About Me

1. Please introduce yourself.: Im alia and i really like to eat grapes
2. How long have you been making websites?: I think 2 years now
3. And what got you into the hobby?: I was bored and carrd/rentry was too annoying for me
4. What kind of website are you most interested in?: Ones that are unique
5. What's your workflow? Do you plan your websites out thoroughly or do you come up with the design as you go along?: Usually i half plan them half design them as I go along
6. Please link to your biggest inspirations.: too lazy to link but early on nyaa, swirl, and hunipyon were my biggest inspos. Now its just ethel cains music tbh
7. What's your favourite part about making websites?: tweaking out and finally seeing that it was all worth it at the end
8. And the thing you struggle with the most?: Taking breaks inbetween things. I can work on my website for the entire day without eating/drinking anything
9. Do you keep the same layout on all of your pages? Or do you use different ones?: I use different ones but they all look similar
10. How confident are you with CSS?: pretty confident
11. Do you know how to correctly use <dl>?: no
12. What is your favourite HTML element?: idk if i have one??
13. If you're making a new web page from scratch, what is the first thing you do?: figure out the mood of the page, then i look for a background
14. Do you know JavaScript?: like a little
15. How about PHP?: I think i used it once
16. Does your website have a theme that you stick to?: Sorta
17. Are you more focused on content or design?: Design
18. Do you own a domain name? If not, would you ever want to?: No, idk if i would want to bc im not very serious abt all of this
19. What do you think of nostalgia-focused or "retro" websites?: Theyre cool
20. Is your HTML valid? Do you even check?: I dont check but it probably isnt
21. What are your opinion on buttons and banners?: I suck at pixel art, and i envy those who make their banners/buttons from scratch....
22. What do you think of button walls in particular?: Theyre tuff
23. If you started over again, would you make something similar or completely different?: probably similar
24. Are you envious of other people's websites?: sometimes
25. What text editor do you use?: pheonix code
26. Why do you use that one?: i used to use brackets and this is the newest one
27. Do you host your image files on your web server, or on another host?: on my webserver, idk why people dont host their images on neocities. You're not gonna run out of storage any time soon and it just makes your website so laggy
28. This might not be relevant to you, but what's your opinion on the Neocities vs. Nekoweb debate?: idgaf but nekoweb ppl are lowkey strange. Atleast from what ive seen
29. How much server space would you estimate your main website takes up?: probably not alot
30. Do you keep local backups of your files?: no
31. Do you prefer simple or highly visual websites?: both are interesting when done well
32. Do you stick to certain colours? Do you do that on purpose, or is it your subconscious?: Subconsciously, i enjoy muted browns/oranges/yellows
33. Have you ever thought about quitting? Why?: No, this website isnt like a very serious thing of mine. I enjoy it but its not so serious that ive thought of quitting since its just a passion project
34. Do you have many webmaster friends, or is it a solitary hobby?: Nicegirlslumber is tuff and jax is my friend, oh yeah and lina (musictelevision)
35. Do people in your real life know about your website?: a few yea
36. Do you update your website very often? How often is "very often"?: A couple times a week
37. And the overall design, do you change that much? Why or why not?: I change it like every other month now because i get tired of the same layout
38. Is your website more you-focused, hobby-focused, or outside world-focused?: me focused
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?: no, and im not old enough to work
41. Do you communicate with people by email very much?: i mean i email my teachers
42. Some people reject social media and use websites as a replacement. Do you keep social media outside of your website?: yea and i use it alot actually
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 snap if that counts
44. Do you listen to music while you work on websites? If so, what kinds of artists?: ethel cain
45. Do you keep everything you make on one website, or do you have more than one?: everything on one
46. On a similar note, do you keep to one topic on your site, or many?: many
47. Do you present your real self, or at least try? Or do you construct a persona on purpose?: id like to think this is a good representation of who i am
48. Have you ever made a good friend thanks to your website?: yes
49. Are you happy with the way HTML and CSS currently work?: yes
50. What are practices that you think people should avoid?: stealing peoples codes and hosting stuff outside
51. What about under-utilised practices, or things you think people should do more?: yea idk what this means
52. Do you use a lot of semantic HTML? Or are you guilty of generic structure?: Half and half
53. Do you consider different browsers?: i mean i use firefox
54. Speaking of, what's your preferred browser? Convince your readers why they should use it.: firefox and idk its pretty tuff
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?: im too lazy to install other ones
57. Are your websites mobile-friendly?: used to be
58. What are your thoughts on autoplay?: i despise it
59. What are your thoughts on webrings? Are you in any?: theyre cool just annoying to style so i gave up
60. Do you have any web shrines? What do you like to see in that sort of page?: I have one dedicated to ethel cain, i like to see everything about said topic
61. Are your websites "cliche", in your opinion?: idk what this means
62. What is your ideal website? Are you striving for that, or for something else?: dont have an indeal website
63. Are you an artist? Do you draw or design your own assets?: No
64. What are your favourite resource sites?: Tumblr
65. Is there a habit you just can't get away from no matter how hard you try?: forgetting to clean my room
66. What's your biggest advice for a new webmaster?: lock in
67. Do you keep all your styling in CSS? Or do you hard-code some?: all of it/most are in css
68. What do you think of frameset layouts?: theyre really fucking annoying
69. How about table-based layouts?: these are also really annoying
70. Do you subscribe to the ideas of "one-column", "two-column" and "three-column" layouts? Do you use any of these?: theyre cool just boring after awhile
71. Do you spend longer on the HTML or the CSS?: css
72. Have you ever made a page with no CSS? It's useful for your thoughts.: no and i dont think i ever will
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 them when i want to
74. Would you consider yourself a beginner? Or advanced? Somewhere in the middle?: in the middle
75. Do you have a habit of looking at the source code of websites you visit?: only if its something ive never seen before
76. How did YOU learn how to make websites?: looking thru inspect
77. Do you ever force elements to do things they're not supposed to?: yea
78. Thoughts on floating elements?: they pmo but get the job done
79. When you're sizing stuff, what do you use first? Do you use px, em, %, or something else?: % for divs, em for margins, px for small things
80. Do you have a favourite font?: No
81. Would you run a website with another person? How would that work?: I would hate that
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?: I dont, but id be pretty happy if people did
84. What do you want people to be most impressed with when they see your website?: idrk..
85. Are you interested in technology outside of websites? Do you collect?: Not really
86. How often and for how long are you online?: pretty often, my screentime is like 6 hrs
87. When it comes to your website, who is your target audience?: anybody really
88. Have you ever been interested in XHTML?: no
89. Do you program in general? Have you ever written a program for use with or on your website, not counting simple JavaScript?: No
90. Speaking of programs that help you make websites, what do you think of static site generators (SSGs)? Have you ever used one?: Idk how to use them
91. Do you keep a hitcounter? Why or why not?: yes bc i love stats
92. Do you frequent forums? Which ones?: I do not
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 into the editor
94. Do you think you appear cool to others? A more accurate answer now: do other people ever say you're cool?: People have but idk if i really do
95. Are you embarrassed of your old work? Have you ever deleted everything out of shame?: Yes
96. Would you close down your website if you couldn't update it, or would you leave an archive?: Leave an archive
97. Do you reveal a lot about yourself on your website? Or are you more secretive?: 50/50
98. Are you willing to reveal who your best online friend is, and/or if they have a website?: I dont have one
99. And do you optimise the images on your website?: Sometimes
100. We're out of time! How do you feel after answering 100 questions? ....other than exhausted.: Tired

age:	14
signs:	sun in gemini, moon in cancer, gemini rising
area:	nj
languages:	english, chinese
mbti:	enfp
fav scent:	Eau Duelle, English Pear & Freesia
fav artist:	Ethel Cain
fav drink:	shirley temple