Anne S. Katzeff
@askdesign.bsky.social
Designer | Artist | Teacher - Specializing in custom website design and development 4 #artists, #smallbusinesses, and #nonprofits. #WordPress #WebDesign
View from Fort Revere - As kids, during our summers in Hull, we used to go to Fort Revere and explore. My newest intention was going up there to paint.
View from Fort Revere - ASK Design Blog
As kids, during our summers in Hull, we used to go to Fort Revere and explore. My newest intention was going up there to paint.
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Thoreau's View (0916) - Walden Pond is such a peaceful, introspective place. I could spend days there painting. This is the view of Walden Pond in front of Thoreau's home. buff.ly/B3WNXz3 • Reproduced on cards, prints, bags, tees, mugs, and more!
Thoreau's View by Anne Katzeff
Thoreau's View Pastel by Anne Katzeff
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"We're living in a culture now obsessed with achievement... We glorify the grind, and we equate visibility with value... What if the actual reward is not accomplishment but the act of creating? ... the act of making is like oxygen. When the making stops, it becomes hard to breathe." buff.ly/rPKksyx
The fleeting euphoria of success
Over two decades of interviewing countless creative people, Debbie Millman (host of the iconic "Design Matters" podcast) had a realization: the pride and joy of accomplishing something often evaporate...
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Preflighting and Packaging InDesign Files - Sooner or later, you will discover that sending an InDesign file to another person or vendor is a bit more complicated than simply emailing the file. You must provide the InDesign document along with all of its associated images and fonts.
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Providing tutorials and sharing experiences about design, software, hardware, technology, and art.
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“This week I realized, I have been building websites for 30 years. from Notepad and hand-coded HTML to HomeSiteX over Coldfusion to WordPress, Nodejs and ReactJS to Python and Claude. It’s been a fantastic journey. It never gets old … I cherish most the friends I made along the way.”
Gutenberg Times@gutenbergtimes.com · 5d agoWordPress 7.1 is a foot, Gutenberg 23.6, iframed post editor, Abilities API, Studio Code and more — Weekend Edition 371 Read onlineIssue #371 | August 1, 2026 Hi there, This week I realized, I have been building websites for 30 years. from Notepad and hand-coded HTML to HomeSiteX over Coldfusion…
Hydrangeas at Willow Pond (0915) - These are the largest hydrangeas I've ever seen! Gorgeous scene at Willow Pond, Mt. Auburn Cemetery. buff.ly/lgQPhIu • Reproduced on cards, prints, bags, tees, mugs, and more!
Hydrangeas at Willow Pond by Anne Katzeff
Hydrangeas at Willow Pond Pastel by Anne Katzeff
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Yesterday, Github Desktop was caught in a loop and wouldn't let me sync a local repo with Github. Today, I ran Onyx to clean up the system. Then, I was able to sync things correctly. It's good to walk away from the machine and get a good night's sleep.
Wordfence alert this a.m.: "The Plugin "Complianz | GDPR/CCPA Cookie Consent" has a security vulnerability. Details: To protect your site from this vulnerability, the safest option is to deactivate and completely remove "Complianz | GDPR/CCPA Cookie Consent" until a patched version is available."
Anne S. Katzeff@askdesign.bsky.social · last wk.Complianz alerts me about cookie changes, but Cookie Scan unavailable. Unable to authenticate the domain, email never arrives, caught in a loop. I then discover it's not just me, I've got plenty of company.
Exploring the WordPress Cover Block: Parallax Scroll - The Cover Block can be used in a variety of ways to create attractive image or color areas with text overlays. In this tut, we’ll have some fun using Parallax Scrolls with Cover Blocks to animate section dividers.
Exploring the WordPress Cover Block: Parallax Scroll - ASK Design Blog
In this tut, we'll have some fun using Parallax Scrolls with the WordPress Cover Block to animate section dividers.
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Complianz alerts me about cookie changes, but Cookie Scan unavailable. Unable to authenticate the domain, email never arrives, caught in a loop. I then discover it's not just me, I've got plenty of company.
Heirloom Tomatoes (0913) - The farmer's market is so festive when the tomatoes are in season. What a variety of shapes and colors! buff.ly/5ZKdfLd • Reproduced on cards, prints, bags, tees, mugs, and more!
Heirloom Tomatoes by Anne Katzeff
Heirloom Tomatoes Pastel by Anne Katzeff
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[new post] Redesigning My Bootstrap Website - It had been at least 10 yrs. since I last redesigned my website. To keep up with the ever-changing web landscape, I use Bootstrap for my main site & WordPress for my blog. In this post, I share my process/tools as I tackled the main site. buff.ly/xvPi5ce
Redesigning My Bootstrap Website - ASK Design Blog
In my redesigned website, I use the most current aesthetic and technical protocols. In this post, I share my process and tools.
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Peggy's newest post about Suffs, the fabulous musical! "The suffragists lived intensely focused lives as strong women dedicated to creating a better world for women, moving forward step by step, even in the face of obstacles, misunderstandings, and impatience." spirit-flower.com/2026/07/23/s...
Suffs: Keep Marching!
Earlier this week, I watched the inspiring Broadway musical Suffs for the third time (once live in Boston; twice on PBS, New York show filmed). With both compassion and humor, Suffs focuses on the …
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Happy 17th Birthday CSS Flexible Box Layout! On July 23, 2009, W3C issued the first proposal of the CSS Flexible box layout (Flexbox) specification. Flexbox introduces a new way of creating web layouts. #WebDesignHistory
Willow Pond, Summer (0912) - Willow Pond, at Mt. Auburn Cemetery, bursts with color and activity in the spring and summer. Great place to paint! buff.ly/AE6HeRR • Original art = 10 x 8 - $210 • Reproduced on cards, prints, bags, tees, mugs, and more!
Willow Pond, Summer by Anne Katzeff
Willow Pond, Summer Pastel by Anne Katzeff
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[new blog post] View from Fort Revere - As kids, during our summers in Hull, we used to go to Fort Revere and explore. My newest intention was going up there to paint.
View from Fort Revere - ASK Design Blog
As kids, during our summers in Hull, we used to go to Fort Revere and explore. My newest intention was going up there to paint.
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Excellent work! . “The graphic system brought clarity and hierarchy to a dense body of research while introducing warmth, humanity, and a sense of wonder.”
Communication Arts@commarts.com · 3w agoEXHIBIT: This graphic system by Span presents Flyway City, an exhibition by architectural design firm Studio Gang that teaches Chicagoans about protecting migratory birds in Chicago. https://ow.ly/m0lm50ZlO95
Good Neighbors (0910) - More scrumptious lilies from our next door neighbors' stunning garden. buff.ly/tb1TtCN • Reproduced on cards, prints, bags, tees, mugs, and more!
Orange Lilies by Anne Katzeff
Orange Lilies Pastel by Anne Katzeff
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Sudden Storm - None of us suspected what nature had in store for us. I thought I'd be painting clouds with sunny skies, but a storm soon emerged.
Sudden Storm - ASK Design Blog
None of us suspected what nature had in store for us. I thought I'd be painting clouds with sunny skies, but a storm soon emerged.
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"Jamie and Nathan explore AI’s growing capacity to design and manage websites, the shifting demands for web skills, and how these trends could reshape the WordPress community."
WordPress, Your Way
Create your site. Share your voice. Earn online.
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Nathan Wrigley@nathanwrigley.com · 4mo ago462 – Debating AI’s impact with Jamie Marsland: content, creativity, slop and the future of WordPress In this episode, Nathan Wrigley and Jamie Marsland debate the impacts of AI on WordPress and broader society - spoiler alert: Nathan wins!! ;-). Jamie shares insights wpbuilds.com/2026/03/26/4...
Good Neighbors (0909) - Our next door neighbors have a stunning garden. One day, I asked if I could paint their flowers sometime, and they generously said that I could visit anytime and paint. They are good neighbors! buff.ly/11pfDKE • Reproduced on cards, prints, bags, tees, mugs, and more!
Good Neighbors by Anne Katzeff
Good Neighbors Photograph by Anne Katzeff
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Packaging Illustrator Files - Adobe introduced the package feature for Illustrator with CS6. Prior to this welcomed update, we had to manually duplicate our Illustrator files and collect all of the associated images and fonts into a folder. Packaging helps you avoid errors.
Packaging Illustrator Files - ASK Design Blog
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“let’s make it easier to recognise accessibility issues while we’re designing.”
A List Apart “for people who make websites” 1997–? @alistapart.com · 3mo agoDesigners are good people. Some designs exclude people anyway. Alan Dalton offers a practical fix: accessibility personas that help you recognize problems while you're designing, not after. Homework included. alistapart.com/article/good...
What if your design environment was the actual product? Real components. Real APIs. Real constraints. No translation layer, no handoff, no “it looked better in Figma.” Twenty Automattic designers tried it. Some of them never looked back. automattic.design/2026/05/21/w...
When designers start building
What a workshop taught us about closing the gap between design and code. In most design workflows, there’s a point where the work leaves your hands. The spec goes to engineering, and from there you…
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Echinacea (0908) - Echinacea grow tall and sway gently in the breeze. Bees love them! buff.ly/2MNrSNT • Reproduced on cards, prints, bags, tees, mugs, and more!
Echinacea by Anne Katzeff
Echinacea Pastel by Anne Katzeff
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My curated weekly newsletter is out. This week: 16 UI design tips, why less is (still) more with AI, and a fun accessibility quiz! Also, paper sculptures, cute clay creatures, and a stroke-recording drawing tool. 👉🏻 stephaniewalter.design/blog/pixels-...
On July 4, 2007, Chris Coyier, a web designer, established the CSS-Tricks portal. The portal brings web designers daily news and tutorials from the world of web design. #WebDesignHistory
"I love the lyrics to this song. I think that this song has so much hope in it, but the hope never really becomes a boast." ~ Brandi Carlile youtu.be/hpX1hrDBDYM?...
Brandi Carlile performs "America the Beautiful" to honor America's 250th birthday
YouTube video by ABC News
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Exploring the WordPress Cover Block: Parallax Scroll - The Cover Block can be used in a variety of ways to create attractive image or color areas with text overlays. In this tut, we’ll have some fun using Parallax Scrolls with Cover Blocks to animate section dividers.
Exploring the WordPress Cover Block: Parallax Scroll - ASK Design Blog
In this tut, we'll have some fun using Parallax Scrolls with the WordPress Cover Block to animate section dividers.
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