Brie-Draws

100 Questions for Webmasters

by Mousecky!

1. Please introduce yourself.: Hiii!! I'm Brie!!
2. How long have you been making websites?: TOO LONG..... I started when I was around 7-8... I was born in 1998. I don't wanna edit this later on so whoevers reading this can do the math.
3. And what got you into the hobby?: It's been too long so I can't name a specific; I was just a kid on the 00s internet and found out that was a thing I could do... FOR FREE!
4. What kind of website are you most interested in?: Personal/Art websites-- especially when a site has both! Anything interesting... I like seeing people appreciate things I like, I like seeing people be obsessed with things I've never heard of, ectect...
5. What's your workflow? Do you plan your websites out thoroughly or do you come up with the design as you go along?: Everytime I have a base sketch of what I want in my head-- sometimes I even draw out webpages before creating them! I tend to edit as I go...
6. Please link to your biggest inspirations.
7. What's your favourite part about making websites?: Having something finished; To sound egotistical, I just like staring at my finished projects and knowing it contains stuff in a way I can easily navigate...
8. And the thing you struggle with the most?: Optimization....................................................................
9. Do you keep the same layout on all of your pages? Or do you use different ones?: I like to keep my core pages the same, but mix it up with "special" pages, like my "YouTube" page and OC pages!
10. How confident are you with CSS?: Decent enough!
11. Do you know how to correctly use <dl>?: I'll be so real I didn't know this existed before I did this questionaire
12. What is your favourite HTML element?: img tag my beloved...
13. If you're making a new web page from scratch, what is the first thing you do?: Copy the basic header I use LOL
14. Do you know JavaScript?: Decent enough...! I can make my way around it
15. How about PHP?: Erm..................
16. Does your website have a theme that you stick to?: "Personal/Art"... I do like a themed navigation system/homepage/ect
17. Are you more focused on content or design?: Content!
18. Do you own a domain name? If not, would you ever want to?: One day I want one...
19. What do you think of nostalgia-focused or "retro" websites?: It makes me happy! Especially the gaudy ones-- Keep it alive!
20. Is your HTML valid? Do you even check?: .............Erm............
21. What are your opinion on buttons and banners?: LOVE THEM!!! They're so cute and I think they can say a lot in a small space!!
22. What do you think of button walls in particular?: I like them!! Reminds me of being a kid on fansites/old dA lol. I do think it's important to have nice placement of them.
23. If you started over again, would you make something similar or completely different?: Something similar probably lol
24. Are you envious of other people's websites?: Not really? Maybe when people have really organized code, but a website is a personal extension, so I put what I like most on my site.
25. What text editor do you use?: Visual Studio Code
26. Why do you use that one?: I had it already because of Ren'py and course work I did a while back, so it was convient in that sense. Plus, I like a live code editor/ability to have a backup on my drive
27. Do you host your image files on your web server, or on another host?: I've been trying to move my important files to my own server... Trying to use other hosts less
28. This might not be relevant to you, but what's your opinion on the Neocities vs. Nekoweb debate?: A site's a site man, who cares. I don't even know if there's a big difference.
29. How much server space would you estimate your main website takes up?: Without art, not a lot. With the art factored in............................ Well.
30. Do you keep local backups of your files?: Yes!!!! I hate editing without a backup; I have a backup of old site designs even lol
31. Do you prefer simple or highly visual websites?: OVERALL Highly visual... But a simpler website can be good if there's a lot to explore... I guess space utilization is the key. If I can't navigate your website because it's too visual, that puts me off.
32. Do you stick to certain colours? Do you do that on purpose, or is it your subconscious?: I like having a "main" color theme... But I know I gravitate towards certain colors more... I like a nice pink or cyan site...
33. Have you ever thought about quitting? Why?: In a way, but more or less of the internet as a whole... A fantasy of becoming a hermit... If that doesn't happen, then no. (Perhaps in depression spirals too, but that doesn't count lol)
34. Do you have many webmaster friends, or is it a solitary hobby?: I know a few people! But I'm a very shy person, so I don't tend to talk to others...
35. Do people in your real life know about your website?: ...lol
36. Do you update your website very often? How often is "very often"?: I try at least a few times a month!
37. And the overall design, do you change that much? Why or why not?: I try and change it 1-2 times a year, if possible! It feels wrong to have a summery website in winter, you know...
38. Is your website more you-focused, hobby-focused, or outside world-focused?: Me-focused/hobby-focused? My hobbies are my personal projects... So I don't know if I can seperate the two. Maybe outside world-focused in terms of reviews...
39. Do you do web design professionally?: No lol
40. If not, would you like to? And if you're comfortable answering, what do you do for work?: If I was better at it, yeah, maybe. I'm in another tech-related field.
41. Do you communicate with people by email very much?: Occasionally! I like doing it, I'm just bad at replying..............
42. Some people reject social media and use websites as a replacement. Do you keep social media outside of your website?: Yes...! Too much!...
43. How about instant messengers? Do you use a mainstream one like Discord or Telegram? Or something like Matrix? Do you avoid them?: Yes, Discord!
44. Do you listen to music while you work on websites? If so, what kinds of artists?: Usually whatever's in my rotation! When writing up things, it's easier to listen to things where I can't understand the lyrics (or else sometimes I'll start typing the lyrics lol). The only exception is writing album reviews. I guess I listen to a lot of vkei/rock/goth/emo/alt.
45. Do you keep everything you make on one website, or do you have more than one?: I have 2...3?! 1 is for an art project thing I was doing called TamaStation... Maybe i'll update it one day, or it'll be a game lol. I also had a vk fansite I keep saying I'll work on but image optimization is an issue.
46. On a similar note, do you keep to one topic on your site, or many?: I keep many!! Anything that holds my interest!!!
47. Do you present your real self, or at least try? Or do you construct a persona on purpose?: My real self; Everything is my own opinions and work!
48. Have you ever made a good friend thanks to your website?: I've made friends/strengthened friendships...!
49. Are you happy with the way HTML and CSS currently work?: I guess so...?
50. What are practices that you think people should avoid?: Personally, it annoys me when there's like links to pages but you click them and they don't work, but there's no "WIP" denomination... I realize it's a petty thing, but it frustrates me.
51. What about under-utilised practices, or things you think people should do more?: Get weird with it more!!!! Yeah!!!!
52. Do you use a lot of semantic HTML? Or are you guilty of generic structure?: Probably more generic structure.........
53. Do you consider different browsers?: Sort of...? I check things on my tablet's screen, but it's not a full solution to issues...
54. Speaking of, what's your preferred browser? Convince your readers why they should use it.: Firefox! I dunno... Chrome sucks. Fire... Fox.
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?: Raised in the Windows operating system and I personally find the use of Macs to frustrate me... Plus, there are far too many hoops to run basic RPGM games on them... In 2025!!!
57. Are your websites mobile-friendly?: Depends what you qualify as mobile... It's mobile friendly for my Samsung Tablet! For phones... I don't suggest it.......
58. What are your thoughts on autoplay?: Personally I hate it. I think it's worse because everyone has their volumes at different levels, so one site could be very quiet and another can melt your ears off. Please just give me a play button and perhaps a volume control...
59. What are your thoughts on webrings? Are you in any?: I think they're an incredibly adorable idea! I'm too shy to join them, but one day....
60. Do you have any web shrines? What do you like to see in that sort of page?: Not really, but I want to make some more dedicated to my interests!! I like general knowledge, links for more info, images... I think the best ones can make an enlightening experience for people who are already into the subject of the shrine as well as those unfamiliar!
61. Are your websites "cliche", in your opinion?: Not really...? I guess elements of it are, but given a lot of it are my own creations, I'd like to think they're not.
62. What is your ideal website? Are you striving for that, or for something else?: Some sort of nice directory that provides a fun experience for particiants... I guess I'd like that for my own site...! It'll take a while...
63. Are you an artist? Do you draw or design your own assets?: Yes!!! I'm a control freak, so even things like borders I like to draw, even though it'd be simplier to get them from a f2u site...
64. What are your favourite resource sites?: ... I don't really use any ;;; Anything that comes up when you type "cat kaomoji" ?
65. Is there a habit you just can't get away from no matter how hard you try?: Having the worst optimization known to man
66. What's your biggest advice for a new webmaster?: GET SILLY WITH IT NOW....!!!!!!!! And man just make the site. You can finesse things later. I've had 3? major iterations of this site. At first it looked like a very bland 90s webpage and just advertised my games.
67. Do you keep all your styling in CSS? Or do you hard-code some?: MOSTLY in CSS. I think the only exception is sometimes I hard-code spoiler tags and collapsabile divs.
68. What do you think of frameset layouts?: I like them! I think it depends how you use them overall though.
69. How about table-based layouts?: Same with frames, depends how you use it.
70. Do you subscribe to the ideas of "one-column", "two-column" and "three-column" layouts? Do you use any of these?: I don't use them... I think again, it depends how these things are used.
71. Do you spend longer on the HTML or the CSS?: HTML for sure LOL
72. Have you ever made a page with no CSS? It's useful for your thoughts.: I don't think so...?
73. Do you ever find yourself making layouts with nothing to put on them? Or do you only make layouts when the need arises?: Only when the need arises! Then I scramble to figure out what the hell I want LOL
74. Would you consider yourself a beginner? Or advanced? Somewhere in the middle?: Somewhere in the middle... I've been doing this for enough years and even had a mini 1-week course on basic HTML lol. However, I know I do a lot of "bad practices" that'd piss any professional off.
75. Do you have a habit of looking at the source code of websites you visit?: Not really? I used to sometimes, but not so much anymore. I only really tend to for certain elements when trying to figure something out (i.e., it took me a while to figure out how to use a certain music player element I never really ended up having a use for... But the documentation didn't really help /too/ much, so I looked at sites that also used it and reversed engineered to figure out what the hell my issue was)
76. How did YOU learn how to make websites?: LOTS OF TRIAL AND ERROR.... And some looking at codes. Ironically, at first I jacked a lot of info from Uyuni of Pinokiwo fame's site to try and play around and figure out how to build stuff from scratch... As an old web ghoulie, I actually used site builders LOL so I only had incredibly basic HTML experience-- Even things like nesting DIVS were foreign at a point.
77. Do you ever force elements to do things they're not supposed to?: ...... Yeah.
78. Thoughts on floating elements?: When used right, they're very cool!!!
79. When you're sizing stuff, what do you use first? Do you use px, em, %, or something else?: px........ I'm sorry, px is like an old friend to me
80. Do you have a favourite font?: VCR OSD Mono and PC-9900 V2!! ... I don't use any of these for site building, sadly u_u
81. Would you run a website with another person? How would that work?: Sure, if I felt comfortable with someone! I wouldn't mind if someone was more knowledgable on a topic than me, but we both cared about it, doing artwork for the site!
82. Do you surf the Web to find new personal websites very often?
83. Do you bookmark other people's websites? How would you feel knowing someone else bookmarked yours?
84. What do you want people to be most impressed with when they see your website?
85. Are you interested in technology outside of websites? Do you collect?: Yes I love technology!!! I don't have the means to spend too much on collecting...
86. How often and for how long are you online?: ... Too much!
87. When it comes to your website, who is your target audience?: Me... Aside from me?... I guess people who wanna see my art/stories... ?
88. Have you ever been interested in XHTML?: Yeah! I don't know too much about it...
89. Do you program in general? Have you ever written a program for use with or on your website, not counting simple JavaScript?: Not really-- I code outside of website design, but that's more or less database-related. Any other project I've coded also hasn't grown legs... Maybe one day...
90. Speaking of programs that help you make websites, what do you think of static site generators (SSGs)? Have you ever used one?: I don't use one because I'm too stubborn LOL. As I kid I used one because of the service I used... Now I don't mind if other people do, I just think people should make sure to add their own personal stamp on things!
91. Do you keep a hitcounter? Why or why not?: Yes... But I can't say I really care about getting site hits. It's more 1. Nostalgia 2. I wanted to make a cute one..... Funny enough, in a similar vein and despite having one, I have an extension that deletes follower count from every social media I'm on because it makes me so nervous-.
92. Do you frequent forums? Which ones?: I used to lurk on a certain visual kei forum that went down a few years ago... I don't like the layout of their new host so I don't check it often. I sadly haven't been a forum member since the late 2010s. I've been thinking about joining some but I'm shyyyy lol.
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?: Depends! If it's reviews, I tend to write them in a Google Doc because it takes a while to compile them (Usually minimum a month of writing). Things like my about (and this!) I wrote directly into VSC.
94. Do you think you appear cool to others? A more accurate answer now: do other people ever say you're cool?: Maybe/Sometimes. First answer: I would hope at least my passion is cool to others. 2nd answer: I've occasionally been called I'm cool and despite me hoping that I'm cool, it's always quite a shock to the system--
95. Are you embarrassed of your old work? Have you ever deleted everything out of shame?: Yes/No. In my early days I played around with a lot of code from other sites and I wish I didn't do that. However, it didn't really go anywhere because I was a bit stupid so it ended up becoming a learning experience and I can't knock something that I got knowledge out of. I can't say it was deleted in shame, more that I wanted to do things my own way.
96. Would you close down your website if you couldn't update it, or would you leave an archive?: I'd prefer an archive. I've had my old websites close on me (hosted on ye old Webs.com-) and I wish I saved my artwork from back then. Now-a-days I crosspost, but that archive going down really makes me never want my stuff to go away like that again.
97. Do you reveal a lot about yourself on your website? Or are you more secretive?: Depends; I try not to get SOO personal. I try and strike a good balance of "it's fine to show your emotions and thoughts" and "okay, you're feeling over emotional, think over it".... However, in the end, I think aside from general thoughts and opinions, I keep things to myself. My own girlfriend has said that before about me actually LOL, which is very funny because I used to overshare.
98. Are you willing to reveal who your best online friend is, and/or if they have a website?: My beautiful girlfriend :) Who sadly does not have a site......... But I shall one day get her to make one......
99. And do you optimise the images on your website?: Shakey hand sign.........................................
100. We're out of time! How do you feel after answering 100 questions? ....other than exhausted.