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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.
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The Web Has an Outdated Software Problem

The Web Has an Outdated Software Problem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

We have a collection of CSS & JS snippets that take illustrations to the next level. Each one is editable, so feel free to play around with the code.

The Grumpy Designer Ponders What It Means To ‘Learn’ AI

The Grumpy Designer Ponders What It Means To ‘Learn’ AI

Web Design

What should web designers be learning about AI? Do we need to learn anything at all? The Grumpy Design has a few unscientific ideas to share with you.

Where Does Dreamweaver Fit in Modern Web Design?

Where Does Dreamweaver Fit in Modern Web Design?

Web Design

It’s worth asking whether the popular code editor Dreamweaver still has a place in modern web design. Has it become irrelevant?

Here’s What It Was like to Build a Website in the 90s

Here’s What It Was like to Build a Website in the 90s

Web Design

Building a website in the 90s was undeniably different. We made mistakes, but that’s OK, as the lessons learned have brought us to the present.

The Easy Way to Host Google Fonts Locally

The Easy Way to Host Google Fonts Locally

Fonts / Web Design

If you are looking to host Google Fonts locally, we’ll introduce you to a quick and easy way to implement them.

Get into the Halloween Spirit with These Spooky Snippets

Get into the Halloween Spirit with These Spooky Snippets

CSS / JavaScript / UI Design

Creative examples of how you can turn CSS, HTML & JS into something spooky. Turn the lights down and prepare yourself for some Halloween fun!

Looking Outside of the Web for Inspiration & Ideas

Looking Outside of the Web for Inspiration & Ideas

Inspiration / Web Design

If you’re looking for original inspiration, you may need to explore places outside of web design that can be mined for creative ideas.

Twitter/X Is Doing Its Best to Chase Away Web Designers

Twitter/X Is Doing Its Best to Chase Away Web Designers

Web Design

I’ve stuck with Twitter – even through the awkward rebrand. But what about the many niche web design communities? Will they survive?

How Online Privacy Is Impacting Web Designers

How Online Privacy Is Impacting Web Designers

Freelance / Web Design
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