Original quiz from MOUSEcky.
- 1. Please introduce yourself.
- Hello hello~ I am Xochii, webmistress of Zombieish if you somehow didn't know already. I love fashion and music alot, to say the least. I generally love to create and I try to live life to the fullest.
- 2. How long have you been making websites?
- Properly making sites? Not too long, honestly. Maybe about 4 years ago. If you count caard and wix and making layouts for a myspace clone, it's been quite a long time, actually!
- 3. And what got you into the hobby?
- General fascination with web design. I've been messing around with web design for a while through caard and wix and stuff, but when I started making layouts, it got that thought into my head that was like, "Hey, I can actually make this look pretty cool." But I didn't really get too into it until joining a coding bootcamp and starting this site, admittedly!
- 4. What kind of website are you most interested in?
- I LOVE reading blogs. And I love sites where it is a little hub for all of their interests. I love seeing this kind of stuff.
- 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 plan sometimes. I carry a sketchbook with me that is halfway full with site doodles and stuff. I sometimes draw a general idea, and then look for inspiration as I go. I like to include sentimental things in my design like family heirlooms and general important things in my life. Its my way of immortalizing them.
- 6. Please link to your biggest inspirations.
- I actually don't have alot of inspirations for sites as a whole, its a whole mishmash of ideas and things I have seen from being on the internet as long as I have been. So many album covers, shirt designs, and general music are part of this inspiration aswell.
- 7. What's your favourite part about making websites?
- I really love seeing everything come together with CSS and images. I use images for alot of things, actually.
- 8. And the thing you struggle with the most?
- Probably motivation and trying to keep everything front-end. I have this weird thing where if I don't have the design done first, I cannot do the content. It should 100% be the opposite, but its just the way my brain works, I guess.
- 9. Do you keep the same layout on all of your pages? Or do you use different ones?
- Most pages will have the same general frame and structure, but entirely different designs. Some pages will be entirely different, though.
- 10. How confident are you with CSS?
- Pretty confident! I read through CSS documentation alot aswell as playing around with it, so I think I have a fairly decent handle on it.
- 11. Do you know how to correctly use <dl>?
- Now I do. I didn't even know this was a tag and I have multiple Web dev certificates, haha.
- 12. What is your favourite HTML element?
- <br>. Sorry. I know it isnt exactly good practice to have <br> everywhere, but boy, is it useful.
- 13. If you're making a new web page from scratch, what is the first thing you do?
- Make a simple boilerplate and css structure for the basic layout. Its what I did for this site around 5 times when restarting.
- 14. Do you know JavaScript?
- Yes I do!
- 15. How about PHP?
- I do not. I plan to get into backend more soon.
- 16. Does your website have a theme that you stick to?
- Sometimes? My main two themes are Pink/Red and black. Certain pages/sections will have their own unique themes though.
- 17. Are you more focused on content or design?
- I like to think both, but I think I have more of a design focus than most people would have.
- 18. Do you own a domain name? If not, would you ever want to?
- I don't, and whoever bought zombieish.com, fuck you for thinking I would get that and trying to get more money out of me! I'm not getting a .com domain. I do really plan on it.
- 19. What do you think of nostalgia-focused or "retro" websites?
- I LOVE them. My website is a little retro themed but more in the golden age of web design.
- 20. Is your HTML valid? Do you even check?
- Yes it is! I always check.
- 21. What are your opinion on buttons and banners?
- I love buttons! But its definitely hard to make something that fits in something so, so tiny. I think I like buttons more for random little graphics rather than for a site. I'd love to be one of those sites that has buttons in the footer, but I don't have enough space for that.
- 22. What do you think of button walls in particular?
- I like them, but it can look cluttered. I like them for fun stuff, but I think I like when people describe why they like a site next to it. Like my bff said (I'm not copying him, I do really think this) I like when you can see that someone cares for said other site, rather than putting their button up just cuz the other person added their button. I like seeing sites the webmaster actually likes and reccommends and actively follows.
- 23. If you started over again, would you make something similar or completely different?
- Honestly, I'm not sure.. Starting over isn't really an option that I can tangibly think of because I am literally in the process of doing so now. But since I just did, I liked my previous design, so.. I just made it better.
- 24. Are you envious of other people's websites?
- Sometimes. But thats only in terms of content and motivation. Some people have such cool sites and can update their sites so much.. It makes me a little jealous.
- 25. What text editor do you use?
- VScodium/VScode. I honestly hate this and I am only using it for the ease of Live Server, and having a side bar with my directory.
- 26. Why do you use that one?
- Its the only thing that works well on this Lubuntu chromebook.
- 27. Do you host your image files on your web server, or on another host?
- EVeryTHing IS LOCAL. Say for example, giphy or imgur goes down. EVERYTHInG IS GONE.
- 28. This might not be relevant to you, but what's your opinion on the Neocities vs. Nekoweb debate?
- I think it's nice to have options. I never used nekoweb, personally and I honestly have no interest in moving. So I never checked it out. If and when I move, it won't be hosted on either.
- 29. How much server space would you estimate your main website takes up?
- Both are unfinished. But both take up about 30mb. I'm excited to see when it will be finished.
- 30. Do you keep local backups of your files?
- Yes, yes, YES!!!!!!!!!! I code to-go on a shitty chrultrabook and then at home (sometimes) on my desktop. I almost always have airplane mode on the chrultrabook, so I use a flashdrive to transfer everything. So I have about three backups at all times. ESPECIALLY in case of a power outage or eventually EMMC degradation or sudden SSD death.
- 31. Do you prefer simple or highly visual websites?
- I like both! But I love seeing what people can do with web design.
- 32. Do you stick to certain colours? Do you do that on purpose, or is it your subconscious?
- I looove neons and deep, dark edgy colours. I guess it's just a preference, I do deviate from those often, though.
- 33. Have you ever thought about quitting? Why?
- Yes I have. Someone from my past emailed me through here for a few months and revealed their true identity later. I thought about deleting the site for a month straight before I decided to stop giving a shit.
- 34. Do you have many webmaster friends, or is it a solitary hobby?
- I do! I think in the way that I am more technical about it, it is solitary, but I do have a handful of webmaster friends. Its fun!
- 35. Do people in your real life know about your website?
- Yes, a few, and I wish some didn't know.
- 36. Do you update your website very often? How often is "very often"?
- I want to... By the time this is live, I hope I will be able to more. I sometimes went on month long breaks.
- 37. And the overall design, do you change that much? Why or why not?
- I do not! I don't see myself doing so for the forseeable future, I like my web design now.
- 38. Is your website more you-focused, hobby-focused, or outside world-focused?
- Ummm.... I think its more me focused? Theres alot of hobbies in here. But its all *my* opinions and *my* way of doing stuff.
- 39. Do you do web design professionally?
- I used to. I've been out of work in general for a while.
- 40. If not, would you like to? And if you're comfortable answering, what do you do for work?
- Currently unemployed and fucking suffering.
- 41. Do you communicate with people by email very much?
- YES! Yes I do! And I love emailing people. I lack alot of deep connections in my personal life, (I have a few and they are very deep, I just don't have alot) so I love long-winded email exchanges.
- 42. Some people reject social media and use websites as a replacement. Do you keep social media outside of your website?
- I guess? I have accounts but I don't use them. But my website IS a replacement for social media.
- 43. How about instant messengers? Do you use a mainstream one like Discord or Telegram? Or something like Matrix? Do you avoid them?
- I like them. I text everyone on Signal. I try to avoid discord.
- 44. Do you listen to music while you work on websites? If so, what kinds of artists?
- Yes I do! I don't have any set coding music, I listen to whatever. By the time this is up, my music log should be ready for viewing.
- 45. Do you keep everything you make on one website, or do you have more than one?
- Just one.
- 46. On a similar note, do you keep to one topic on your site, or many?
- MANY!!! I love having alot of reading material
- 47. Do you present your real self, or at least try? Or do you construct a persona on purpose?
- It's my real self, but some things about me will always be hidden ;)
- 48. Have you ever made a good friend thanks to your website?
- Yes! Yes I have! And I'm very happy about it
- 49. Are you happy with the way HTML and CSS currently work?
- Kind of. I guess my issues with CSS and HTML are deep rooted fundamental issues.
- 50. What are practices that you think people should avoid?
- Unless you are just experimenting, something needs to be temporary, or have everything on one file to demonstrate something, I don't think you should put the style and script tags in the html file aswell.
- 51. What about under-utilised practices, or things you think people should do more?
- Comment your code and structure it in a nice readable way so you know what you are doing!!!!!
- 52. Do you use a lot of semantic HTML? Or are you guilty of generic structure?
- Generic structure. Semantics messed up my layout a bit, weirdly.
- 53. Do you consider different browsers?
- I guess? Brave and firefox are my two main browsers.
- 54. Speaking of, what's your preferred browser? Convince your readers why they should use it.
- I test everything on firefox, brave, and sometimes chrome. I never test on safari. Chrome is a bloated piece of shit from my experience. Some things work oddly on both firefox and brave, but I do like that I can reroute the basic google search on firefox to use the "old google search." But I forgot the technicalities of how to do that. Firefox also does not have a perpetual bookmarks tab. I would never use safari EVER.
- 55. And what OS are you on?
- Lubuntu on the laptop, MACos on another laptop, Lubuntu/Windows 10 dualboot PC at home.
- 56. Do you have a strong opinion on that, or do you just happen to use it?
- Well as an aspiring technician (and nerd), I like to test everything on different OSes. Lubuntu is only because the chrultrabook EMMC is 16 GB (around 14 with degradation), but then I decided to keep using the same OS for ease of use.
- 57. Are your websites mobile-friendly?
- No... and I don't plan on it. Mobile friendly websites are kinda atrocious to me and sucks the fun out of web design. I also don't do it because I want to gravitate away from my phone.
- 58. What are your thoughts on autoplay?
- I'm sorry.... its nostalgic but I fucking hate it and mute it everytime.
- 59. What are your thoughts on webrings? Are you in any?
- I love webrings!! I am!
- 60. Do you have any web shrines? What do you like to see in that sort of page?
- I don't, not yet atleast. I like to see the history of something, aswell as the persons passion for the subject.
- 61. Are your websites "cliche", in your opinion?
- Maybe. I use the basic header and content structure.
- 62. What is your ideal website? Are you striving for that, or for something else?
- I don't really have an ideal, honestly... And I can't really think of what that would be.
- 63. Are you an artist? Do you draw or design your own assets?
- Yes yes YES! I draw nearly everything, unless I commission someone because I can't stand drawing something, haha....
- 64. What are your favourite resource sites?
- I love the people who archive buttons and other graphics. I only used Sewerwolfx's collection of icons, buttons,and IMVU buttons, aswell as Lelia's IMVU buttons. I used a few icons from Anakin who archives and makes icons.
- 65. Is there a habit you just can't get away from no matter how hard you try?
- Probably putting everything in one big CSS docu. I can't be assed to make a different one for each site section and it might be best to keep most there, as a few sections reuse graphics.
- 66. What's your biggest advice for a new webmaster?
- READ DOCUMENTATION! Experiment with code, as its how you will truly understand how to code, you learn from doing, not reading. I really recommend you code your own layout so you understand what is what, aswell. The inspect feature is on most browsers and is so powerful and useful. I often "pick apart" websites to see how someone does it. I often draw the structure out on paper, aswell.
- 67. Do you keep all your styling in CSS? Or do you hard-code some?
- I keep all styling in CSS. Some is hardcoded if it is temporary.
- 68. What do you think of frameset layouts?
- I think its a little boring... but it can be done right. It seems to work more for mobile websites.
- 69. How about table-based layouts?
- I used tables for a long time until recently. I like them, but from my standpoint, goddamn, are they frustrating. Save yourself the time and effort, and use <span> and <div> instead. Even better, use CSS grid!
- 70. Do you subscribe to the ideas of "one-column", "two-column" and "three-column" layouts? Do you use any of these?
- Hehe yes I do! I guess I'm not subscribed, but I do like using them.
- 71. Do you spend longer on the HTML or the CSS?
- Both, an equal amount of time. But I probably spend more time on CSS.
- 72. Have you ever made a page with no CSS? It's useful for your thoughts.
- Haha... No.... not really. I think even my .txt files are styled.
- 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 only make layouts when the need arises.. sometimes I can struggle on a desing.
- 74. Would you consider yourself a beginner? Or advanced? Somewhere in the middle?
- Advanced with imposter syndrome.
- 75. Do you have a habit of looking at the source code of websites you visit?
- Yes I do! I love seeing how things work and *how* someone implemented something. Spoono.com is a website I often did this with. Alot of older websites were generated with macromedia fireworks. From a graphic design point, I think they are AWESOME! They can be utilized well! But from a web-dev stand point... eh......
- 76. How did YOU learn how to make websites?
- It was a hobby at first. And then I taught myself to code by reading documentation and w3schools. I joined a coding bootcamp in highschool which taught me ALOT.
- 77. Do you ever force elements to do things they're not supposed to?
- I used to... I used to have some REALLY fucked up HTML. I haven't really had the need to do that since switching away from tables.
- 78. Thoughts on floating elements?
- They can be in the way if responsiveness wasn't tested well enough. But otherwise I think they are pretty cool.
- 79. When you're sizing stuff, what do you use first? Do you use px, em, %, or something else?
- Px, unfortunately. Em never worked the way I wanted it to.
- 80. Do you have a favourite font?
- I love VT323.
- 81. Would you run a website with another person? How would that work?
- Maybe not.... I like to know exactly how my site works and I don't want to deal with fixing fucked up code all the time and the other person getting mad at me for that. There have also been times at work where I got scolded for something simply "not looking good", I kept putting said CSS back because it kept disappearing with no communication.
- 82. Do you surf the Web to find new personal websites very often?
- Not as often because I sink alot of time into coding, but I love surfing older websites more, admittedly.
- 83. Do you bookmark other people's websites? How would you feel knowing someone else bookmarked yours?
- I would feel so flattered! I usually don't, because firefox doesnt have an always visible bookmarks tab. But, I remember domains well, or keep them here on my site.
- 84. What do you want people to be most impressed with when they see your website?
- Haha, I'm not too sure! But maybe the graphics.. I drew everything and I'm proud!
- 85. Are you interested in technology outside of websites? Do you collect?
- Yes yes yes I am! I am studying to be a technician! I don't collect, though. I have a box of spare computer parts under my bed in a cutesy looking box for repairs. Usually harvested from junk computers I find on the road.
- 86. How often and for how long are you online?
- Constantly. Not looking at screens constantly, but my work is online, my leisure is online, my friends are online... my games are on screens, my website is on a screen.. my music is electronic. But I guess music is always going to be electronic, even when analog. Am I thinking about this too hard?
- 87. When it comes to your website, who is your target audience?
- Hehe I don't really have a target audience... There are some things here that would repulse or alienate one "target audience" and please another. There is no target audience, unless the target is me.
- 88. Have you ever been interested in XHTML?
- Kind of. No idea what I would use it for, though.
- 89. Do you program in general? Have you ever written a program for use with or on your website, not counting simple JavaScript?
- Yes yes I do! I haven't, not yet. I have attempted to write a program for simple automation but I realized manually doing it would actually be alot faster than programming it..
- 90. Speaking of programs that help you make websites, what do you think of static site generators (SSGs)? Have you ever used one?
- I've never used one, unless WIX and Carrd count.. not in my professional lifetime, no. I think they're useful!
- 91. Do you keep a hitcounter? Why or why not?
- I don't. Because theres no way that can be entirely accurate. I think I prefer more personal things like guestbooks.
- 92. Do you frequent forums? Which ones?
- I lurk everywhere. I don't feel like making new accounts. last.fm is kind of a forum/used to be, eh? I usually lurk Linux and other tech forums the most.
- 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 had a boilerplate template for the "box style" pages on my site. But I don't really need it as I made all the pages I wanted to.
- 94. Do you think you appear cool to others? A more accurate answer now: do other people ever say you're cool?
- It would be cool to hear that! I've had alot of people say that in person but they never look at my site agian. LMAO.
- 95. Are you embarrassed of your old work? Have you ever deleted everything out of shame?
- Yes I have! Kind of..? Its nice to see how far I've grown, but wow, some of the shit I as butt ugly or barely missed the mark.
- 96. Would you close down your website if you couldn't update it, or would you leave an archive?
- I'm not sure.. I'd probably leave an archive.
- 97. Do you reveal a lot about yourself on your website? Or are you more secretive?
- I actually think I reveal way too much. But I'm still a bit secretive.
- 98. Are you willing to reveal who your best online friend is, and/or if they have a website?
- First link on my links section hehe
- 99. And do you optimise the images on your website?
- LMAO I do not. I take a huge compression ray to them all. And then overlay 5 filters.
- 100. We're out of time! How do you feel after answering 100 questions? ....other than exhausted.
- I haven't answered 100 questions in a long time! That was really fun! My hand fucking hurt, though!