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1. Please introduce yourself.: My name is Sailor or Éloi. I’m a 19 yo uni student and would rather not disclose anything else.
2. How long have you been making websites?: I made my first site on Mozilla’s Thimble when I was 10(?). It was a Gravity Falls shrine, lol. I had been interested in making my own site since then, to showcase my art as a kid, but it never went anywhere from there. I got more serious about HTML/CSS when I was 14 & got my first Carrd Pro subscription.
3. And what got you into the hobby?: ^ carr pro
4. What kind of website are you most interested in?: Personal sites, OC portfolios, shrines, fanlistings, fandom spaces, etcetera.
5. What's your workflow? Do you plan your websites out thoroughly or do you come up with the design as you go along?: I spend a lot of time thinking up designs, then I draw them out on Procreate, on paper, or I make [very] rough drafts on Google Slides. I’ll put an example here.
6. Please link to your biggest inspirations.: boypussy, magnapina, slimezone, hellmouth, Windchime, redstring, epic city, and Wizard's Wagon.
7. What's your favourite part about making websites?: The creative process.
8. And the thing you struggle with the most?: Also the creative process.
9. Do you keep the same layout on all of your pages? Or do you use different ones?: iframe is convenient, but I like to branch off to explore different facets of myself. If I feel that I cannot design & create a whole page for something, I usually resort to sticking it in the mainframe.
10. How confident are you with CSS?: Confident enough...
11. Do you know how to correctly use <dl>?: I do, I'm using it right now.
12. What is your favourite HTML element?: Probably <marquee>.
13. If you're making a new web page from scratch, what is the first thing you do?: Think of its purpose, so I know what to add... start outlining on paper... look for inspiration through other sites, images, and so on.
14. Do you know JavaScript?: Yes, I’m actually JS certified.
15. How about PHP?: Umm... Not confidently.
16. Does your website have a theme that you stick to?: Not really. I do go for certain ideas I want to portray on each one, but I am actually horrible at grasping the concept of themes & aesthetics. It’s not natural to me. I’m not an aesthetic person. If I ever make anything that is aesthetic, it’s because I have been abducted & replaced by aliens.
17. Are you more focused on content or design?: Content comes first. I can’t think about design without it.
18. Do you own a domain name? If not, would you ever want to?: No. I have been considering it, though.
19. What do you think of nostalgia-focused or "retro" websites?: The best.
20. Is your HTML valid? Do you even check?: I plead the fifth.
21. What are your opinion on buttons and banners?: Great. They are a simple but creative way to say a lot about a person.
22. What do you think of button walls in particular?: I’m building one as we speak.
23. If you started over again, would you make something similar or completely different?: I want to have a personal homepage no matter what, so it’d inevitably be at least a bit similar. However, I am working on a Neocities for one of my OCs [as if said OC made it, in their perspective rather than mine]. I can see myself doing more of that.
24. Are you envious of other people's websites?: Not really. I don’t see a point in that. Websites are meant to be personal. I know that what may encompass someone else won’t encompass me. If it’s knowledge you’re envious of, there’s always a place to start learning.
25. What text editor do you use?: The built-in one on Neocities. Sometimes VS Code, but I use Code::Blocks for school, so I haven’t mastered it yet.
26. Why do you use that one?: The unseen forces of the universe picked it out for me.
27. Do you host your image files on your web server, or on another host?: imgbb, or on my own server.
28. This might not be relevant to you, but what's your opinion on the Neocities vs. Nekoweb debate?: It is not too relevant to me. I think both are neat. I use Neocities since it was the first one I discovered.
29. How much server space would you estimate your main website takes up?: A mere 8 megabytes so far.
30. Do you keep local backups of your files?: Of course...
31. Do you prefer simple or highly visual websites?: Both; I enjoy both. What matters to me is personality over performance.
32. Do you stick to certain colours? Do you do that on purpose, or is it your subconscious?: I use my favorite colors. I really like primary colors, but in very light tones. I don’t know if I’d theme my whole website around that, though. I’ve tried, and it was difficult to find fitting graphics.
33. Have you ever thought about quitting? Why?: No. I take breaks for months at a time to pick up different things. I was fixated on Neocities April-May 2025, then video editing May-late August 2025, crafting/sewing September-late October 2025, now I’m back. Balancing this with art and editing, however.
34. Do you have many webmaster friends, or is it a solitary hobby?: I am trying to get my Rêve into HTML/CSS. Other than that, I don’t.
35. Do people in your real life know about your website?: Just my therapist.
36. Do you update your website very often? How often is "very often"?: As often as I feel is necessary. I usually go in and out of activity sporadically.
37. And the overall design, do you change that much? Why or why not?: I do. I’m prone to mimicking others rather than experimenting, and I am trying to break that habit, hence the v2.0. I actually have another 4 index versions sitting in my VS Code however.
38. Is your website more you-focused, hobby-focused, or outside world-focused?: All of the above. I feel that all three of these things speak for me about equally.
39. Do you do web design professionally?: No, and I don’t think I ever could.
40. If not, would you like to? And if you're comfortable answering, what do you do for work?: No & no.
41. Do you communicate with people by email very much?: I would like to. I prefer it to any other kind of communication, as I’m not good at casual conversations. [*Whispering*] [Email me...]
42. Some people reject social media and use websites as a replacement. Do you keep social media outside of your website?: I only use my website.
43. How about instant messengers? Do you use a mainstream one like Discord or Telegram? Or something like Matrix? Do you avoid them?: I’d rather not answer.
44. Do you listen to music while you work on websites? If so, what kinds of artists?: I do, most of the time. I actually don’t really think about the music I listen to while coding, though. Probably my usual playlists. I’ll assume that it ranges from Clan of Xymox to Devi McCallion.
45. Do you keep everything you make on one website, or do you have more than one?: Like I said earlier, I have another [very underdeveloped] website for my wizard OC, but I am trying to build this one up first.
46. On a similar note, do you keep to one topic on your site, or many?: Whatever topics are necessary. This is my form of social media, so I’ll dump anything on here that I’d like to publicize.
47. Do you present your real self, or at least try? Or do you construct a persona on purpose?: We all obscure our true selves to an extent. Although I am a very private person, I think I’m quite candid on my site... That’s the whole point of it, anyways. I feel safe enough to do that on here, since I am anonymous.
48. Have you ever made a good friend thanks to your website?: None yet, though I do keep up with every single follower, so I consider them all to at least be my acquaintances.
49. Are you happy with the way HTML and CSS currently work?: Happy enough. You can always be better, or neater. I’ll get to that when I get to it.
50. What are practices that you think people should avoid?: There are no rules to coding, do whatever you’d like as long as you’re not being harmful.
51. What about under-utilised practices, or things you think people should do more?: Experiment. Worry less about uniformity. Add weird fonts. Make my eyes bleed.
52. Do you use a lot of semantic HTML? Or are you guilty of generic structure?: Guilty of generic structure. It’d be best to let it go, but whatever works for me is fine.
53. Do you consider different browsers?: To an extent. I definitely will optimize my site in the future.
54. Speaking of, what's your preferred browser? Convince your readers why they should use it.: I use Brave. I don’t know, use what you’d like.
55. And what OS are you on?: I’d rather not answer.
56. Do you have a strong opinion on that, or do you just happen to use it?: Brave is a strong browser, in my opinion. I’ve been using it since 2021, and I have few complaints.
57. Are your websites mobile-friendly?: Not at all.
58. What are your thoughts on autoplay?: Warnings are nice, but I do enjoy autoplay. It can really enhance a site.
59. What are your thoughts on webrings? Are you in any?: I love webrings. I need to join more, but I am holding off until I create a site button or some asset to help my site to be more memorable.
60. Do you have any web shrines? What do you like to see in that sort of page?: I love web shrines. I am planning to make several, but none of them have been built yet. I like shrines that are very personal & also educational. Some of my favorite shrines come from Dezii.
61. Are your websites "cliche", in your opinion?: I don’t know and I don’t really care.
62. What is your ideal website? Are you striving for that, or for something else?: My ideal website is one that is very colorful & expressive. The colors are not so much a visual thing, but rather about the person that the site reflects. I want to feel like I know you.
63. Are you an artist? Do you draw or design your own assets?: I loved art growing up. I took AP art classes all throughout high school, but I experienced bad burnout due to forcing myself to draw for the grades. I’m a very bad perfectionist, so I fell out of the habit after high school. I’m trying to get back into it, so I’d say that I’m an amateur. I want to be confident enough to share my art one day.
64. What are your favourite resource sites?: All linked in my graphics section. My favorite is Gifcities, if that counts.
65. Is there a habit you just can't get away from no matter how hard you try?: Refusing to use stylesheets... [cigarette emoji] [I look off into the distance]
66. What's your biggest advice for a new webmaster?: Ask for help, join communities, find inspiration, don’t get discouraged, and don’t compare your skills to the skills of others.
67. Do you keep all your styling in CSS? Or do you hard-code some?: I mostly hard-code as of right now.
68. What do you think of frameset layouts?: Very convenient, but can become overplayed IMO.
69. How about table-based layouts?: They’re popular for a reason. Clean, simple, easy to manage and navigate. Yet you can still embed lots of personality into them.
70. Do you subscribe to the ideas of "one-column", "two-column" and "three-column" layouts? Do you use any of these?: I use two-column layouts, mostly. My favorite three column sites are Hellmouth and epic city.
71. Do you spend longer on the HTML or the CSS?: Probably the CSS, I’m very prone to making mistakes in HTML so I would rather leave it be unless necessary. Lol. I am getting better at it, though.
72. Have you ever made a page with no CSS? It's useful for your thoughts.: Not fully, no. Maybe one day.
73. Do you ever find yourself making layouts with nothing to put on them? Or do you only make layouts when the need arises?: That’s exactly where I usually start from.
74. Would you consider yourself a beginner? Or advanced? Somewhere in the middle?: Somewhere in the middle. I could be advanced if I had stayed consistent with it since I discovered Neocities, but I will get there when I get there.
75. Do you have a habit of looking at the source code of websites you visit?: It depends. Usually, I think of how I can recreate real things in code, specifically JS. Especially animated movies.
76. How did YOU learn how to make websites?: Trial and error, w3schools, learning by the book. I’m a suuuucker for physical material when it comes to coding, but nothing published past 2013..
77. Do you ever force elements to do things they're not supposed to?: Yes, it’s probably a habit since I was originally a Carrd aficionado Lol.
78. Thoughts on floating elements?: They can be so tricky, but I want to get the hang of them.
79. When you're sizing stuff, what do you use first? Do you use px, em, %, or something else?: px first, then em... For positioning, though, usually %.
80. Do you have a favourite font?: MS Gothic, DotGothic16, Comic Neue, Impact, anything basic is a go-to. I really loved using ‘Eater’ when I was 14. I think that says a lot about me. Your favorite built-in Carrd font stays with you forever.
81. Would you run a website with another person? How would that work?: I’d like to run one with my Rêve, maybe as a sort of scrapbook, or something. It’d work by us both hunching over a computer and fighting over the keyboard.
82. Do you surf the Web to find new personal websites very often?: As often as I possibly can.
83. Do you bookmark other people's websites? How would you feel knowing someone else bookmarked yours?: I have a whole folder full of bookmarked sites. I’d honestly be beside myself with joy if someone bookmarked my site.
84. What do you want people to be most impressed with when they see your website?: I don’t know. If you are impressed by anything, that’ll make me happy enough.
85. Are you interested in technology outside of websites? Do you collect?: I am. I’m not too good with engineering or anything, but I like to collect old consoles and music players, especially. I’m also very interested in cybersecurity, and certified in the field as well.
86. How often and for how long are you online?: I’m on my laptop for over 8 hours everyday, without a doubt. My phone? Maybe 2 hours a day.
87. When it comes to your website, who is your target audience?: People of future civilizations, centuries ahead of us.
88. Have you ever been interested in XHTML?: I have been.
89. Do you program in general? Have you ever written a program for use with or on your website, not counting simple JavaScript?: I have. I’ve been taking compsci classes since they were first being offered to me.
90. Speaking of programs that help you make websites, what do you think of static site generators (SSGs)? Have you ever used one?: They’re beginner-friendly, but I have never used one. I’d rather do everything the hard way. I’m here for a long time, not a good time.
91. Do you keep a hitcounter? Why or why not?: I do NOT because the formatting kept breaking for me. I’ll try again soon, but I honestly don’t care about hits.
92. Do you frequent forums? Which ones?: Are you a cop?
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?: So you’re a cop. Well you caught me. I use Google Docs, okay? I back up everything onto Google Docs, or the sticky note app that comes with your computer. Are you happy?
94. Do you think you appear cool to others? A more accurate answer now: do other people ever say you're cool?: [I’m too busy running away].
95. Are you embarrassed of your old work? Have you ever deleted everything out of shame?: [You can see me in the distance, if you squint].
96. Would you close down your website if you couldn't update it, or would you leave an archive?: Okay I’ll answer this one and that’ll be it. It honestly depends on how paranoid I get. Leaving everything without a word is kind of my thing.
97. Do you reveal a lot about yourself on your website? Or are you more secretive?: [...]
98. Are you willing to reveal who your best online friend is, and/or if they have a website?: [...]
99. And do you optimise the images on your website?: [...]
100. We're out of time! How do you feel after answering 100 questions? ....other than exhausted.: Thankful, if someone spent their time reading all of these. I’m going to make myself a hot chocolate now.