Answering MOUSEcky's 100 webmaster questions

★ 10 November 2025

1. Please introduce yourself.

Hello! My name is Flora. I usually went by Tsukinio in the past! Currently interested in Clamp's works, Chiikawa and old movies

2. How long have you been making websites?

For around 3 years

3. And what got you into the hobby?

It is embarassingly because of Carrd that got me into making websites. I love how whimsical and how cute the indie web is

4. What kind of website are you most interested in?

There is a broad variety of websites. But in fact, I love sites that put their own creativity onto them

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 just come with the design as I go along. I used to think I need to plan for a design but now, it is just in my head

6. Please link to your biggest inspirations.

My web pal Mir, and Bondiaries

7. What's your favourite part about making websites?

CSS! And putting some of my thoughts into literally anything I'm interested in

8. And the thing you struggle with the most?

None currently, but probably burn-out from staring too long at my code

9. Do you keep the same layout on all of your pages? Or do you use different ones?

Main pages are the same layout and some pages have the similar layout as the main pages. Only a few are different. In the end they are slightly different

10. How confident are you with CSS?

I'm not that confident but not that bad at using CSS. So, I'm pretty much satisfied

11. Do you know how to correctly use <dl>?

Nope! I don't even know what that tag means xD, though this questionnaire use it

12. What is your favourite HTML element?

Might be

13. If you're making a new web page from scratch, what is the first thing you do?

Finding ideas for that page first!

14. Do you know JavaScript?

I know quite a bit. I have been improving my Javascript skill lately, but sometimes I still rely on Google

15. How about PHP?

I have no idea how to use PHP, but I once experienced editing it

16. Does your website have a theme that you stick to?

Yes! It is like a newspaper theme? Pretty much simplistic but still complex enough. I have no idea how to describe, yet it gives calm and sentimental vibe overall

17. Are you more focused on content or design?

Design! I still want to improve my content more

18. Do you own a domain name? If not, would you ever want to?

I don't. I would like to have a domain though. Maybe it would be floralchai.net

19. What do you think of nostalgia-focused or "retro" websites?

They are pretty cool

20. Is your HTML valid? Do you even check?

Maybe it is valid but not really accessible. I'm too lazy to check if it is valid or not

21. What are your opinion on buttons and banners?

They look so fun! Love them

22. What do you think of button walls in particular?

Webmasters should use stop/start animation code for them. Overall, they are still cool

23. If you started over again, would you make something similar or completely different?

Maybe something similar for now

24. Are you envious of other people's websites?

I'm fine, no envious at all. Most people's websites are pretty amazing

25. What text editor do you use?

VSCodium! Very convenient and highly recommended

26. Why do you use that one?

Friends recommended it to me

27. Do you host your image files on your web server, or on another host?

On my web server/host

28. This might not be relevant to you, but what's your opinion on the Neocities vs. Nekoweb debate?

They have their own pros and cons. I once moved to Nekoweb, but Neocities is more accessible so I moved back. Also, deploy to neocities is super convenient. Nekoweb has the same thing, buuut it is not configurable for me

29. How much server space would you estimate your main website takes up?

Around 5% of Neocities's 1GB

30. Do you keep local backups of your files?

Yes. It is on my laptop

31. Do you prefer simple or highly visual websites?

Simple!

32. Do you stick to certain colours? Do you do that on purpose, or is it your subconscious?

Maybe, pastel colours specifically. Mostly I do that on my subconscious

33. Have you ever thought about quitting? Why?

I used to. It is because highschool drained my energy and the constant overstimulating. I try to go on a calmer approach now

34. Do you have many webmaster friends, or is it a solitary hobby?

I have quite a few

35. Do people in your real life know about your website?

Yes!! They are my besties that were in the same class and a college bestie this year!

36. Do you update your website very often? How often is "very often"?

Not really but it is moderate. Around 3-4 times a month

37. And the overall design, do you change that much? Why or why not?

I changed it a lot in the past. Overall, the designs constantly changing and sometimes my creativity brain juice runs out

38. Is your website more you-focused, hobby-focused, or outside world-focused?

Me-focused and outside world-focused!

39. Do you do web design professionally?

I do it by hands and using no fancy plugins, or programmer things, so nope

40. If not, would you like to? And if you're comfortable answering, what do you do for work?

Not sure about that and I don't have a job yet (unemployed)

41. Do you communicate with people by email very much?

I love email! Pretty much sometimes

42. Some people reject social media and use websites as a replacement. Do you keep social media outside of your website?

I'm not fully use website as replacement actually! I'm still using Facebook as my main social to connect with my irls and Facebook is the only social media I use. I do separate my socials and site though. I also have Pinterest (set on private) but wonder if it counts cause it have follow feature and all

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 for online friends and Messenger for irls!

44. Do you listen to music while you work on websites? If so, what kinds of artists?

Nope! But I like listen to Twenty One Pilot, Avril Lavigne, Paramore, Britney Spears, Fujii Kaze, Jpop

45. Do you keep everything you make on one website, or do you have more than one?

Currently, I only have one! But there is a upcoming webring, so it will be two soon!

46. On a similar note, do you keep to one topic on your site, or many?

Many topic for the fun Cx

47. Do you present your real self, or at least try? Or do you construct a persona on purpose?

Mostly my inner real self. I don't have a persona but I always not try to act out of character

48. Have you ever made a good friend thanks to your website?

Yes, a lot of time

49. Are you happy with the way HTML and CSS currently work?

It is fine for now. Scrollbar could be improved for browser-wide though

50. What are practices that you think people should avoid?

Text on busy background image container. It looks really hard to look!

51. What about under-utilised practices, or things you think people should do more?

Accessibility and responsiveness

52. Do you use a lot of semantic HTML? Or are you guilty of generic structure?

I use a neutral amount of semantic HTML, I guess enough semantic elements like nav, header, section, footer, and main

53. Do you consider different browsers?

Not really. I only stick to one browser. I used to use Firefox (it is great) but my peeves moved back to Google

54. Speaking of, what's your preferred browser? Convince your readers why they should use it.

Google, because of preference. I wouldn't recommend people to use the same browser as me though

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?

Just happen to use it! No specific reason

57. Are your websites mobile-friendly?

Yesss! I tested on my phone already

58. What are your thoughts on autoplay?

I would mute them instantly

59. What are your thoughts on webrings? Are you in any?

Fun and expressive. Currently I'm only in one webring right now

60. Do you have any web shrines? What do you like to see in that sort of page?

I have a Mean Girls shrine. Thoughts is the main thing I would like to see from web shrines

61. Are your websites "cliche", in your opinion?

Probably not?

62. What is your ideal website? Are you striving for that, or for something else?

A website with creativity and deep thought writings but also filled with whimsical fun. I'm striving for both of that

63. Are you an artist? Do you draw or design your own assets?

I'm not an artist. I'm able to draw but don't have a drawing tablet and I limited my phone usage. I would like to draw my own assets though. In the end, I could only edit my assets or find those assets F2U somewhere

64. What are your favourite resource sites?

Foollovers and Fancyparts!

65. Is there a habit you just can't get away from no matter how hard you try?

Staring at my screen → open code editor → open another browser tab → open around 7 tabs → close windows → repeat

66. What's your biggest advice for a new webmaster?

I'm bad of giving advice, can't think of any right now! You could try google/search your HTML and CSS question more specifically

67. Do you keep all your styling in CSS? Or do you hard-code some?

I sometimes put all my CSS in a separate file but also put them all-in-one with HTML. You could view my code if you F12, I'm not gatekeeping or anything

68. What do you think of frameset layouts?

Never heard of them before! From what I gathered, they do not adapt well to different screen sizes

69. How about table-based layouts?

They looks retro! But I would rate them higher if most of them are responsive

70. Do you subscribe to the ideas of "one-column", "two-column" and "three-column" layouts? Do you use any of these?

Maybe, I love to use one-column and two-column layouts more but I rarely use them. Three-column is not my thing

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.

Haven't before! But I will give it a try!

73. Do you ever find yourself making layouts with nothing to put on them? Or do you only make layouts when the need arises?

When my needs arise of course!

74. Would you consider yourself a beginner? Or advanced? Somewhere in the middle?

Around middle and advanced!

75. Do you have a habit of looking at the source code of websites you visit?

Not really, but if I want to see how they made their web look like that then I would sample from them. And attempt with my own code

76. How did YOU learn how to make websites?

Checking the W3wschools website and google search my questions

77. Do you ever force elements to do things they're not supposed to?

Maybe not! I'm not really sure about it though

78. Thoughts on floating elements?

They look cute for decorations

79. When you're sizing stuff, what do you use first? Do you use px, em, %, or something else?

For the fonts I use "rem", "px" for width, "%" for max-width. So I use them depend on the situation

80. Do you have a favourite font?

Source Serif 4! And DDLC fonts!

81. Would you run a website with another person? How would that work?

I would love to! Maybe if I own another website I would let them be the co-manager!

82. Do you surf the Web to find new personal websites very often?

More often than working on my site

83. Do you bookmark other people's websites? How would you feel knowing someone else bookmarked yours?

I do sometimes. If they bookmarked mine then it is my pleasure c:

84. What do you want people to be most impressed with when they see your website?

The media I like and my gallery. But the main thing I want people to see is how I'm and not of my design.

85. Are you interested in technology outside of websites? Do you collect?

I'm kinda

86. How often and for how long are you online?

I'm a home-person so I would criticize myself as chronically online. One day on the web, I surf for around 3 hours. I'm not on socials that much (rarely use them). I also don't chat much nowadays. For 1 year I have been keeping a low-profile of online relationships now and only keep a small friend group of around 20 people

87. When it comes to your website, who is your target audience?

I don't have a specific audience so maybe anyone

88. Have you ever been interested in XHTML?

Nope!

89. Do you program in general? Have you ever written a program for use with or on your website, not counting simple JavaScript?

No, I never written a program before! Only using some javascript for interative pages

90. Speaking of programs that help you make websites, what do you think of static site generators (SSGs)? Have you ever used one?

I used one before for my old site! It is quite nice but still got a lot of confusion

91. Do you keep a hitcounter? Why or why not?

Yes! Their designs are pretty

92. Do you frequent forums? Which ones?

I don't use any forums actually

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 write my writings into Google Docs then type HTML/CSS on the editor later on

94. Do you think you appear cool to others? A more accurate answer now: do other people ever say you're cool?

Not sure about that

95. Are you embarrassed of your old work? Have you ever deleted everything out of shame?

Never before, but I deleted out of stress and not interested in the old designs anymore. I don't plan to archive them though

96. Would you close down your website if you couldn't update it, or would you leave an archive?

If I couldn't update it. I would leave a small and short announcement and just leave it there as it is. I think would never close down my websites, just rebranding it. I move URL lot of time though and I once closed down an URL of mine

97. Do you reveal a lot about yourself on your website? Or are you more secretive?

I don't like blabbering too much about myself! Sometimes I keep things as secret for personal reasons. Sharing too much can be scary sometimes

98. Are you willing to reveal who your best online friend is, and/or if they have a website?

I do!

99. And do you optimise the images on your website?

Forgot about that :c

100. We're out of time! How do you feel after answering 100 questions? ....other than exhausted.

It is pretty fun! I would look at others' answers now!

End note

If you want to do these questions, Mouseling have a blank template uploaded here