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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.
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

Your Guide to Becoming a Freelance Web Designer has been written to help both those who are thinking of a freelance career and those who already have one. It’s a…

Finding The Best WordPress Plugins for Your Website

Finding The Best WordPress Plugins for Your Website

WordPress

As of this writing, there are currently well over 25,000 plugins listed at WordPress.org’s Plugin Directory. While that ensures that you have a lot of choices, it doesn’t necessarily make…

How WordPress Changed My Career

How WordPress Changed My Career

WordPress

Back when I started my career as a web designer (circa 1996), the main idea of having a website was to, well, have one. In those days, most businesses weren’t…

WordPress Plugins That Will Make Your Life Easier

WordPress Plugins That Will Make Your Life Easier

WordPress

Whether you’re a designer, a developer (or both), chances are you don’t have a lot of spare time. With that in mind, here are some of my favorite WordPress plugins…

Preparing for Disaster as a Freelancer

Preparing for Disaster as a Freelancer

Freelance
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