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100 Questions for Webmasters
- 1. Please introduce yourself.
- Already did.
- 2. How long have you been making websites?
- Since I was around 14-15.
- 3. And what got you into the hobby?
- I don’t recall.
- 4. What kind of website are you most interested in?
- Anything, really. More inclined if it’s train focused.
- 5. What's your workflow? Do you plan your websites out thoroughly or do you come up with the design as you
go along?
- Hope and pray.
- 6. Please link to your biggest inspirations.
- I don’t have any that come to mind.
- 7. What's your favourite part about making websites?
- Ignoring JS.
- 8. And the thing you struggle with the most?
- JS.
- 9. Do you keep the same layout on all of your pages? Or do you use different ones?
- Depends.
- 10. How confident are you with CSS?
- Confident enough. I prefer using templates to make workflow “easier” (Still takes forever).
- 11. Do you know how to correctly use <dl>?
- I never use it as I’ve found no use to, yet.
- 12. What is your favourite HTML element?
- HTML is evil.
- 13. If you're making a new web page from scratch, what is the first thing you do?
- Die.
- 14. Do you know JavaScript?
- No.
- 15. How about PHP?
- No.
- 16. Does your website have a theme that you stick to?
- Somewhat.
- 17. Are you more focused on content or design?
- Shrugs.
- 18. Do you own a domain name? If not, would you ever want to?
- I like not spending money.
- 19. What do you think of nostalgia-focused or "retro" websites?
- Nice, depending on if they hurt my eyes or not. Usually they hurt my eyes.
- 20. Is your HTML valid? Do you even check?
- Probably.
- 21. What are your opinion on buttons and banners?
- I like them.
- 22. What do you think of button walls in particular?
- My eyes hurt.
- 23. If you started over again, would you make something similar or completely different?
- I just started over.
- 24. Are you envious of other people's websites?
- Not really.
- 25. What text editor do you use?
- VS Studio.
- 26. Why do you use that one?
- Easy.
- 27. Do you host your image files on your web server, or on another host?
- I host them.
- 28. This might not be relevant to you, but what's your opinion on the Neocities vs. Nekoweb debate?
- I use both.
- 29. How much server space would you estimate your main website takes up?
- No clue. I don’t really check.
- 30. Do you keep local backups of your files?
- Yes.
- 31. Do you prefer simple or highly visual websites?
- Easy to read ones.
- 32. Do you stick to certain colours? Do you do that on purpose, or is it your subconscious?
- Warm colors, like I do with my art.
- 33. Have you ever thought about quitting? Why?
- Coding is evil.
- 34. Do you have many webmaster friends, or is it a solitary hobby?
- I guess?
- 35. Do people in your real life know about your website?
- Yes, not the name though.
- 36. Do you update your website very often? How often is "very often"?
- Eh.
- 37. And the overall design, do you change that much? Why or why not?
- I relapse on making a new better design every few years. Hopefully this one lasts longer.
- 38. Is your website more you-focused, hobby-focused, or outside world-focused?
- Hobby focused.
- 39. Do you do web design professionally?
- I would rather not.
- 40. If not, would you like to? And if you're comfortable answering, what do you do for work?
- Fuck No.
- 41. Do you communicate with people by email very much?
- I hate email. Did you know there’s a defunct boy group named E-Male? With Starlight Express cast members?
They had a singular song.
- 42. Some people reject social media and use websites as a replacement. Do you keep social media outside of
your website?
- I use social media. Where else can I complain about things that don’t matter?
- 43. How about instant messengers? Do you use a mainstream one like Discord or Telegram? Or something like
Matrix? Do you avoid them?
- Discord. Telegram is only good for pira(I can't say this)
- 44. Do you listen to music while you work on websites? If so, what kinds of artists?
- I always listen to music. Mostly musicals. I’m listening to Mien Spiel (1989 Kapa Kitchen Recording) as I
type.
- 45. Do you keep everything you make on one website, or do you have more than one?
- I have a few. Some websites are very old…
- 46. On a similar note, do you keep to one topic on your site, or many?
- Many, if it's not for a specific character.
- 47. Do you present your real self, or at least try? Or do you construct a persona on purpose?
- Shrugs.
- 48. Have you ever made a good friend thanks to your website?
- Nope.
- 49. Are you happy with the way HTML and CSS currently work?
- I hate coding.
- 50. What are practices that you think people should avoid?
- Coding.
- 51. What about under-utilised practices, or things you think people should do more?
- I don’t know.
- 52. Do you use a lot of semantic HTML? Or are you guilty of generic structure?
- Semantic.
- 53. Do you consider different browsers?
- No.
- 54. Speaking of, what's your preferred browser? Convince your readers why they should use it.
- Firefox.
- 55. And what OS are you on?
- Windows 11.
- 56. Do you have a strong opinion on that, or do you just happen to use it?
- I don’t care about computer software.
- 57. Are your websites mobile-friendly?
- Allegedly. I don't really care to make anything mobile friendly because I don't look at websites on my
phone.
- 58. What are your thoughts on autoplay?
- Don’t like it…
- 59. What are your thoughts on webrings? Are you in any?
- Fine enough.
- 60. Do you have any web shrines? What do you like to see in that sort of page?
- I like showing my mild insanity for fictional men.
- 61. Are your websites "cliche", in your opinion?
- Dunno.
- 62. What is your ideal website? Are you striving for that, or for something else?
- 500 trains.
- 63. Are you an artist? Do you draw or design your own assets?
- Sadly.
- 64. What are your favourite resource sites?
- I don’t have favorites.
- 65. Is there a habit you just can't get away from no matter how hard you try?
- Saving every 2 seconds.
- 66. What's your biggest advice for a new webmaster?
- Use templates and inspect other peoples code. Don’t use mine though it sucks.
- 67. Do you keep all your styling in CSS? Or do you hard-code some?
- For the most part. Some things are hard coded.
- 68. What do you think of frameset layouts?
- Ambivalent.
- 69. How about table-based layouts?
- Ambivalent.
- 70. Do you subscribe to the ideas of "one-column", "two-column" and "three-column" layouts? Do you use any
of these?
- Ambivalent.
- 71. Do you spend longer on the HTML or the CSS?
- HTML.
- 72. Have you ever made a page with no CSS? It's useful for your thoughts.
- No.
- 73. Do you ever find yourself making layouts with nothing to put on them? Or do you only make layouts when
the need arises?
- No…?
- 74. Would you consider yourself a beginner? Or advanced? Somewhere in the middle?
- Decent enough.
- 75. Do you have a habit of looking at the source code of websites you visit?
- I’m addicted to stealing code.
- 76. How did YOU learn how to make websites?
- Started editing Toyhouse templates.
- 77. Do you ever force elements to do things they're not supposed to?
- I don’t know.
- 78. Thoughts on floating elements?
- Fine enough.
- 79. When you're sizing stuff, what do you use first? Do you use px, em, %, or something else?
- PX.
- 80. Do you have a favourite font?
- Not yet.
- 81. Would you run a website with another person? How would that work?
- No.
- 82. Do you surf the Web to find new personal websites very often?
- Nope.
- 83. Do you bookmark other people's websites? How would you feel knowing someone else bookmarked yours?
- I forget bookmarking is a thing.
- 84. What do you want people to be most impressed with when they see your website?
- My unhealthy obsession with CB the red caboose.
- 85. Are you interested in technology outside of websites? Do you collect?
- Trains. I wish I had a caboose in my backyard.
- 86. How often and for how long are you online?
- Until I'm asleep.
- 87. When it comes to your website, who is your target audience?
- Myself.
- 88. Have you ever been interested in XHTML?
- What?
- 89. Do you program in general? Have you ever written a program for use with or on your website, not
counting simple JavaScript?
- I’d rather tie myself to a train track.
- 90. Speaking of programs that help you make websites, what do you think of static site generators (SSGs)?
Have you ever used one?
- Good.
- 91. Do you keep a hitcounter? Why or why not?
- Lazy.
- 92. Do you frequent forums? Which ones?
- Toyhouse forums :[
- 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?
- Sometimes Google Docs, but I figured out there's a spellchecker for VS studio…
- 94. Do you think you appear cool to others? A more accurate answer now: do other people ever say you're
cool?
- I look abnormal and strange, probably.
- 95. Are you embarrassed of your old work? Have you ever deleted everything out of shame?
- Yes.
- 96. Would you close down your website if you couldn't update it, or would you leave an archive?
- Why would I delete it?
- 97. Do you reveal a lot about yourself on your website? Or are you more secretive?
- Not really?
- 98. Are you willing to reveal who your best online friend is, and/or if they have a website?
- He doesn’t.
- 99. And do you optimise the images on your website?
- Maybe.
- 100. We're out of time! How do you feel after answering 100 questions? ....other than exhausted.
- I want to look at trains.