Personal details

Kresimir K. - Remote CMS developer

Kresimir K.

Based in: 🇭🇷 Croatia
Timezone: Zagreb (UTC+2)

Summary

I founded the company Internetsko novinarstvo - Online Press in 2009 and have been working professionally in it since 2011. My primary job for 12 years has been PHP development.

I have created dozens of custom PHP applications, mostly in 'pure' PHP, without any help from ready-made solutions. A bit spartan, but in the later stages it gives a lot of freedom to adjust the application however the client wants, so it turns out the best in the end. I worked in Symfony, Laravel, CodeIgniter... React and Angular didn't bypass me also, not even Backbone. And that's not bad, certainly different.

However, I have always returned to 'pure' PHP/HTML/CSS/JS programming, because it is so similar to the Commodore BASIC language that I liked so much as a child.

PHP is also a good base for various content display systems (CMS), so I spent a large part of my time programming, maintaining and cleaning Drupal, Joomla and, of course, the hugely popular WordPress. I managed modules, components, themes, plugins... To end up creating several custom themes and plugins from scratch.

I'm also in search engine optimization (SEO) when needed, which I started as a journalist in 2007. And over time, as our clients asked for a hosting service, we are maintaining dedicated servers. So I'm familiar with Plesk and cPanel.

I fell in love with the world of technology because there are no lies. Something cannot be interpreted differently than it is. The application is working properly or not. Sometimes harsh, even frustrating, but actually - honest and fair. I like that.

Work Experience

PHP Web Developer
Internetsko novinarstvo - Online Press | Jul 2011 - Present
HTML/CSS
PHP
jQuery
WordPress
SEO
Drupal
Joomla!
Plesk
JavaScript

Internetsko novinarstvo - Online Press Ltd. for software development and SEO. Since 2009.

Editor / Web Developer
EPH | Jul 2009 - Jun 2011
PHP
WordPress
SEO
Symfony

The largest newspaper publisher in Croatia (today Hanza Media)

Education

University of Zagreb/Sveuciliste u Zagrebu
Bachelor's degree・Mag. theo.
Sep 1995 - Feb 2002
Science and Mathematics High School, Prva gimnazija Varaždin, Croatia
High school diploma・Natural sciences and mathematics
Sep 1991 - Jun 1995

Personal Projects

Montagedokumentation AppIconOpenNewWindows
2000
HTML/CSS
PHP
jQuery
MySQL
Joomla!
JavaScript
Construction companies have legal obligation to make precise documentation about roof workers security for every construction site. Documentation have to contain photos of every small column, fence or hook that is mounted on the roof for security as well as construction site plan and all other details. Austrian company Tigatech decided to develop application that would simplify process of making documentation as much as possible. Montagedokumentation Tool enables user to make and upload photos directly to application and after that it leads user step by step to import details about every security point on roof. Details include surface (concrete, wood, steel), used tools, used products, etc. After making photos with mobile phone on the roof it is only few clicks in office before printing final official documents. Krešimir took over application development in 2018 and since then he has developed and maintained five versions for different clients in Germany, Switzerland and Austria. It is fully custom PHP application, developed in pure PHP/HTML/CSS/JS without use of any framework or module. Exception is only Joomla that is used for login and managing customers on some versions and few processes use jQuery library. Krešimir is also fully managing application hosting on Plesk dedicated servers. Five big construction companies in Germany, Austria and Switzerland are offering Montagedokumentation Tool on their websites and hundreds of small and large companies are using it every day for making official documents.
Application for Major Music CompetitionsIconOpenNewWindows
2020
HTML/CSS
PHP
MySQL
JavaScript
Application covers every part of music competition organization: - complex custom application forms - platform for candidate selection and classification - platform for managing expert commissions - evaluation form for every commission member on their mobile phones - automatically generated competition results for all categories - automatically generated certificates and diplomas for print - additional requirements of individual competitions, such as the final competition of category winners After meetings with music teachers and agreement on the concept of application, Kresimir started to develop application in 2020. It is fully custom PHP application, developed in pure PHP/HTML/CSS/JS without use of any framework or module. After first competition PamusFlow in 2021, specially designed also to help with COVID circumstances of that time, it was adjust and used also for many following competitions. During the competition, Kresimir provided active support so that everything went smoothly. Kresimir is also fully managing application hosting on Plesk dedicated servers. Many music schools in Croatia, and soon in Slovenia, use the application to organize and hold competitions. The price of using the application is far less than the costs for manually processing hundreds of applications, printing hundreds of diplomas or creating complex lists of results for each category. Everything is available via the internet at any time, both to members of the commission and to every competitor.