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Eric Karkovack (834 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.
Imagining a Single-Browser Web

Imagining a Single-Browser Web

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…

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

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

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 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…

How to Ship a Custom Login Form in Minutes – Without Coding Sponsored

How to Ship a Custom Login Form in Minutes – Without Coding

If you can create a user login form for your product or app in minutes – and without coding – you must be doing something illegal or magical. Or, you…

Using the WordPress Classic Editor on New Websites

Using the WordPress Classic Editor on New Websites

As software evolves, we can find ourselves having to adapt to new ways of doing things. There’s a learning curve involved that, while frustrating at first, becomes second nature once…

Perfect the User Experience with userstack

Perfect the User Experience with userstack

Improving user experience with Userstack, a tool for understanding and optimizing website interactions.

Microsoft’s Browser Legacy

Microsoft’s Browser Legacy

The browser market is changing. With the recent news that Microsoft is abandoning its EdgeHTML browser engine in exchange for Chromium, it seems that Google has won the browser wars…

The Grumpy Designer’s Bold Predictions for 2019

The Grumpy Designer’s Bold Predictions for 2019

2019 is upon us and it has me thinking big. And since everyone else out there is telling you what will happen in the new year, I’m going to do…

How to Choose the Right Web Design Conference

How to Choose the Right Web Design Conference

Choosing the right web design conference for your professional development, based on focus, size, and networking opportunities.

The Grumpy Designer: Email Is the Worst

The Grumpy Designer: Email Is the Worst

The Grumpy Designer’s perspective on email communication, blending humor with practical advice for managing your inbox.

ipapi Adds Real-Time Geolocation and IP Data to Your Projects Sponsored

ipapi Adds Real-Time Geolocation and IP Data to Your Projects

Companies are using IP Geolocation technology at ever-increasing rates. This data is crucial to providing users with a more personalized experience. And, it also serves as an important tool in…

Google’s Dominance on the Web, 20 Years In

Google’s Dominance on the Web, 20 Years In