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Eric Karkovack (896 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 Convince Web Design Clients to Put Users First

How to Convince Web Design Clients to Put Users First

Convincing clients to prioritize user experience in their web design projects, ensuring user satisfaction and engagement.

Building WordPress Websites That Better Respect User Privacy

Building WordPress Websites That Better Respect User Privacy

In recent years, privacy has become one of the most important topics in our society. With the rise of services that use and sell user data, serious discussions have been…

Why Web Designers Are Often Underappreciated

Why Web Designers Are Often Underappreciated

Discover why web designers are the unsung heroes of the digital world. Read about the challenges, creative contributions, and the importance of their work.

5 Tips for a More Secure WordPress Website

5 Tips for a More Secure WordPress Website

Web security has grown into one of the most important issues we face – right up there with design and development. And those of us who use an open source…

The Challenge of Designing Websites for Large Screens

The Challenge of Designing Websites for Large Screens

If you’re looking to build a website that takes advantage of large screens, we’ve put together some general rules of thumb for you.

8 CSS & JavaScript Snippets for Creating Hand-Drawn Elements

8 CSS & JavaScript Snippets for Creating Hand-Drawn Elements

A collection of CSS and JavaScript code snippets for giving a hand-drawn style to elements and typography.

8 CSS & JavaScript Snippets for Icon-Based Navigations

8 CSS & JavaScript Snippets for Icon-Based Navigations

We share a collection of unique CSS and JavaScript code snippets that you can freely use to create icon-based website navigations.

An Introduction to CSS Grid

An Introduction to CSS Grid

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If you’re looking to learn more about CSS Grid, we provide a rundown of what you need to know, along with some helpful resources and tools.

How to Navigate Design Politics

How to Navigate Design Politics

Design politics can seem insurmountable. But a savvy web designer may be able to save the day. We look at some ideas to help you get things back on track.

Identifying and Improving Your Weaknesses as a Web Designer

Identifying and Improving Your Weaknesses as a Web Designer

Today, we will try to help you identify your weaknesses as a designer. The goal is to help you figure out areas of concern, as well as those that you might want to ignore.

8 CSS Grid & Flexbox Snippets for Creating Magazine Layouts

8 CSS Grid & Flexbox Snippets for Creating Magazine Layouts

We share a collection of exciting CSS snippets for creating magazine web page layouts using both CSS flexbox and grid.

What Exactly is WordPress?

What Exactly is WordPress?