Una Persona Normal's answers to the 100 Questions for Webmasters

100 questions for webmasters.
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1. Please introduce yourself.: I am Una Persona Normal. You already knew that though, I'm just a normal guy that represents himself with a green character. I like doing whatever I think is cool and doable.
2. How long have you been making websites?: According to Neocities, I've started in 2022, which is when I started making something. I kinda started doing it for the sakes of making dumb stuff in HTML, I still do but now I care and appreciate personal websites a bit more in this day and age.
3. And what got you into the hobby?: I think I started because I was interested by some guy I don't talk to anymore made, but I was feeling quite inspired when I saw the projects, experiments or overall silly things made by Tim Holman and Neal Agarwal.
4. What kind of website are you most interested in?: The interactive ones! Sure, reading someonoe's blogs and surfing the web is fun, but I love the ones that just have things to make, have fun for like a minute or more and then check something else within the site. Those are the best!
5. What's your workflow? Do you plan your websites out thoroughly or do you come up with the design as you go along?
6. Please link to your biggest inspirations.: Tim Holman - https://tholman.com/
Neal Agarwal - https://neal.fun/
7. What's your favourite part about making websites?: Seeing that the thing I've made looks cool and that people can see it and think it's cool.
8. And the thing you struggle with the most?: CSS when it doesn't work.
9. Do you keep the same layout on all of your pages? Or do you use different ones?: Depends on how I'm feeling that moment. I'm currently feeling lazy so I'm reusing my home page.
10. How confident are you with CSS?: A bit, until it stops working and idfk what is the problem.
11. Do you know how to correctly use <dl>?: I never use <dl>
12. What is your favourite HTML element?: <p>
13. If you're making a new web page from scratch, what is the first thing you do?: The background.
14. Do you know JavaScript?: A little bit yeah.
15. How about PHP?: Hopefully this answers your question.
16. Does your website have a theme that you stick to?: No, not really, but I do try to make it as consistent as I can. Each project has a different theme by itself and any subpage within it will have a similar style to it.
17. Are you more focused on content or design?: Uhhh no
18. Do you own a domain name? If not, would you ever want to?: I don't know, you tell me if I stopped paying for supporter tier and/or the "https://unapersonanorm.al" domain. I'm kinda happy with it ngl.
19. What do you think of nostalgia-focused or "retro" websites?: If it's done right it's awesome, if it's done wrong it's awful. Just because there are no rules doesn't mean it has to be a genuine eyesore where things are hard to read.
20. Is your HTML valid? Do you even check?: I don't check at all.
21. What are your opinion on buttons and banners?: I like them, they're cool. If you want to see some, or mine, check /links
22. What do you think of button walls in particular?: I try to keep them low because if they're too big I kinda stop wanting to click on every one of them.
23. If you started over again, would you make something similar or completely different?: I already kinda started over, you can check the old site for proof.
24. Are you envious of other people's websites?: Sometimes, they're super cool and mine's so chuddy...
25. What text editor do you use?
26. Why do you use that one?: Because I'm an idiot! :)
27. Do you host your image files on your web server, or on another host?: Sometimes on neocities and sometimes I hotlink, LOL!
28. This might not be relevant to you, but what's your opinion on the Neocities vs. Nekoweb debate?: I'm personally a fan of neocities, as it accomodates my needs more, but the whole debate is kinda dumb in my opinion, there's no need to fight when it comes to this stuff.
29. How much server space would you estimate your main website takes up?: approximately 327MB
30. Do you keep local backups of your files?: Yeah.
31. Do you prefer simple or highly visual websites?: Depends. I like the middle point between both.
32. Do you stick to certain colours? Do you do that on purpose, or is it your subconscious?: Sometimes I do, and sometimes it's on purpose, but when it's not I pretende it is because it makes me look like I plan things more than I do.
33. Have you ever thought about quitting? Why?: I haven't.
34. Do you have many webmaster friends, or is it a solitary hobby?: I know a guy, but besides him, I'm surrounded by straw.page people (╥﹏╥).
35. Do people in your real life know about your website?: 3 people do, and it's best if it stays that way.
36. Do you update your website very often? How often is "very often"?
37. And the overall design, do you change that much? Why or why not?: Nah, I'm too lazy to do tat unless it's actively rotting as we speak.
38. Is your website more you-focused, hobby-focused, or outside world-focused?: Hobby-focused, I suppose.
39. Do you do web design professionally?: No.
40. If not, would you like to? And if you're comfortable answering, what do you do for work?: I don't think I want to do that, but I'm currently studying Engineering.
41. Do you communicate with people by email very much?: Nope, I use the social media.
42. Some people reject social media and use websites as a replacement. Do you keep social media outside of your website?: Yes, in the index I have my Social Media listed.
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, yes. Matrix is a bit too niche for me rn, a bit painful to decide on which client is the best.
44. Do you listen to music while you work on websites? If so, what kinds of artists?: Sometimes, and I have a very varied taste, from experimental ambient music I made to whatever bullshit Pharrell and N.E.R.D. were on when making this.
45. Do you keep everything you make on one website, or do you have more than one?: Yes. The only 2 subdomains I have are the legacy site and the site in Spanish.
46. On a similar note, do you keep to one topic on your site, or many?: No, I follow whatever my heart feels like at that moment.
47. Do you present your real self, or at least try? Or do you construct a persona on purpose?: I construct a persona for the sakes of anonimity, but if I trust you I'll be more real.
48. Have you ever made a good friend thanks to your website?: Not this site but I made some friends throughout Youtube comments and knowing someone from someone else.
49. Are you happy with the way HTML and CSS currently work?: Yes, I do not want to touch it.
50. What are practices that you think people should avoid?: Any sort of excessive love towards a real person, and by that I mean getting a parasocial relationship with someone that doesn't even know your name. If someone is treating an IRL person like a fictional character or viceversa, please tell them to seek mental help.
51. What about under-utilised practices, or things you think people should do more?: WEBSITES ON HTML AND CSS, PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF EVERYTHING GOOD IN THIS WORLD STOP USING STRAW.PAGE FOR YOUR SITES, DON'T BE LAZY AND LEARN HTML LIKE HOW YOU LEARNED TO DRAW
52. Do you use a lot of semantic HTML? Or are you guilty of generic structure?: Uhhh both tbh i think...
53. Do you consider different browsers?: I don't like Chrome-based broswers.
54. Speaking of, what's your preferred browser? Convince your readers why they should use it.: Firefox is okay but I don't trust them that much anymore after the AI debacle, so Waterfox and Librewolf are goated.
55. And what OS are you on?: Unfortunately windows, but it's debloated so it's good.
56. Do you have a strong opinion on that, or do you just happen to use it?: I'm against Linux purists that loooove shoving onto people's mouths that they use Linux.
57. Are your websites mobile-friendly?: I guess, I just advise to use computers instead, but they are for the most part, although sometimes they look janky.
58. What are your thoughts on autoplay?: I wish we couldstill play without the need of forcing the user to click on the site.
59. What are your thoughts on webrings? Are you in any?: Yes I am, Webrings are cool.
60. Do you have any web shrines? What do you like to see in that sort of page?: I don't have any.
61. Are your websites "cliche", in your opinion?: Ehhhhhhhh, I don't think so, but it could be.
62. What is your ideal website? Are you striving for that, or for something else?: There is no such thing as an ideal website. I strive for whatever seems funny or cool to me.
63. Are you an artist? Do you draw or design your own assets?: I rarely draw. I don't think I can consider myself an artist.
64. What are your favourite resource sites?: W3Schools.com
65. Is there a habit you just can't get away from no matter how hard you try?: I don't think so.
66. What's your biggest advice for a new webmaster?: "Do what you love."
67. Do you keep all your styling in CSS? Or do you hard-code some?: Yes. In fact, I don't even use a ".css" unless I have to.
68. What do you think of frameset layouts?: No strong feelings one way or the other.
69. How about table-based layouts?: No strong feelings one way or the other.
70. Do you subscribe to the ideas of "one-column", "two-column" and "three-column" layouts? Do you use any of these?: I use the one-column for the 2 blongs I have.
71. Do you spend longer on the HTML or the CSS?: CSS no doubt.
72. Have you ever made a page with no CSS? It's useful for your thoughts.: Just make a txt at that point bro 🥀
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 plan the layouts before I do them, so that Way I don't make ones with nothing to put on them.
74. Would you consider yourself a beginner? Or advanced? Somewhere in the middle?: Middle point. :P
75. Do you have a habit of looking at the source code of websites you visit?: Not really, unless it's really interesting.
76. How did YOU learn how to make websites?: Self taught.
77. Do you ever force elements to do things they're not supposed to?: Sometimes ngl.
78. Thoughts on floating elements?: I sometimes don't like working with them.
79. When you're sizing stuff, what do you use first? Do you use px, em, %, or something else?: Depends on the element, for the most part is vw and vh unless it's something that needs a specific size, in which case I use px.
80. Do you have a favourite font?: Helvetica Neue Condensed Bold. Mostly known as the font of the [adult swim] logo.
81. Would you run a website with another person? How would that work?: Sure, I don't mind.
82. Do you surf the Web to find new personal websites very often?: Yes!
83. Do you bookmark other people's websites? How would you feel knowing someone else bookmarked yours?: If I think they're cool I link them in my site.
84. What do you want people to be most impressed with when they see your website?: Just the dumb ideas and why someone would put effort into them.
85. Are you interested in technology outside of websites? Do you collect?: I am, but I don't tend to tune in too much into technology considering all the AI slop.
86. How often and for how long are you online?: From dawn to dusk... I should be less active ngl.
87. When it comes to your website, who is your target audience?: Anyone, really. I don't think of an audience when it comes to my site.
88. Have you ever been interested in XHTML?: Nah.
89. Do you program in general? Have you ever written a program for use with or on your website, not counting simple JavaScript?: I've used Scratch and I've been trying GDScript for games in Godot.
90. Speaking of programs that help you make websites, what do you think of static site generators (SSGs)? Have you ever used one?: I have not.
91. Do you keep a hitcounter? Why or why not?: It's on the legacy site. Will probably add one here too.
92. Do you frequent forums? Which ones?: No.
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?: DIRECTLY ONTO THE EDITOR LIKE GOD INTENDED.
94. Do you think you appear cool to others? A more accurate answer now: do other people ever say you're cool?: I don't try to appeal to others, I just try to be kind.
95. Are you embarrassed of your old work? Have you ever deleted everything out of shame?: Yes, I am ashamed of my past, but deleting it means to erase history and pretend it never happened.
96. Would you close down your website if you couldn't update it, or would you leave an archive?: I'd archive it.
97. Do you reveal a lot about yourself on your website? Or are you more secretive?: I don't like revealing a lot of myself, a lot of evil people would misuse whatever sensitive info I give.
98. Are you willing to reveal who your best online friend is, and/or if they have a website?: They don't wish to be publicly mentioned, sorry.
99. And do you optimise the images on your website?: Optimise? What's that? Can you eat it?
100. We're out of time! How do you feel after answering 100 questions? ....other than exhausted.: I'm feeling green.