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Hire RomanRoman Klabal
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WordPress Developer
Location
Prague, Czech Republic
Toptal Member Since
April 24, 2021
Roman is an experienced and versatile full-stack web developer who started developing websites as a hobby in 2007 and has been there every time the internet has shifted towards a new meta. He has been involved in many projects and services, from personal and company websites to advanced eCommerce and dedicated web applications. Roman is a seasoned WordPress expert, and it has been his go-to platform since 2012.
Portfolio
Hotel Josef
WordPress, PHP, HTML5, HTML, CSS, CSS3, JavaScript, jQuery, Web Development...
UAP
CSS, CSS3, CubeCart, Advanced Custom Fields (ACF), Adobe Photoshop, Elementor...
Freelance
PHP, MySQL, CSS, JavaScript, WordPress, Web Development, XML, PrestaShop...
Experience
Availability
Part-time
Preferred Environment
Windows, Git, Slack, Visual Studio Code (VS Code)
The most amazing...
...thing I've done is develop and maintain a website for the Czech Stem Cells Registry, helping to find bone marrow donors and indirectly saving lives.
Work Experience
External Full-stack Web Developer
2017 - PRESENT
Hotel Josef
- Developed a website for Hotel Josef, an exclusive design hotel in the center of Prague. The website is available in multiple languages and offers specialized pages with tips and guides for visitors.
- Constructed a website for Maximilian Hotel, a boutique hotel in the center of Prague. The website is available in multiple languages and also contains tips for visitors. Also developed a website for the hotel's brasserie.
- Architected a food ordering application that allows people to pre-order food.
- Built a conference booking configurator that allows visitors to select a conference plan based precisely on their requirements.
Technologies: WordPress, PHP, HTML5, HTML, CSS, CSS3, JavaScript, jQuery, Web Development, Polylang, JSON, WordPress API
External Full-stack Web Developer
2013 - PRESENT
UAP
- Built and managed more than 20 websites for each of the company brands.
- Developed and maintained several eCommerce solutions for several company brands.
- Created and managed two internal applications that generate serial numbers later used in production and allow retail customers to register their products on the website.
Technologies: CSS, CSS3, CubeCart, Advanced Custom Fields (ACF), Adobe Photoshop, Elementor, HTML5, JavaScript, jQuery, PHP, WordPress, WooCommerce, Web Development, JSON, WordPress API, Linux
Full-stack Web Developer
2007 - PRESENT
Freelance
- Developed websites ranging from simple personal and business sites to complex eCommerce solutions.
- Established professional and long-lasting business relationships with clients from all across the globe.
- Led small teams of up to five people as a project manager and developer simultaneously when the project required the cooperation of experts from other areas (e.g., UX, languages, or content creation).
- Learned how to properly communicate the needs and specifications of a project with end clients to save time and money and make the cooperation as pleasant and direct as possible.
- Became a Swiss Army knife of web development, touching virtually all aspects and trades of web development and related areas at least once in my career.
Technologies: PHP, MySQL, CSS, JavaScript, WordPress, Web Development, XML, PrestaShop, Bootstrap, Laravel
Wordpress/Elementor/SEO specialist for Business Website
2022 - 2022
SPOTT NV
- Developed an interactive gallery showcasing a portfolio of the client's product. The gallery was created with strict requirements around performance and responsivity.
- Reworked the company blog to perform well from an SEO point of view and to look appealing to visitors.
- Improved the pricing page from a bulky, slow, and difficult-to-manage Elementor bloat to a simple, clean, and easily managed fully responsive page.
Technologies: WordPress, Elementor, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Video SEO, SEO Tools, Yoast SEO, Web Design
Full-Stack WordPress Developer
2021 - 2022
C3.ai, Inc
- Developed new modules that allowed the client to showcase their products and portfolio to website visitors cleanly.
- Improved the back-end of the website to allow the client to navigate through it and create much easier and more user-friendly content.
- Created a complex and easy-to-navigate resource knowledge hub that collects articles automatically from the existing content yet allows the client to rearrange and prioritize it.
- Implemented advanced marketing and analytic features, such as forms and custom Marketo tracking activities.
Technologies: PHP, WordPress, HTML, Advanced Custom Fields (ACF), CSS, jQuery, WordPress Themes, WordPress Plugins, JSON, WordPress API
Full-Stack Web Developer
2007 - 2013
Panoramas s.r.o.
- Developed a website for the city of Prague, featuring all of its famous parks and towers. The website contained advanced map features, featuring all points of interest in the database.
- Architected a custom-built eCommerce solution for a clothing brand with specific inventory, stock, and individual stores features.
- Built and maintained an internal CRM system for the parent company, featuring thousands of end customers with custom features and requirements.
Technologies: PHP, HTML, CSS, JavaScript
Experience
Website for Design Hotel Josef | Prague
Complete website development for a unique design hotel in the heart of Prague's Old Town.
The website presents the hotel, its accommodation, and its benefits in great detail, with each section having a unique design and content structure.
The website presents the hotel, its accommodation, and its benefits in great detail, with each section having a unique design and content structure.
Stylish Website for Katarina Rehm | German Graphologist
https://www.entscheidungshilfe-graphologie.de/Unique design made entirely custom for a professional German graphologist, Katarina Rehm. The website features several different content types, including Workshops, Journals, News, portfolios, and several unique pages.
Unique eCommerce Solution for UAP Tradelocks | Manchester
https://tradelocks.co.ukA highly customized and unique eCommerce solution based on CubeCart made for an effective locksmith tool and accessory manufacturer, UAP Tradelocks, based in the United Kingdom. The inventory contains several thousand products falling into hundreds of different categories, each with unique requirements and features. Several product finders and product bundle configurators have been developed for the website, along with marketing and promotion tools linked to individual groups of products.
Complex WordPress Corporate Website for UAP, Ltd., Manchester
https://uapcorporate.com/A feature-rich corporate website for a locksmith tools and door hardware manufacturer—UAP, Ltd.—in the United Kingdom. Apart from dozens of different templates, the website features several product finders, an extensive product catalog, and a product registration section, which allows customers to register products that they physically purchased for guarantee purposes. The back end of the website also allows for serial number management, which is then exported and assigned to products during manufacture.
Customized WooCommerce Store for UAP America Store
https://uapamerica.com/A WooCommerce store set up for the US branch of UAP, Ltd. Due to the nature of the locksmith tools being sold and different laws associated with them in certain US states, advanced rules for purchase and checkout had to be implemented. Shipping to certain states is not allowed, while others require various documents during checkout. Several marketing tools, such as Product Bundles and a 360° product view, have been implemented.
Max6mum Security: Door and Window Lock Product Brand Presentation
A brand presentation website with a product catalog and a very simple, custom-made eCommerce solution. The options, stock information, and prices of the products are automatically synchronized from inventory software.
The website also showcases an interactive map of stockists that offer the products of the Max6mum Security product line.
The website also showcases an interactive map of stockists that offer the products of the Max6mum Security product line.
Bulding and Construction Company Website, VW Wachal, Prague
https://www.wachal.cz/en/A business presentation of a building and construction company based in the Czech Republic with many prestigious projects all across Europe.
The website showcases their most important projects in great detail, including photo galleries, documentation, videos, and interviews.
The website showcases their most important projects in great detail, including photo galleries, documentation, videos, and interviews.
Karin Cossmann Real Estate Website, Prague
https://www.karincossmann.com/A completely custom-built website for high-end real estate company Karin Cossmann Real Estate, based in Prague.
Due to the nature of the real estate offerings and the clientele, the main requirement was an elegant and clean presentation of the estates.
Available in the Czech language only.
Due to the nature of the real estate offerings and the clientele, the main requirement was an elegant and clean presentation of the estates.
Available in the Czech language only.
Skills
Languages
PHP, JavaScript, HTML5, CSS3, XML, CSS, HTML
Tools
Advanced Custom Fields (ACF), Git, CubeCart, Adobe Photoshop, PrestaShop, Slack
Platforms
WordPress, WooCommerce, Windows, Linux, Visual Studio Code (VS Code)
Other
WordPress Themes, Web Development, Elementor, WordPress Plugins, Polylang, Video SEO, SEO Tools, Yoast SEO
Libraries/APIs
jQuery, WordPress API
Storage
MySQL, JSON
Industry Expertise
Web Design
Frameworks
Bootstrap, Laravel
Paradigms
Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
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