{"id":1697,"date":"2017-10-15T16:00:15","date_gmt":"2017-10-15T13:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2017.sofia.wordcamp.org\/?p=1697"},"modified":"2017-10-17T18:40:50","modified_gmt":"2017-10-17T15:40:50","slug":"wcsof17-introducing-mitko-kockovski","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sofia.wordcamp.org\/2017\/wcsof17-introducing-mitko-kockovski\/","title":{"rendered":"WordCamp Sofia 2017 speakers: Introducing Mitko Kockovski"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Meet Mitko who started working with WordPress in 2010. He is a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/codeable.io\/\">Codeable<\/a>\u00a0expert and founder of WooDoo.agency. He loves creating unusual websites, especially with WooCommerce.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1698\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/sofia.wordcamp.org\/2017\/wcsof17-introducing-mitko-kockovski\/mitko\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sofia.wordcamp.org\/2017\/files\/2017\/10\/mitko.jpg?fit=2048%2C1365&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2048,1365\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Ivan Gatic&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Ivan Gatic&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"mitko\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sofia.wordcamp.org\/2017\/files\/2017\/10\/mitko.jpg?fit=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sofia.wordcamp.org\/2017\/files\/2017\/10\/mitko.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1698\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2017.sofia.wordcamp.org\/files\/2017\/10\/mitko.jpg?resize=1180%2C786&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1180\" height=\"786\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sofia.wordcamp.org\/2017\/files\/2017\/10\/mitko.jpg?w=2048&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sofia.wordcamp.org\/2017\/files\/2017\/10\/mitko.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sofia.wordcamp.org\/2017\/files\/2017\/10\/mitko.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sofia.wordcamp.org\/2017\/files\/2017\/10\/mitko.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sofia.wordcamp.org\/2017\/files\/2017\/10\/mitko.jpg?resize=450%2C300&amp;ssl=1 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1180px) 100vw, 1180px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>In his talk,\u00a0<a class=\"wcpt-session-title\" href=\"https:\/\/2017.sofia.wordcamp.org\/session\/ajax-ing-your-woocommerce-website\/\">AJAX-ing your (woocommerce) website [En]<\/a>, Mitko will tell us about some of the ways a WordPress website can be \u201eajaxed\u201c. The talk will start with explaining how the wp_ajax functionality works along with some tips and tricks. After that, he will go into the WP API and some JavaScript frameworks that can help you AJAXify your website.<\/p>\n<p>But first, shall we see what is Mitko&#8217;s favorite sport?<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<blockquote><p><strong><br \/>\nHey Mitko, please introduce yourself.<br \/>\n<\/strong>My name is Mitko Kochkovski and I come from Skopje, Macedonia.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What\u2019s your specialty?<br \/>\n<\/strong>My speciality is making clients happy and I do that since 2010. Beside the required scope I try to push the clients to make latest technology websites including AJAX-ing and e-commerce sites.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How many languages do you speak?<br \/>\n<\/strong>I speak many languages if you count the coding ones. If not I speak Macedonian, English and Serbian\/Croatian.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What was your first encounter with WordPress?<br \/>\n<\/strong>I first meet WordPress in early 2010. It was about an e-commerce project running on WP e-commerce where I enabled a functionality for product search.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the best WordPress advice you have ever received?<br \/>\n<\/strong>The best WordPress advice I received was from Pascal, when I met him in WC Geneva in 2016, where he explained how the WordPress contribution works!<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is your motivation to speak at WordCamp Sofia 2017?<br \/>\n<\/strong>My motivation for this talk was based on Pascal explanation (sharing is caring), so I decided I&#8217;m going to share my experience with others.<\/p>\n<div><strong>How did you you choose the topic of your talk?<br \/>\n<\/strong>My topic came from my latest Woo project where I&#8217;ve build an AJAX-ed based filter using WP API and {{mustache}} framework to complete the job.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong>What is your favorite sport?<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>Unfortunately, I don&#8217;t like sports at least sports that are not &#8216;e-sports&#8217;, so my favorite sport is Dota 2 (Defense of the Ancients)\u00a0 and I watch every match!<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em><strong>Want to make sure you don&#8217;t miss all these insights? 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