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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.
Better Web Security Means Less Convenience – For Now

Better Web Security Means Less Convenience – For Now

Web Design / WordPress

We discuss the balance between increased web security and user convenience, analyzing how this impacts everyday online interactions.

10 CSS & JavaScript Snippets for Advanced Image Hover Effects

10 CSS & JavaScript Snippets for Advanced Image Hover Effects

CSS / JavaScript / UI Design

We show you some truly creative CSS snippets that you can use to integrate image hover effects into the UI of your own websites.

LimeWire Developer Brings the Power of AI to Your Apps Sponsored

LimeWire Developer Brings the Power of AI to Your Apps

Web Design

Unlock AI’s potential in your apps with LimeWire Developer. Access powerful AI models easily and affordably. Start innovating today.

8 CSS & JavaScript Snippets That Celebrate Spring

8 CSS & JavaScript Snippets That Celebrate Spring

CSS / JavaScript / UI Design

A collection of CSS and JavaScript snippets that celebrate spring. Plenty of pastels, flowers, and chicks, and some amazing coding skills too.

The Risks of Not Logging Out of WordPress

The Risks of Not Logging Out of WordPress

WordPress

Learn why logging out of WordPress is crucial for security. A report reveals 60% of hacks stem from stolen session cookies. Simple steps can prevent this risk.

Tips to Help You Power Through Projects with the WordPress Gutenberg Block Editor

Tips to Help You Power Through Projects with the WordPress Gutenberg Block Editor

WordPress

We introduce you to some useful WordPress Gutenberg Block Editor features that will get your content-crafting projects done in record time.

How to Style Wide & Full-Width Gutenberg Blocks in WordPress

How to Style Wide & Full-Width Gutenberg Blocks in WordPress

WordPress

A quick WordPress tutorial that will show you how to add wide alignment support to Gutenberg Blocks and how to style them via CSS.

Lessons Learned in 25 Years of Freelancing

Lessons Learned in 25 Years of Freelancing

Freelance

I share some valuable lessons I’ve learned from my 25 years as a freelance web designers. Things that I hope will help you on your own journey.

The Growing Difficulty of Trusting Modern Software

The Growing Difficulty of Trusting Modern Software

Web Design / WordPress

As web designers, we put trust into many apps (particularly open-source), and many have third-party dependencies. It can be a huge risk.

The Grumpy Designer’s Guide to 2024

The Grumpy Designer’s Guide to 2024

Web Design

It’s time for the Grumpy Designer’s annual look at the year ahead. This satirical report is chock-full of useless facts and mindless predictions.

8 Virtual Winter Wonderlands Created with CSS & JavaScript

8 Virtual Winter Wonderlands Created with CSS & JavaScript

CSS / JavaScript / UI Design

We share an outstanding collection of winter-themed CSS and JavaScript code snippets. Bundle up and check out these creative & fun examples!

Playing with Fire: Examples of Creating Flame Effects with Code

Playing with Fire: Examples of Creating Flame Effects with Code

CSS / JavaScript / UI Design

Enhance your web design projects with these mesmerizing and realistic flame effects and animations using CSS, JavaScript, and SVG.

Will Replacing Creative Professionals with AI Backfire?

Will Replacing Creative Professionals with AI Backfire?

Freelance

AI could impact all creative professionals in one way or another. Web designers, developers, and graphic artists are among them.

The Web Has an Outdated Software Problem

The Web Has an Outdated Software Problem

Web Design

On the web, things don’t go away so much as they fade into the background. As quickly as new tech arrives, the old continues to lumber along in the shadows.

Squeezing the Most Performance from Cheap Web Hosting

Squeezing the Most Performance from Cheap Web Hosting

Web Design

There are hosting providers out there that do offer stable, low-cost hosting. However, you do need to learn how to improve their performance.

10 Popular Web Typography Frameworks & Libraries

10 Popular Web Typography Frameworks & Libraries

CSS / JavaScript / UI Design

There was a time when web typography was simply a matter of putting a few fonts together. Modern web design has now evolved to the point where we expect the…

What Can WordPress Do to Appeal to the DIY Market?

What Can WordPress Do to Appeal to the DIY Market?

WordPress

How can WP capture the do-it-yourself (DIY) market? Here are a few ideas on how WordPress can become even friendlier to newbies.

8 Stunning CSS & JavaScript Animated Code Snippets for Enhancing Illustrations

8 Stunning CSS & JavaScript Animated Code Snippets for Enhancing Illustrations

CSS / JavaScript / UI Design
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