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Ok. The questions I asked myself:
Firstly, why did you
make this page?
Because I'm sick of the 'Other' page (hence there were no updates), because
I'm sick of school (about four weeks in) and I'm bored.
What were you doing
whilst making this page?
Listening to my glorious mp3 collection. Usually online, cuz that's
the only time I can actually be bothered working on the Not page (hereafter
known as NTP), and usually chatting on ICQ.
What kind of computer
do you have, and what programs do you use (just to browse)?
A Pentium II with 128Mb RAM. I use Internet Explorer 5 and Netscape
Communicator 4.05 to look at pages, but usually the former, cuz I've got
Win98. For mail, I use Outlook Express (but I prefer Netscape Mail,
wonder why?). I have a NetComm Roadster II 56k modem, which my parents
conveniently paid for.
I also use my sister's 'puter, which runs really weirdly (tho it has the same progs as mine, i think). It does have a scanner, a colour printer, and a 56k modem though.
What programs did you
use to make this page?
I used Netscape Composer for the
WYSIWYG interface, and the wonderful (*cough cough*) inbuilt Netscape Colour
Palette. I then fiddle around with it in Microsoft Notepad (probably
the best program MS ever made), and upload it with cuteFTP.
The graphics are made with Corel Photopaint
7 and Paint Shop Pro 5 (Jasc).
Hmm, anything else? Oh yeah, I sometimes use the JPEG Optimiser (Xat)
and sometimes the Gif Wizard at the WebSiteGarage.
And to look at graphics I use ACDSee (ACDSystems).
Tada!
What programs should
people use to view your page?
Anything which can read HTML. I use Netscape
Communicator 4.05 and Internet
Explorer 4.0 to view my pages, so it should run perfectly fine on both
those browsers. Netscape Navigator has several size (ie. amount of
pixels in lines and text) problems but it works okay on both that and Internet
Explorer 3.0. It looks pretty good in Opera 3.50, but I don't know
about the rest. Don't blame me if it doesn't work, but I'll listen
to your complaints for only $5 an hour...
Browsers should have graphics enabled. It's not a necessity - it's
for YOUR enjoyment - but it makes my page oh-so-much more colourful and
bright =). But if you don't have graphics enabled, I have used ALT
tags, so you know what the graphic was meant to say. Oh, they're
mainly text graphics, keeping the page sizes small.
What did you do to
make the page more enjoyable?
((When did I write these questions?? This sounds like a Design/Technology
evaluation.))
There are heaps of things though, from ALT tags for graphics to split up
pages. There are text links on the bottom of most main pages, and
generally 'back' buttons on the bottom of pages (the only part where this
does NOT occur are on the pages I haven't finished yet).
What else? Long pages, such as the Links page, were split into several
pages to make browsing easier and faster. And the links have been
categorised and these were put into seperate tables. Tables make
it easier for me to change links, for you to see everything, and keeps
everything in order no matter which browser you're using. Some earlier
browsers don't support tables, -don't- tell me if this is YOURS.
Whats your email address?
I'm asking myself this? Ah, anyway, I have heaps of email addys because
I went into a frenzy of collecting them (eek), and because I like thinking
up usernames. However, the main emails I use will have 'najwaj' as
the username (eg. najwaj@start.com.au). You can always contact me
thru najwaj@start.com.au and najwaj@tig.com.au.
As the hotmail server is very slow nowadays, I only check it once every
month or so. Even less.
Did you really make
all the stuff on these pages?
Yep, believe it or not, everything on this site is my own work (except
the guestbooks, counter, some compositions and cyberpets *smirk*).
Can I print your pages?
Yes..
Do you have any other
websites?
Yep. They're all at different stages of 'completion' (I give up too
easily). There's my Geocities
one, which unfortunately has been covered in watermarks and popup ads,
although it wasn't that good to start off with. I've made the 'Other'
Page, and it is currently all on my hard drive. I have a page on
Crosswinds,
which is also kinda dead (I warned you), and there is another page on my
HD. The page you're staring at is part of not 'That' page, in which
I ripped as much as possible off the 'Other' Page. If you're wondering,
I have accounts with Geocities, Tripod, Xoom and Angelfire (which are supposed
to be the largest free webspace providers), but those pages are generally
ALL hand coded at the site and graphics are unheard of.
Do you have your own
domain?
I wish! Nope, I'm only fourteen, and have no money whatsoever...
well.. not enough..
What is the theme of
this site?
IDiocy. With a capital ID. Dear me, I don't have a clue. Probably
to annoy the rest of the web community.
What pages are you
planning to add?
Nothing, as yet. Something more interactive ?
I don't like your page..
I'm pretty sure I DIDN'T write these questions.
How come you have two
URLs? http://.../~najwaj/ and http://fly.to/otherwhere/
The long one is the REAL location of my site. The other one, http://fly.to/otherwhere/,
is just a shortcut way of getting here - see my index
page, or go straight to V3-URL.
This page, <insert
page here> doesn't work! Why, and how can I get to it?
I wouldn't know, cuz I don't run the server. Possibly, the server
is down, possibly, your proxies aren't working, your ISP isn't working,
or there is the SLIM chance I have typed the link incorrectly. I
never make typos (I'm lying too)..
To get to the page, just check the URL (in the address bar) and see if
it looks like a real page name (for example, if it said 'friensd.html',
you could change it to 'friends.html' which makes more sense). Try
pressing Refresh, and if it still doesn't work, email
me. I can change links easily (thru the ftp program), and will probably
get you to check it out for me.. Oh yeah, and if you're wondering
what '404 error' means, look at this errorcodes
page.
Another thing I have done is made two 'index' pages - index.htm and index.html.
This is so site names are never mixed up, and so I can write links without
having to bother about file name endings. The pages are both the
same, don't worry.
What else do you do
on the Internet besides working on this page?
Not much, I'm one of those people who sit staring at their homepage all
the time......... okay, I'm usually doing other things. I'll generally
have two to five browser windows open, as well as ICQ
and maybe
mIRC. Keep-Connection-Alive
client is usually Outlook Express, which also checks my mail every couple
of minutes =)
Pages I visit ALL the time are: Start,
Earth2025,
The
Living End Official Website, music sites (check out Reprise
Records and Addicted to Noise)
and ZDNet. Oh, and I visit funny
pages, such as the Stick Figure
Massacre Page. I marvel at Dictionary.com
much too often for my own health as well...
Where'd you get Najwaj
from?
Sorry, can't answer this. Najwaj was my nickname at school (I invented
it) from year five to now (yr9). I like it, and I do respond to 'Naj'
as well as my real name.. What does it mean? Sorry, I can't tell
you for security reasons =P
When do you update
your site?
Never? Close enough. Whenever new inspiration hits me, whenever I'm
asked my URL by my friends and I feel really guilty, or when I look at
other pages and decide I can work on it again.
The questions other people asked me:
Can I put anything
into the storybook?
Nope, not anything. Stories, poems, quotes, dreams, yes. Comments,
angry remarks, no. Oh, and if you want, dictionary defintions and/or
interesting words. Such as 'procrastinate', 'nymphet', 'sine qua
non', etc.
How can I make my own
page?
LEARN HTML! That is the first thing I yelled at my friends when they asked,
I'll yell it at you if you ask me. Personally, I think everyone wanting
to make their own homepage/website should have some knowledge of HTML,
however basic. Come on, <br> and <font face="Arial"> can't
be that hard to remember! And it'll make your page look better,
oh definitely.
That's my easy way. If you're lazy, go hire some web page designer
to do it for a couple of hundred bucks.
How do you get <..name
one of my graphics..> onto my page?
You can't without valid ID. Right click - > Save Image As usually
works, but then again, so does New Mail Message - > To: najwaj@tig.com.au...
Why don't you use Geocities
or Tripod? You get alots (sic) more
space there
I used to use Geocities. I have a page (which is barely updated)
at Geocities. I have an account at Tripod. I was going to upload
my page to Tripod. Until the attack of the popup windows. The
reason I don't like those 'free-community-people servers' is because of
their form of advertising. Popups. Watermarks. Banners.
It's fine, if you don't mind a popup window blocking your site's crucial
information. (What information? *shrug*)
On Geocities and Tripod, you get 11megs (at present). That's nearly
four times the size of my site, including graphics. I don't need
that much space, and I don't need a 'backup' server. If my site crashes,
I have backups on my HD. If my HD crashes, my backups are on my sis's
computer =)
Sure, heaps of traffic would be cool. Still, Geocities' idea of MAKING
ways to make other people come to your site (eg. 'communities' and the
geoguide) aren't that successful. I don't know of many people who
actually click thru the geoguides, I know I don't.. unless the page is
soo boring..
Ok, I'm not saying these servers are bad. In fact, they'll probably
last ages, as long as people want free webspace. But currently I
don't need an extra 6MB of space. This entire site, including
unused graphics, unused pages, and folders full of crap, is only 4.2 megabytes
in size. That's compact for ya!
How long did it take
you to make this page?
Haven't I answered this one before? Umm.. I started nTP at the end of the
holidays (start of Feb 99) and I've only just gotten around to working
on it.
What fonts did you
use? Why? Where can I get them?
Comic Sans MS. Arial. Abadi Mt Condensed Light. Lucida
Sans. All of which you SHOULD have on your own computer (unless you've
deleted them). Microsoft has them somewhere on their
site, I know.. headings, decorations, yada yada yada, were made with
LithographLight, Staccato and Muriel (possibly more, all of which are available
on a font site somewhere... yes, I have the files should you want 'em).
The heading at the top of this page also used the font Impact (which you
should also have). Besides, graphics don't require YOU to have the
font, so you should be fine.
I think I'll change the heading fonts as I update (ie. major updates).
Even graphics get tedious after a while..
Another
Question?
Believe it or not, I know myself and my site well enough to have answered
all the questions above truthfully.. if there is still anything about the
page (preferably NOT about me), fill out this form and send it to me.
Or email me.