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Eric Karkovack (914 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.
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.

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The Web Has an Outdated Software Problem

The Web Has an Outdated Software Problem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.

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.

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
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