Hanza Media (ex EPH - Europe Press Holding) is a leading media company in Croatia. It is known for its newspapers and weeklies such as Jutarnji list, Slobodna Dalmacija, Gloria, Globus, Sportske novosti, etc. In the mid-2000s, EPH intended to launch a larger online project that was not related to print media.

Product Description

In 2008, EPH launched the website Gorila.hr, a casual website offering various online content. Gorila.hr was developed in Symfony 2. Although it was supported by links from other EPH brands, the project did not meet expectations in the first year. The traffic was very low.

Krešimir became the main project manager and editor in 2009 and led Gorila.hr for almost 10 years. By introducing many changes to the Symfony-based code and shifting the editing towards content based solely on SEO, the number of visits increased sharply. In 2010, Gorila.hr surpassed almost all brands within EPH in terms of visits. In 2011, it was among the 10 most visited sites in Croatia for several months.

In order for the Jutarnji.hr portal to become the most visited site in Croatia, Gorila.hr was moved to the subdomain gorila.jutarnji.hr. After switching from Symfony and eZpublish to WordPress in 2016, the number of visits began to stagnate. It existed as a separate subdomain until 2022.

Outcome

For the first time in a large media house EPH, the Gorila.hr project implemented new ways of editing and presenting content to the public. The project took advantages that other projects did not use enough, especially advanced SEO, but also bolder use and merging of different technologies based on PHP (Symfony, eZpublish, etc.).

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.

Product Description

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.

Work process and used technology

Krešimir took over application development in 2018 and since then he has developed and maintained different versions. It is PHP application based on Symfony. Some versions still use Joomla. Krešimir is also fully managing application hosting on Plesk dedicated servers.

Outcome

Four 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.

The music school in Varaždin, Croatia, has a tradition of almost 200 years. Every year there are major music competitions such as the Woodwind & Brass, Jurica Murai Memorial International Pianist Competition, PamusFlow, etc. Each competition has between 500 and 1,000 competitors and around 50 expert commission members. Music teachers got the idea to make a web application that will make the holding of such big competitions much easier for organizers, competitors and committee members.

Product Description

Application covers every part of music competition organization: complex custom application formsi, platform for managing expert commissions, evaluation form for every commission member on their mobile phones, automatically generated competition results with certificates and diplomas for print, etc.

Work process and used technology

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. Krešimir is also fully managing application hosting on Plesk dedicated servers.

Outcome

Many music schools in Croatia 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.

Olimpići sports school in Zagreb expanded to more than 10 locations, employed an increasing number of coaches who trained an increasing number of children. In order to be able to respond to such a big organizational challenge, there was an urgent need for an online platform that would collect the applications of hundreds of children and provide all the necessary information to parents.

Product Description

The Olimpici.net website must primarily provide all the necessary registration forms for sports schools for each sport and location, for various children's events (Arrival of St. Nicholas, Heloween, etc.), for organizing birthday parties, for enrollment in spring and summer sports camps, etc.
The site must provide a huge amount of necessary information in a clear way - from regular ones for locations and dates, occasional ones (excursions, events) to urgent ones (cancellation or change of location).

Work process and used technology

Based on the template created by the design agency, in 2017 Kresimir created a fully customized WordPress theme and installed and launched the WordPress CMS. Using various plugins and customized PHP solutions, he created a solution for all the needs that arose. To this day, he maintains and edits the site.

Outcome

The employees of the Olimpići Sports School managed to raise business to a higher level by transferring all applications collected by phone or e-mail to the website and its application forms. The number of applications made through the website to date is measured in the tens of thousands. Parents also know at any time that they can get all the information through the site and that this information will be updated in a timely manner, so there is no longer a need for direct communication with each parent.