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Eric Karkovack (895 Articles)

Eric Karkovack is a web designer and WordPress expert with over two decades of experience. You can visit his business site here. He recently started a writing service for WordPress products: WP Product Writeup. He also has an opinion on just about every subject. You can follow his rants on Bluesky @karks.com.
How to Get Your Design Work in Front of the Right People

How to Get Your Design Work in Front of the Right People

Freelance / Web Design

Learn proven steps for freelance web designers to position themselves for success and gain an edge in reaching potential clients.

Predicting the Next Opportunities for WordPress Innovation

Predicting the Next Opportunities for WordPress Innovation

WordPress

There are areas that are ripe for WordPress improvement. Some may be solved by updates to core, while the plugin and theme ecosystem could tackle others.

10 Lorem Ipsum & Demo Content Generators for Web Designers

10 Lorem Ipsum & Demo Content Generators for Web Designers

Web Design

A collection of free tools and plugins for web designers that allows you to quickly generate placeholder text and images with minimal effort.

How to Deal with the Low Profit Areas of Your Freelance Business

How to Deal with the Low Profit Areas of Your Freelance Business

Freelance

How to identify those areas of your web design business that are not performing well and how to decide whether they should stay or go.

Things Every Website Owner Should Know

Things Every Website Owner Should Know

Freelance / Web Design / WordPress

Essential insights every website owner must know to ensure their site’s success, from design to functionality.

Do Clients Need To Know How Their Website Works?

Do Clients Need To Know How Their Website Works?

Freelance / Web Design

We explore the challenges in educating clients about their websites. Along the way, we share thoughts on why knowing it all isn’t all that great.

Ways to Set Yourself Up for a WordPress Disaster

Ways to Set Yourself Up for a WordPress Disaster

WordPress

There’s a reason why so many people have turned to WordPress over the years. It’s flexible, relatively easy to use and boasts an amazing community of contributors. That means you…

Common Causes of a Slow-Loading WordPress Site and How to Fix Them

Common Causes of a Slow-Loading WordPress Site and How to Fix Them

WordPress

Troubleshooting slow page loads on your WordPress website? Here are a few simple tips to help identify and address performance issues.

8 CSS Snippets for Creating Stylish Drop Caps

8 CSS Snippets for Creating Stylish Drop Caps

CSS / UI Design

A collection of eight CSS code snippets for creating elegant, professional and accessible drop caps. Add creative flair to your plain text!

8 Code Snippets for Creating Animated Paths

8 Code Snippets for Creating Animated Paths

CSS / JavaScript / UI Design

A collection of code snippets for creating animated CSS paths that will allow you to achieve a number of exciting effects.

A Look at the Proper Usage of the alt Attribute

A Look at the Proper Usage of the alt Attribute

Web Design

By now, most of the web design industry knows the importance of accessibility. We talk about it incessantly and implore our clients to take it seriously. There is no denying…

A Focus on the Basics: Must-Have Features for Your eCommerce Website

A Focus on the Basics: Must-Have Features for Your eCommerce Website

UX Design / Web Design

We eschew all of the bloated features and turn our attention to the basics of eCommerce web design. Here are a few must-have features for your shopping website.

10 CSS Snippets for Creating Unorthodox Shapes

10 CSS Snippets for Creating Unorthodox Shapes

CSS / UI Design

We share a collection of CSS and JavaScript snippets for creating unorthodox container designs that eschew standard layouts.

How to Avoid Being Overwhelmed by Your Side Projects

How to Avoid Being Overwhelmed by Your Side Projects

Freelance

We explore the balance required and the steps you need to take to ensure that your side project doesn’t take over your life.

The Unpredictable Life of a Freelance Web Designer

The Unpredictable Life of a Freelance Web Designer

Freelance

Sometimes web designers need to shift gears faster than a Ferrari. How do we cope with it? And what can we do to lessen the need?

8 CSS & JavaScript for Creating Animated Backgrounds

8 CSS & JavaScript for Creating Animated Backgrounds

CSS / JavaScript / UI Design

We share a collection of CSS and JavaScript snippets for creating animated backgrounds. They will all add flair to previously-static features.

10 CSS Grid Snippets for Creating Unique Layouts

10 CSS Grid Snippets for Creating Unique Layouts

CSS / UI Design

A collection of ten free CSS grid code snippets for creating some truly creative and experimental web layouts.

Ideas for Making the WordPress Back End More User Friendly

Ideas for Making the WordPress Back End More User Friendly

WordPress
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