Questions and Answers

credits: dustedpink mouseling Killing_Machine

Q1. introduce yourself

Hi, I'm Sam. I like.. art and crafts, eyes, void and stuff..

Q2. How long have you been making websites?

I joined neocities around Oct 30 2023, i have little coding experience and left it there until i learned the basics of html, css and all of that, im a slow learner

Q3. And what got you into the hobby?

it started when i first joined spacehey and toyhouse, i discovered stamps, blinkies, buttons etc. it made me wanna have a funky cool website where i have all of those.. i just wanna have my own corner of the internet, my own digital void if you ask me..

Q4. What kind of website are you most interested in?

The ones that are cute, filled with creepiness, people that will throw random bs to make cool visuals

Q5. What's your workflow? Do you plan your websites out thoroughly or do you come up with the design as you go along?

I have terrible coding skills so i rely on templates made by other peeps and code snippets

Q6. Please link to your biggest inspirations.

shout out to luvkeistar for movidating me to make my own website

Q7. What's your favourite part about making websites?

the freedom to do whatever the fuck you want ofc, i like the stamps and blinkies too

Q8. And the thing you struggle with the most?

ideas and remembering

Q9. Do you keep the same layout on all of your pages? Or do you use different ones?

again, i rely on templates and reuse code because im lazy as fuck

Q10. How confident are you with CSS?

50% confident and 50% not confidient

Q11. Do you know how to correctly use dl?

idk whats that

Q12. What is your favourite HTML element?

prob the 'img src' cause i like to throw random images

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

find a template

14. Do you know JavaScript?

no

15. How about PHP?

idk whats that

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

pink, black, purple, blue, white. i like those colors

17. Are you more focused on content or design?

yes

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

i would stick to neocities and nekoweb, since i need to save moneyI fear a domain service will hold my url hostage if I forget to pay.

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

some would hate it and call it 'retroslop' but for me, a fellow internet dweller, i would say HELL YA

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

eh, if it works, it works, but I fear I’m always missing something.

21. What are your opinion on buttons and banners?

i loved it

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

very cool, loved it

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

i would die

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

100%, I envy the fact they know js and code stuff i didnt know

25. What text editor do you use?

...w3schools.com...

26. Why do you use that one?

I say its better..

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

i hosted on file garden and hotlink so much it takes up bandwidth (┬┬﹏┬┬)

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

I use both, neocities in the main, nekoweb as a sub website, i think its stupid

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

I have no idea

30. Do you keep local backups of your files?

no and i should, because im scared its gonna be wiped and become lost media

31. Do you prefer simple or highly visual websites?

i love both, sometimes they are oversimulating and it makes my brain dizzy

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

again, pink black purple blue and white, mostly purple and black

33. Have you ever thought about quitting? Why?

I will never quit, i mean, i rather be lazy as fuck than quitting

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

my parents, siblings, grandma and ate know about it.. i think?

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

i made the useless updates and i would add useless stamps or blinkies lmao

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

yeah, i have a idenity crisis..

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

I feel like it’s pretty me-focused, I don’t have much else to talk about otherwise.

39. Do you do web design professionally?

no, again, i have little knowlage of web designing and rely on templates

40. If not, would you like to? And if you're comfortable answering, what do you do for work?

Im currently unemployed and will never get a professional job, i might work as a janitor or smth

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

no, since i use my gmail that contains my real name and i dont wanna doxx myself

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

yeah, im like everywhere and exist pretty much everywhere

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 to communicate with my online friends, i use whatsup for my family and telegram for school..

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

yeah but sometimes no, since i get easily distracted, i like to listen whatever my ears like

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

i have neocities and nekoweb, yes

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

many, i mean many

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

i avoid face revealing i dont wanna risk porn deepfakes of me on the darkweb, i have like 5000+ sonas

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

not yet

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

hotlinking so much since thats gonna break images

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

idk, maybe NOT make text so unreadable

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

idk whats that

53. Do you consider different browsers?

yeah, but i have to use google for now cause i rely on gmail..

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

Idc what browser they use, they have freewill and im not there to police em

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?

my laptop in typing currently is shit and broken rn, i have to wait for my mom to buy a new one with 500 gb of storage or whatever...

57. Are your websites mobile-friendly?

no, i apologize to the mobile users who went to my website, only to be met with so much shit going around

58. What are your thoughts on autoplay?

Evil. Especially when it’s super loud. I’ve been jumpscared by Neocities sites so many times.

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

Webrings are okay, i like em, but i dont join much...

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

I have, im too lazy to make more and plus, i use templates to make em

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

idk what you mean by that

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

to be a area where you like to do stuff

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

im a digital/traditional artist, yes i design my own assets.. and stuff

64. What are your favourite resource sites?

one BIG masterlist with all the templates, all the blinkies, stamps and buttons i want..

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

i add new blinkies, buttons, stamps, etc.

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

have fun and do whatever you wantt

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

idk what you mean

68. What do you think of frameset layouts?

they are great and easy for me

69. How about table-based layouts?

idk whats that

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

idk

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

html 100%

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

only on toyhouse.. i guess

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, since im shit at coding and stuff...

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

somewhere in the middle and beginnerish

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

yeahh

76. How did YOU learn how to make websites?

i just use w3schools.com and self taught and stuff..

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

no

78. Thoughts on floating elements?

idk

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

i prefer the % and px

80. Do you have a favourite font?

i like the pixel font

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

with my paranoia that they will become problematic, i think no

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

when im bored, sometimes i caught myself revisit the same websites i like

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

i like to bookmark em when they dont have a button to add into my button collection but idk if people booked mark my site

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

My obession of stamps and blinkies ofc

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

im thinking about making my own cyberdeck... i would like to collect cute old game concoles, game boy, a modified nintendo switch and maybe a cute robot and a ai that doesnt need water to consume

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

im always online, im everywhere, i always be there, i would be offline if im in a hospital or something..

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

fellow void and eye lovers like me, bonus if they like the color purple and into creepy and cute stuff

88. Have you ever been interested in XHTML?

thats the first time im hearing about it, what is it? a premium version of it?

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

uhhh idk

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

???????????

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

im planning to add one

92. Do you frequent forums? Which ones?

im planning to sign up to one

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 write it in w3schools code editor and i paste my code into a notepad just incase i accdienly delete the tab

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

eh, they see me more of a quiet lurker on the internet who doesnt talk much

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

yeah and rn, im sad since most of my work prob be lost media that will never be found

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

I would leave it on a archive because i refuse to delete it

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

i dont have a person whos very very very close to me but i am happy if they have a website, i wont reveal them because ethier they want to stay anonymous or im gatekeeping them

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

i have no idea

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

I AM MUCH OVERWHELMED, but im happy to try my best to answer the best i could...

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