Ratko Solaja

Novi Sad, Serbia

Member since July 17, 2015

Ratko likes to help clients build websites that will excite people. His philosophy is that it doesn't matter what medium is used, what's crucial is the idea and message. What Ratko offers to clients is the best mix of creative and strategic thinking with effective and memorable solutions. He's also a regular WordCamp and WordPress Meetup speaker.

HTML5 CSS3 jQuery jQuery UI Responsive Web Design (RWD)AJAX WordPress Bootstrap 3+Git CSS3 Animation JavaScript PHP MySQL Sketch 3 ACF Show more

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Portfolio

VueLabs
PHP, WordPress, MySQL, HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript
Simplicity LLC
HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, jQuery, PHP, WordPress
MediaNovak
HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, jQuery, WordPress, PHP

Experience

CSS3, 6 years
HTML5, 6 years
WordPress Theme Design, 4 years
WordPress, 4 years
WooCommerce, 4 years
PHP, 4 years
Object-oriented Programming (OOP), 4 years
WordPress Plugins, 4 years

Availability

Part-time

Preferred Environment

Mac OS X, Sublime Text 3, BitBucket

The most amazing...

...thing that I've coded is the WooCommerce subscription extension that integrates with my own, custom-made licensing plugin.

Employment

CEO
VueLabs
2017 - PRESENT
- Developed the front-end and back-end..
- Worked on web design.
Technologies: PHP, WordPress, MySQL, HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript
Senior WordPress Developer
Simplicity LLC
2016 - 2017
- Developed plugins on my own that were published in the WP Repository and were then purchased by my employer.
- Built a booking plugin for our clients.
- Created new modules for the BuddyPress platform.
- Created a number of WooCommerce extensions for our clients: a wishlist with an email Cron job, a gift card generator available to non-registered users, quantity rules, PDF invoices, and delivery slots.
- Used the Facebook API to enable registration via Facebook.
- Created custom tables for the WordPress database.
Technologies: HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, jQuery, PHP, WordPress
Front-End and WordPress Developer
MediaNovak
2014 - 2015
- Created themes for ThemeForest.
- Developed plugins for our clients.
- Integrated the ThemeForest API into our support system made on WordPress.
- Worked with WooCommerce (extending it), Visual Composer (creating shortcodes for our themes), and with BuddyPress.
- Created fully dynamic one-page video background websites that were mobile ready.
- Co-created our own fields for WordPress with the Settings API.
Technologies: HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, jQuery, WordPress, PHP

Experience

Bikes&Humans Cooperative (Development)
http://bikesandhumans.com/
Bikes&Humans Cooperative sells sweatshop-free, eco-friendly, and realistically-priced products.

I created the entire website. My aim was to make checkout easier, and I also created a way to import products from Shopify to WooCommerce.
Svi uz Šampione (Development)
I created this website for a local ice cream manufacturer and a frozen food distributor. This website was done to showcase their new ice cream made for the RIO 2016 Olympic Games.

My main goal was for the ice cream customers to interact with the Olympic games. They would find a code on the purchased ice cream, then enter code on the website, and then leave a message to support the Serbian Olympic teams or individuals competing in Rio.

I created this project as an employee of Simplicity LLC.
RS Likes (Development)
https://wordpress.org/plugins/rs-likes/
RS Likes will add a heart to your posts or pages or any other post type. Hearts are more expressive than likes and they enable your users to convey a range of emotions.

This plugin is light, fast (AJAX-powered), and coded with best practices. Every vote is limited by the user's IP address and a cookie.
RS Save for Later (Development)
https://wordpress.org/plugins/rs-save-for-later/
RS Save for Later will add a button to your posts, pages, and custom post-types so users who aren't logged can save that content so they can access it later. This plugin uses cookies to make this possible. This plugin is light, fast (AJAX-powered), and coded with best practices.

Upon activation this plugin will create a page called "Saved for Later," and when a user accesses it, it will show him his saved content. When you deactivate this plugin, that page will be deleted as well.
InstaVid (Development)
http://instavid.com/dynamic-thumbnail-generator/
Created a WordPress plugin that creates and updates content from IVA via a Cron job. I also created a PHP app/widget that allows users to easily create Videobars.
Magnolia Market Website and Emails for Riess Group (Development)
https://magnoliamarket.com/
For the Riess Group, I've worked on 2 projects: the Magnolia Market website and Magnolia Market emails.

When it came to the website, I worked on implementing new features, fixing bugs, and more. Even though WordPress is powered by PHP, the most amazing thing I did is implementation of Algolia Search via JavaScript.

When it came to emails, it was my first time to really do some work on them and it has been a love-hate relationship. I've managed to learn some basic principles, testing with Litmus and how to use Foundation Inky.
The Ultimate Guide to Building a WordPress Plugin (Publication)
https://www.toptal.com/wordpress/ultimate-guide-building-wordpress-plugin
WordPress plugins can be both a blessing and a curse. With more than 45,000 plugins available in its official repository, WordPress users can customize their website to their heart’s content. However, not all plugins follow the standards necessary to keep the platform performant and secure while also delivering a solid user experience. In this tutorial, Toptal Software Engineer Ratko Solaja shows us how to build a robust WordPress plugin, following all the necessary best practices.

Skills

Languages
SCSS, CSS3, HTML5, PHP, JavaScript
Frameworks
Redux, ZURB Foundation 5, Bootstrap 3+, WordPress Multisite
Libraries/APIs
jQuery UI, jQuery, Animate.css, REST API
Tools
Terminal, Sublime Text 3, Git, ITerm, Sketch 3, Oh My Zsh
Paradigms
Object-oriented Programming (OOP), Responsive Web Design (RWD), Functional Programming
Platforms
WordPress Theme Design, WooCommerce, WordPress, Shopify
Misc
WordPress Plugins, AJAX, CSS3 Animation, ACF, BuddyPress, MySQL/MariaDB, Email
Storage
MySQL, JSON

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science
Univerzitet PIM - Banja Luka, Bosnia & Herzegovina
2012 - 2016

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