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Eric Karkovack (885 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.
The Challenges of Building a Shared Experience on the Web

The Challenges of Building a Shared Experience on the Web

Web Design

Let’s look at how the web brings us together in a quirky, roundabout way, and discuss how it impacts web designers trying to build these experiences.

How to Prepare Your Freelance Design Business for an Unexpected Absence

How to Prepare Your Freelance Design Business for an Unexpected Absence

Freelance

Today, we’re going to discuss a rather difficult subject. But it’s one that every web designer should think about: If something happens to you, what happens to your business? This…

8 CSS & JavaScript Snippets for Creating Photo Galleries

8 CSS & JavaScript Snippets for Creating Photo Galleries

CSS / JavaScript / UI Design

Using the latest CSS and JavaScript techniques, we have a collection of snippets for creating highly creative photo galleries.

How to Deal with Clients That Have Outsized Expectations

How to Deal with Clients That Have Outsized Expectations

Freelance / Web Design

Clients have big ideas for their websites, but we may not share the same enthusiasm. We discuss how to handle clients with those outsized expectations.

What Are the Biggest Threats to Freelance Web Designers?

What Are the Biggest Threats to Freelance Web Designers?

Freelance

Identifying the biggest threats to freelance web designers and strategies for mitigating these risks to sustain a successful career.

How Freelancers Can Protect Themselves from Unfair Treatment

How Freelancers Can Protect Themselves from Unfair Treatment

Freelance

There are several ways that clients can mistreat you. We explore four of the more common transgressions, along with ways to combat them.

The Challenges of WordPress’ Massive Market Share

The Challenges of WordPress’ Massive Market Share

WordPress

We take a look at the biggest challenges facing WordPress (as we see them) and discuss how its size impacts the efforts to tackle them.

How to Gain the Trust of Your Web Design Clients

How to Gain the Trust of Your Web Design Clients

Freelance

Trust is the foundation of a good client/designer relationship. It provides confidence and security to everyone involved. Without it, there is no means to achieve any sort of comfort level…

A Guide to Using Commercial WordPress Themes & Plugins

A Guide to Using Commercial WordPress Themes & Plugins

WordPress

The WordPress ecosystem is chock full of outstanding free software. Why, you could build an entire website using an attractive free theme and a selection of highly-functional plugins. But free…

How to Develop Your Signature Style as a Web Designer

How to Develop Your Signature Style as a Web Designer

Web Design

In design, as in society, there is constant pressure to mimic the most successful among us. Just like some want to copy the look and style of their favorite celebrity,…

8 CSS Code Snippets for Creating Stunning Border Effects

8 CSS Code Snippets for Creating Stunning Border Effects

CSS / UI Design

We share a collection of pure CSS border effects that prove that web designers should no longer have to settle for a basic design.

8 CSS & JavaScript Snippets for Background Noise Effects

8 CSS & JavaScript Snippets for Background Noise Effects

CSS / JavaScript / UI Design

Items such as text, images, and backgrounds can all be beautifully enhanced with these CSS & JavaScript noise effect code snippets.

The Dos & Don’ts for Styling Hyperlinks

The Dos & Don’ts for Styling Hyperlinks

UX Design / Web Design

What should we keep in mind when styling hyperlinks? Here are some tips for making them beautiful and keeping them usable.

8 CSS & JavaScript Snippets for Unique Cursor Effects

8 CSS & JavaScript Snippets for Unique Cursor Effects

CSS / JavaScript / UI Design

A collection of eight CSS & JavaScript copy & paste code snippets for creating unique and highly creative cursor effects.

Fun Ways to Help You Rediscover the Joys of Web Design

Fun Ways to Help You Rediscover the Joys of Web Design

Web Design

Life as a web designer can get incredibly busy. So much so that you may find yourself dedicating loads of time to your clients and having very little left for…

8 CSS & JavaScript Snippets That Celebrate Synthwave

8 CSS & JavaScript Snippets That Celebrate Synthwave

CSS / JavaScript / UI Design

Put on your cool shades, pop up your shirt collar, and explore these super-rad CSS and JavaScript Synthwave code snippets.

How to Troubleshoot WordPress Website Email Issues

How to Troubleshoot WordPress Website Email Issues

WordPress

It seems inevitable. Emails generated from a WordPress website stop arriving – or get thrown into a spam folder. Email, as a certain grumpy designer once said, is the worst….

8 CSS & JavaScript Snippets for Creating Blog Layouts

8 CSS & JavaScript Snippets for Creating Blog Layouts

CSS / JavaScript / UI Design
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