another 100q questionnaire but web themed

  yo there. here

1. Please introduce yourself.

'none and every' name whatever u want but we know u might not like this null thing so we go by brook (got an idea call us null sometime xd)

2. How long have you been making websites?

actually my very first pages were been made back in 2020/21 i guess?? with kompozer in school. later ive been fooling w/it a bit aaaand if seriously (true html css) november 2024, saw a yt vid abt neocities (thought there was no way 2 create sites 4 free since geocities time)

3. And what got you into the hobby?

im an enthusiast of old tech and web and stuff aaaaand i had this variant in thought when choosing the format for my ongoing project (yes we do mean c:hitw) but thought we'd have 2 pay then lol, indieweb is such a bliss

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

windows-dedicated- webprojects and big info sources or containing interesting js or design We Are Here 2 inspo and knowledge yes we'll read ur philosophical ramblings

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

depends, try 2 plan but turns out to be smth else or only one concept is held. chaos is healthy 2 c:hitw ngl making random samples 4 training or to use

6. Please link to your biggest inspirations.

oURHEAdspace no idea none and every??, no, rlly, the head of this fleshmachine link 2 it unite pls here it is (hope i make a href)

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

when they turn out cool. all the process maybe

8. And the thing you struggle with the most?

if it turns out there's no css 4 the thing we specifically want. or it's in early development/works on macos only/bring native font aliasing setting plss. or we remember working w/3d rooms. wacky css 3d rooms. ooooor inaccurate hue-rotate dudeee im makin a red=green colorblindness filter with colored lens use and the red one is dark asthewhat javascript is weird also but css is weirder we like it

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

wanted 2 use the same an year ago but. not needed anymore. we even wanna implement random index layouts stay tunedddddd also think of c:hitw

10. How confident are you with CSS?

lurking into mdn guides 50% of time but bc wanna find smth specific. been deep-diving for a few months so it's normal 2 learn im still learninggg

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

we do not use it sorry, will take a note of it

12. What is your favourite HTML element?

<div> is love <div> is life we do wrap nearly everything into divs

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

depends on the page, we quickly place divs and start,, maybe css maybe js, adding stuff when needed

14. Do you know JavaScript?

i know c# so i know the logic. not so confident w/js but still learning but i can say i can read it logically

15. How about PHP?

is this one allowed 2 use in nekoweb im fine w/weird js so no

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

unchanged i still like my index page

17. Are you more focused on content or design?

no content yet will be im primarily working on a webproject think of it again and

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

it costs money. fine w/.nekoweb

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

praise the old-web embrace the old-web dudeeeee i'll be a pro at mimicking those

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

as long as its not broken it's valid 2 us

21. What are your opinion on buttons and banners?

more windows pls. cool thing

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

'a cool rocks collection' but who does this pls add a 100% wide 100% tall cursor 2 not get lost in rows

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

we enjoy tiled overlay but i'd love 2 experiment. wildly

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

was once, unless got how their css works. now most of them look similar 2 us

25. What text editor do you use?

4 sites? right in the nekoweb editor. but now w/a help of developer menu (yes the ctrl+shift+i one) go test ur css easily. kompozer for rlly simple text2html editing. like now.

26. Why do you use that one?

fulfills our requests

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

try 2 stick 2 file.garden but due to the great russian iron curtain. some rlly important stuff is in nekoweb. but go install zapret and u might be fine. grab a real lot of dedicated telegram channels 2 see if smth works 4 u. have ur phone rooted--

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

nekoweb has free music and all files r allowed. for free. maybe if u have money or an older account u may host on neocities as u wish

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

30mb prolly i have a bunch of fonts and plugins

30. Do you keep local backups of your files?

we trust nekoweb but. we have only pictures

31. Do you prefer simple or highly visual websites?

any lol anything that'll work, eye-catching or interesting maybe

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

maybe but not rlly. no purpose at most

33. Have you ever thought about quitting? Why?

why. whats the point of quitting i may only disappear. let others see ur stars lool even if ur meatbag is destroyed

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

my 1.5 friends would struggle making a website and they confirmed it so no. didnt get any new. not interested

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

my sis, shes like a friend ngl. my friends r conjoined to us so numbers can be inaccurate. but irl is sis only. think mother isn't interested

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

when we work, used 2 be 'changed a few symbols - go save', now much less bc as we said, dev options and u can have patience 2 look at ur precious text later

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

we alr have this one. depends. as we wish, index carries almost the same design 4 an year

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

'coming soon'-focused. but probably it's smth between those all bc our vision our story, the hobby to make and to encourage others. windows graphics collection. maybe 'others' in the core

39. Do you do web design professionally?

abs no.

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

if my work is to divsmash, yea. but no. free flight. wdym what we do 4 work u mean sites maybe we uh should have a will

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

im managing a webring. and occasionally apply to some. finally we check mail.

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

only telegram and youtube only bc it suits better. and a chance to gain audience. to redirect them to c:hitw---

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

i have an art channel in telegram uh we do not talk much so 4 us tg is smth like twitter 4 u

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

right now, right from my website- my own. or maybe. tho we may be preferring silence. not rlly gonna write all the music down, answered in prev questionnaire go find we've left a rough playlist there

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

we have only one. no point in many

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

ultimate knowledge anything we can come with

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

i construct a webproject- nonono it's not the 'personal' type there's no need of wearing masks

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

still not made not interested x2

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

pls more css for customize-everything-in-tha-one-way and more to devmode, can we pls finally know what's the margin down there on a space never found, and if, margin=0

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

let them go how they go

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

a big cursor/row-column highlight for rlly big graphics collections. thats all

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

depends

53. Do you consider different browsers?

lazy but some pages r so light and simple so no need

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

any browser will work no matter which one we use

55. And what OS are you on?

it'd be weird for a pure windows enthusiast to be on something else but we get it. win10 to be precise

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

uhhhh not struggling w/it. i'd be using nt4/98/3.1 if i werent making things. wanna get few retro pcs

57. Are your websites mobile-friendly?

unconditionally. c:hitw is to be more mobile-friendly than corru.observer but still bad

58. What are your thoughts on autoplay?

if not autoplay, just cut out the half of my project. it's cool, given that browsers set this off by default and only if u want u can enable it

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

managing one- and in enough

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

we'd love 2 make one sometime

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

no. abs no. tho some particular pages may be but intentionally

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

an ideal website is that one working on ideas. hope mine suits

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

absolutely yes

64. What are your favourite resource sites?

mdn stuff and uhh if not we search it

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

maybe no maybe uh too few time to be summarized

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

nekoweb. has. free music.

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

isn't it also css or d u mean html tags depends it may be useful

68. What do you think of frameset layouts?

havent used but seen them in old web. mimicked them with div grids. works as intended. u can use them but div grids/js exist

69. How about table-based layouts?

div grids. an year ago was trying 2 make a table-based index it's such a painnn +more unreadable html. use these for authencity or if u use kompozer lol

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

u mean like old social media or what i use columns in my own way

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

css maybe bc <div style="a real long thing we have no point in making a whole file u may be have 2 hard-reload ur page on every change, ok ofc we use <style> but the same as div style

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

style="" counts? i place backgrounds at least, i may have zero 'hard' css somewhere but backgrounds. even tho it's just a table

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

random c:hitw samples. but ususlly the first is the idea of lol we totally need the marquee mayhem w/no idea where it'll be used

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

hobbyist or intermed

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

if they r interesting. we peek. we lurk. we may get inspired of their js

76. How did YOU learn how to make websites?

resources dude

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

and struggle if they dont have a straight way 4 that. wanted 2 manipulate some marquee speed. js refused 2 change its settings

78. Thoughts on floating elements?

fine

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

ohohohohohoho The Thing №2 For All Beginners To Know Use vw/vh (viewport stuff) don't forget 2 margin: 0 ur body

80. Do you have a favourite font?

windows sans serif aliased but not rlly

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

trust them. give ur nekoweb account or if they have their own, link them. we would if we had co-workers

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

we surf the web to find more stuff like u know windows gra-

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

if they have rlly interesting stuff. or webrings i may be applying 2 once. or inspo. bookmark us and forget have no idea why should u bookmark us rn if not the wait 4 c:hitw

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

c:hitw- ok actually the nonstandart and schizo

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

endlessly- we don't have much space so no retro pcs for now but.. i collect mobile phones, we have only a bunch of older androids. and stuff chips motherboards bc they look cool and actually interested in electrical engineering and lol a bunch

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

we work on c:hitw nearly every day but depends if it's just asset spamming/lore plotting or web development. we r online every day but not socially active. mostly for any other reasons.

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

who can get an inspo and who's ready 2 dive into all the madness of my project

88. Have you ever been interested in XHTML?

havent got to that

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

intermed javascript logic ok ok- c# used 2 make games and learning that one occasionally still but. i remember nekoweb doesnt allow the use of any other langs except 4 js

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 u made me interested. thought of making a c# prog randomizing html layouts 4 uknowwhat

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

not rlly bc couldnt figure out how it works. we have only 'increment' thing

92. Do you frequent forums? Which ones?

not in forums, may lurk into few but never texting there

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?

kompozer will be ur friend. im quite tired of answering bc of that no styling anymore but know im still here. or into the editor if im lazy 2 open kompozer. or using notepad as a clipboard

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

not so much were across here but they told us. and we think our site is cool

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

workin 4 too few so no. else is not related 2 web

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

if nekoweb fails 2 save it means my net is gross. enable vpn and u'll be fine. if no way - copypaste the entire to some txt

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

aaa aspec a-time autist nothing rlly hard only what u should keep mind of and few interests, also to keep those in mind

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

don't think the 'best friend' definition fits, but none have it. may be referring to 'my dear friend' but their name/personality won't give u anything

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

intentionally low-res have to say. or no. my pngs r small-sized

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

i could say the thing actually we were supposed to be in other place but. nevermind. a quite interesting thing indeed.