I'd paste the content into word to fix grammar and spelling then plunk it right back into VSCode.

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

I have recieved A handful of compliments but I'm far to cynical to ever fully trust it.

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

Only really care when they written works, since they can be dissected and examine word for word. Visual works are more abstract and require a bit of context to fully understand. So I have no problem with showing decade old work but will hurt internally with anything that has text in it.

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

In the horrible scenario that my work reaches mainstream consciousness, I probably will hide it away and only return once my work has slipped out of relevancy.

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

Sometimes think about blogging in detail about my life or venting but then realize its cringe and dumb so I end up vaugeposting posting instead.

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

Most of them are the 'DFE' type of people that prefer keeping their work offline. You'll know who they are if you've snooped through my website enough.

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

Currently hosting ~520 images in just my art gallery alone so, I kinda have to.

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

Jokes on you because I have a weird habit of answer from bottom to top!

Table of Contents

About Me

Characters

[OCS] Original

Disney

Pokemon

South Park

Vidya Games

Musica

OPM

Bands / Artists

Komics!!! ♡

Webcomics

Graphic Novels

Sunday Strips

Currently Reading

Movies n Films

Cartoons of All Time

Donald Duck Shorts

Miscellaneous Shorts

Inanimate Objects Donald Duck Has Had Beef With

Disney Stuff

Youtube Playlists

Favorite Wiki Pages

To Watch

Disney Film Watchlist

What Disney Movie To Watch Next?

Youtube Stuff

Animations

Video Essays

Edits

Game Shows

Meirl!!

They're just like me fr

Neat Sounding Words

Ebic Recipes

Baking

Cooking

Gonna leave this here cuz im too lazy to make another one rn

Dividers and Symbols

Websites

Wowza

Stamps n Blinkies

Wesbites!!

Neocities / Nekoweb

Games!!

Character Makers

Resources

My Stuff!!

Gadgets

Programs

Coding Stuff

Wishlist

100 Questions for Webmasters

Okay that's all!