Ollie Updates

The latest and historical updates to the Ollie block theme, including feature additions, bug fixes, and improvements.

1.3.0 – 12/16/24

Refine color palette names to map better to their contextual use. Read more about the change here: https://olliewp.com/docs/color-palette/
Refine existing color palettes with updated colors and new color slot.
Refine pattern layouts with simpler markup where possible
Add new Agency color palette for upcoming Agency pattern collection.
Add style variation for quickly changing button colors.
Add layer names to patterns

1.2.5 – 11/25/24

Fix issue where some font weights aren’t being applied

1.2.4 – 11/21/24

Fix line height issue in global styles by switching to number-based line heights instead of variables

1.2.3 – 11/19/24

Improve line height on post title headings

1.2.2 – 11/1/24

Fix header and footer calls for child themes

1.2.1 – 10/8/24

Fix image paths in patterns for child themes
Fix box shadow slug name
Fix outline button color cascading

1.2.0 – 10/2/24

Refresh homepage pattern design
Update site logo to use paragraph instead of H1
Update header and footer to lighter color patterns by default
Add new hero pattern to homepage
Clean up pattern library for more consistency
Clean up navigation block markup
Clean up header and footer markup

1.1.6 – 9/3/24

Remove template restriction on headers
Remove default full width on form inputs

1.1.5 – 8/20/24

Add box shadow support
Fix image paths in patterns for child themes
Clean up pagination styles

1.1.4 – 7/23/24

Add style improvements for images on mobile

1.1.3 – 7/16/24

Remove unnecessary theme.json styles
Improve line height styling
Remove unnecessary underline styles
Add image size fallback

1.1.2 – 7/9/24

Remove H1 font size to allow for global styles
Fix font size on site title
Fix font size on patterns

1.1.1 – 6/27/24

Switch main font to Mona Sans
Adjust typography scale for new font
Add new style variations: Creator, Startup, Studio
Remove Dashicons dependency and rework list styles
Fix tag wrapping on single post template
Add active class style in navigation
Improve pattern typography for new style variations

1.1.0 – 10/14/23

Remove custom duotone limitation
Improve patterns for use in child themes
Remove unnecessary ollie slug from template part

1.0.9 – 10/4/23

Update theme description to remove reference to onboarding wizard
Add Patrick Posner as a contributor

1.0.8 – 10/4/23

Update screenshot

1.0.7 – 10/2/23

Remove Ollie onboarding wizard in favor of plugin implementation in the coming weeks

1.0.6 – 9/27/23

Replace social icon links with placeholder links

1.0.5 – 9/27/23

Remove activation modal and replace it with core admin notice
Remove site icon setting from onboarding

1.0.4 – 9/25/23

Refactor dashboard views
Remove unused styles

1.0.3 – 9/22/23

Clean up footer patterns
Clean up header patterns
Add more padding to blog post cards

1.0.2 – 9/18/23

Prepare theme for wp.org release
Prefix pattern categories
Update theme screenshot
Remove site title, tagline, and logo upload from dashboard wizard
Add additional license info in readme.txt
Fix navigation spacing
Update blog to two column layout
Under the hood improvements for security and performance

1.0.1 – 8/21/23

Remove site logo conditional in header patterns and revert to site title by default

1.0.0 – 8/16/23

Initial public release
Add Ollie Dashboard and Setup Wizard (Appearance → Ollie)
Fix block spacing for WordPress 6.3

0.1.4 – 7/17/23

Remove home.html template in favor of traditional set up. Using home.html had benefits, but required users to employ workarounds to get the homepage and blog settings working as expected. Now, to create a homepage layout, choose any page, apply the No Title page template, and add one of the full page patterns found in the pattern modal.
Fix margin styles on paragraphs and lists for 6.3.
Add a Blog page pattern.
Prepare theme for Ollie setup wizard.

0.1.3 – 5/19/23

Change Front Page template back to front-page.html for now. Still contemplating the best option here.
Improve styling on search results page
Change blog index view from list view to a grid view.
Improve styling on header font sizes
Add Page With Sidebar template.

0.1.2 – 5/10/23