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Eric Karkovack (886 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.
A Web Designer’s Guide to Simple Solutions

A Web Designer’s Guide to Simple Solutions

Freelance

If you’ve been working as a web designer for awhile, you may find yourself in an interesting position: Resident Expert/Guru. Friends, family, colleagues and clients will ask you for advice…

Q&A with WordPress Guru Joe Casabona

Q&A with WordPress Guru Joe Casabona

WordPress

If you’ve attended a WordCamp in the northeastern United States anytime in the past few years, you may very well have caught a presentation by Joe Casabona. You’ll recognize him…

You’re Worth More Than a Page Builder

You’re Worth More Than a Page Builder

Freelance / Web Design

Tools like page builders and DIY services are great – but they’re not going to replace professional designers and developers anytime soon.

Combine the Best of Both Worlds with Material Design for Bootstrap Sponsored

Combine the Best of Both Worlds with Material Design for Bootstrap

Web Design

Material Design has become a popular topic of discussion in the design community of late. And we’re starting to see it implemented in sites across the web. The trouble is,…

How to Speak up to Your Clients When They Just Won’t Listen

How to Speak up to Your Clients When They Just Won’t Listen

Freelance

In 1996, I was an 18 year old web designer. Fresh out of high school, I was a bit shy and not very eloquent when expressing myself verbally. My first…

How To Generate DOCX & XLSX Documents in WordPress

How To Generate DOCX & XLSX Documents in WordPress

WordPress

Paperwork can be a hassle. While the need for it has diminished in the digital age, there is still a need for web designers and other digital professionals to regularly…

How to Add Interactive Maps to WordPress with MapSVG Sponsored

How to Add Interactive Maps to WordPress with MapSVG

WordPress

Looking for an incredibly useful tool to add to your WordPress website? Interactive maps are a great asset for sharing information in a graphical way. MapSVG is a WordPress plugin…

wpDataTables – A WordPress Superhero in Your Time of Need Sponsored

wpDataTables – A WordPress Superhero in Your Time of Need

WordPress

One task. Too little time left. The one battle you haven’t won before. And the client wants it today. The rules of the game: huge amounts of data, responsive tables,…

Exploring the Latest Trends in Web Typography

Exploring the Latest Trends in Web Typography

UI Design

In the early days of the web, typography tended to be an afterthought. Come to think it, how could it have been anything more? There were just a few standard…

A Web Design History Lesson: 20 Years in Web Design

A Web Design History Lesson: 20 Years in Web Design

Web Design

It seems almost crazy. I began my journey as a web designer in 1996, working for my local newspaper. If my math is right, then I’m just about to enter…

Building Websites in Collaboration With Clients, Not in Spite of Them

Building Websites in Collaboration With Clients, Not in Spite of Them

Freelance

It takes more than compelling content and sharp coding to build a great website. A successful relationship between a designer and a client is, perhaps, just as imperative. Take a…

Standing Tall in the Face of Recent WordPress Security Scares

Standing Tall in the Face of Recent WordPress Security Scares

WordPress

If you’ve paid any attention at all to WordPress related news over the past month or so, you know that there have been some security vulnerabilities discovered (like this, this,…

How to Deal With Third-Party Service Nightmares as a Web Designer

How to Deal With Third-Party Service Nightmares as a Web Designer

Freelance

As a freelancer, it’s easy to get overwhelmed when work is piling up in your queue. Sometimes, it can lead to mistakes or miscommunications with clients. It can sometimes be…

Narrowing Your Focus and Taking on More Specialized Projects

Narrowing Your Focus and Taking on More Specialized Projects

Freelance

Starting out as a freelance web designer often means taking whatever projects come our way. After all, we need to eat too (and a drink every now and then isn’t a…

How WordPress Custom Post Types Makes Updating Easier for your Clients

How WordPress Custom Post Types Makes Updating Easier for your Clients

WordPress

A great challenge for any WordPress developer is ensuring that when the time comes to launch your new project, your clients will be able to make basic updates as needed….

Is There a Wordcamp Near You?

Is There a Wordcamp Near You?

WordPress

WordCamps are local/regional/international get-togethers where designers, developers and users meet to share their knowledge. Sure, lots of different software platforms, etc. have their own dedicated conferences. But attending a WordCamp…

Specialty Sites You Can Build With WordPress Plugins

Specialty Sites You Can Build With WordPress Plugins

WordPress

Both through the addition of core features and plugins, in recent years, WordPress has blossomed into a full-fledged CMS and is now flexible enough to power a wide variety of…

Your Guide to Becoming a Freelance Web Designer

Your Guide to Becoming a Freelance Web Designer

Freelance
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