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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 Gutenberg WordPress Block Editor: The First Year

The Gutenberg WordPress Block Editor: The First Year

WordPress

It may be hard to believe, but the WordPress block editor (a.k.a. “Gutenberg”) has been in core for nearly a year. The massively-overhauled editing experience was officially released to the…

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Get the Data You Need in Real-Time with scrapestack

Web Design

These days, the typical website or mobile application pulls in data from a variety of sources. Places such as social media networks, multimedia providers, mapping tools and online retailers being…

weatherstack Brings Real-Time Weather Data to Your Projects Sponsored

weatherstack Brings Real-Time Weather Data to Your Projects

Web Design

Weather is among the most important data we consume each day. It affects just about everything we do. Therefore, having fast and reliable access to weather forecasts and historical data…

Sell Electronics Beautifully with the eLab WordPress Theme Sponsored

Sell Electronics Beautifully with the eLab WordPress Theme

WordPress

Shoppers looking for high-tech gear are often among the most web-savvy. For store owners (and their trusted web designers) who use WordPress and WooCommerce, this means that the online shopping…

Tutor LMS Turns Your WordPress Site into an Educational Powerhouse Sponsored

Tutor LMS Turns Your WordPress Site into an Educational Powerhouse

WordPress

The popularity of online education seems to be growing on a daily basis – and it’s easy to see why. For educational providers, there is both a significant cost savings…

Build a Fully-Custom Real Estate Website with HomePress WordPress Theme Sponsored

Build a Fully-Custom Real Estate Website with HomePress WordPress Theme

WordPress

When it comes to building a website, each industry has its own specific needs. They require features, functionality and data types that reflect their particular niche. This can be a…

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Grab Your .DESIGN or .DEV Domain from Hover and Experience a Higher Level of Service

Marketing

When you’re looking to buy a domain name, you have a whole lot of registrars to choose from. And while each one is capable of making a sale, they’re far…

Use BugHerd to Visually Manage Feedback and Track Bugs Sponsored

Use BugHerd to Visually Manage Feedback and Track Bugs

Web Design

Getting feedback from clients can be a real pain. Quite often, there’s a technical barrier that makes it difficult for them to describe issues they’re seeing or things they’d like…

A Chat with Chris Coyier, Web Design Influencer & Entrepreneur

A Chat with Chris Coyier, Web Design Influencer & Entrepreneur

Web Design

The ability to influence the web design community generally comes via two very different paths. One is to create compelling content that helps others level up their skills by introducing…

The Grumpy Designer’s Advice for Avoiding Painful Tasks

The Grumpy Designer’s Advice for Avoiding Painful Tasks

Web Design

Every job has its highs and lows – web design is no different. For me, I often find my highs when there are opportunities to be creative. Whether it’s through…

Why Gutenberg Has Changed My Opinion of Page Builders

Why Gutenberg Has Changed My Opinion of Page Builders

WordPress

Ever since page building tools hit the market (particularly the WordPress market), I’ve been rather dismissive of them. A big reason why is that they made a bad first impression….

Personalize the User Experience with the Free IP Geolocation API Sponsored

Personalize the User Experience with the Free IP Geolocation API

UX Design

Discover a free IP geolocation API to enhance your web projects with location-based user experiences.

Imagining a Single-Browser Web

Imagining a Single-Browser Web

Web Design

It is often said that competition brings out the best in all of us. Whether we’re running in a race or building software, knowing that others are out there doing…

Is Nothing Sacred? The Pollution of the WordPress Dashboard

Is Nothing Sacred? The Pollution of the WordPress Dashboard

WordPress

There are any number of things to love about WordPress. Chiefly among them is the fact that it’s open source and free to use in any way you like. For…

Use the Free uListing WordPress Plugin to Build a Powerful Business Listings Site Sponsored

Use the Free uListing WordPress Plugin to Build a Powerful Business Listings Site

WordPress

Running a listing-based website can be both fun and lucrative. But traditionally, leveraging this type of platform to list real estate, jobs, automobiles or classified ads has been cumbersome and…

The Grumpy Designer’s Guide to April Fool’s Day

The Grumpy Designer’s Guide to April Fool’s Day

Freelance

The Grumpy Designer’s humorous take on navigating April Fools’ Day in the design and tech industry.

Behind the Scenes of ClassicPress – the WordPress Alternative

Behind the Scenes of ClassicPress – the WordPress Alternative

WordPress

WordPress 5.0 brought with it a lot of change and controversy. Most of the buzz surrounded the switch to a new block-based editor named Gutenberg. It seemed to have left…

Stylemix Themes Releases 4 Industry-Specific WordPress Themes Sponsored

Stylemix Themes Releases 4 Industry-Specific WordPress Themes

WordPress
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