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Mike McAlister
@mmcalister on WordPress.org, @Mike McAlister on Slack
Bio
I’ve been working with WordPress for over 15 years. I’ve created hundreds of WordPress themes, built and sold multiple WordPress businesses, answered thousands of support questions, and left my mark on the software through contribution and education.
Now, I’m building Ollie, a free WordPress block theme that helps you design better, build faster, and publish sooner. Learn more about Ollie and Ollie Pro: https://olliewp.com
Contributions
Mike McAlister contributes 2 hours per week to the Themes team.
- Member Since: July 19th, 2022
- Location: Milwaukee, WI
- Website: mikemcalister.com
- GitHub: mikemcalister
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Contribution History
Mike McAlister’s badges:- Core Contributor
- Plugin Developer
- Theme Developer
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Posted a reply to Shortcodes inside menu, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there, shortcodes are not disabled. I'm not sure what kind you are adding, but… -
Posted a reply to Dropdown click open/close on Safari, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey @wallifantastic , here's a video of what I'm seeing in Safari. On the latest… -
Posted a reply to With php 8.2 there are some deprecated errors, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey @karesz this should be fixed in the latest release. Let me know if you… -
Posted a reply to Drop down menù out of position, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey there, Did you try the dropdown alignment options? That should let you align the… -
Posted a reply to With php 8.2 there are some deprecated errors, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks for the heads up! We'll get this fixed in the next release. 🙌 -
Posted a reply to Dropdown menu block should follow `Submenu & overlay …` settings, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
It actually gets a little trickier than that. Core writes those styles to dropdowns on… -
Posted a reply to get page with product shortcode to look like product page, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
This looks like a known issue for WooCommerce themes/blocks/shortcodes. We're going to do a sprint… -
Posted a reply to Right sidebar on blog posts only, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey there, you'd want to edit the Single template in the site editor, and add… -
Posted a reply to Featured image dimensions, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You can upload any size. The theme outputs featured images in their uploaded aspect ratio,… -
Posted a reply to PHP 8.0 / 8.1 Support ???, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey there, I'm running 8.0+ support virtually everywhere with no issues or critical errors. You'd… -
Posted a reply to custom fonts issue, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey there, apologies for the delay. Are you still having trouble with your fonts? The… -
Posted a reply to Variable Fonts with Ollie, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there, slant and stretch aren't available as options in the core interface yet. With… -
Posted a reply to New feature request: opacity preference for area below the menu, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey there, thanks for the suggestion! It looks like the mobile menu feature of Menu… -
Created ticket #64191 on Core Trac:
Button disabled states do not have enough contrast in 6.9 beta 2 -
Created ticket #239582 on Themes Trac:
THEME: Ollie – 1.5.3 -
Posted a reply to Dropdown menu block should follow `Submenu & overlay …` settings, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there, The Submenu & overlay text is used for the default WP dropdown menus.… -
Posted a reply to Full screen horizontal scrollbar issues, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Ok cool. I'll keep looking on my end to see if we can fix that… -
Posted a reply to Full screen horizontal scrollbar issues, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey there, can you try adding this CSS to see if it helps? If so,… -
Posted a reply to Full screen horizontal scrollbar issues, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey @aintnobody ,thanks for the heads up! I'll take a look at this and get… -
Posted a reply to Dropdown click open/close on Safari, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey there, do you mean like a slide out drawer menu from the side? If… -
Posted a reply to Mobile Menu Preview Uses Root Site on MultiSite, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Quick follow up, I've fixed it and it will be available in the next version! -
Posted a reply to Mobile Menu Preview Uses Root Site on MultiSite, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey Jason, thanks for the heads up! That should be an easy enough fix. I've… -
Posted a reply to Dropdown click open/close on Safari, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
No problem, thanks for your help! -
Posted a reply to Dropdown click open/close on Safari, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey @studioboskant, I've just released a fix for that in the latest update! Let me… -
Posted a reply to Dropdown click open/close on Safari, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey there, thanks for the heads up! You are right, Safari does in fact handle… -
Created ticket #227912 on Themes Trac:
THEME: Ollie – 1.5.2 -
Created ticket #227911 on Themes Trac:
THEME: Ollie – 1.5.1 -
Posted a reply to Mobile menu is not displayed properly, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey there, Sorry to hear about this quirk! Unfortunately, I can't really help debug it… -
Created ticket #226470 on Themes Trac:
THEME: Ollie – 1.5.0 -
Posted a reply to USER View link rerouted to shop page., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there, this wouldn't be an Ollie issue. This is likely an issue with your… -
Posted a reply to Display just the search icon, not box?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey there, this is not something we can do, unfortunately. We don't provide custom dev… -
Posted a reply to Cannot use the right column, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there, if you want to add content to the sidebar, you need to go… -
Posted a reply to Mobile menu not working on older devices, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there, unfortunately the mobile menu is not a feature of Ollie, but of WordPress.… -
Posted a reply to Text Decoration (underlines) Very Thick After Update To 1.4.6, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey there, this should be fixed now! -
Posted a reply to Usage of Ollie for Long term usage, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey Prad, thanks for the question. I cannot say for sure if Ollie will be… -
Posted a reply to Changelog… or it didn’t happen, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey there, the changelog is available inside the theme and also you can see the… -
Posted a reply to Block Template Part Can’t Be Inserted, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey Val, I think you've figured this out based on our chat in Slack, but… -
Posted a reply to Menu Confusion, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey Deb, sorry for the delayed response, but here's a video showing how to work… -
Created ticket #221807 on Themes Trac:
THEME: Ollie – 1.4.9 -
Created issue #70025 in the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
Use color variables for text highlight instead of hex -
Created ticket #215075 on Themes Trac:
THEME: Ollie – 1.4.8 -
Created ticket #214807 on Themes Trac:
THEME: Ollie – 1.4.7 -
Created ticket #212877 on Themes Trac:
THEME: Ollie – 1.4.6 -
Created ticket #212410 on Themes Trac:
THEME: Ollie – 1.4.5 -
Created ticket #212246 on Themes Trac:
THEME: Ollie – 1.4.4 -
Created ticket #211452 on Themes Trac:
THEME: Ollie – 1.4.3 -
Posted a reply to Will templates be overridden when theme is updated?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there, I answered this on X, but thought I would also provide the answer… -
Created ticket #209431 on Themes Trac:
THEME: Ollie – 1.4.2 -
Posted a reply to Child theme doesn’t inherit the parent theme, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey there, Child themes work a little differently with block themes. When you make customizations… -
Created ticket #208989 on Themes Trac:
THEME: Ollie – 1.4.1
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Ollie Menu Designer
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