what's new in 1.4.1?

When you do a theme update, every file gets replaced. If you’ve made any edits to the theme’s files then yes they will be erased.

@emilkaa, If you have not yet done so, I would suggest creating a child theme so that any customizations you make will not be overwritten by a future theme update. Alternately if you are only changing CSS, you can use the Edit CSS function in the Jetpack plugin, or use one of the other Custom CSS plugins that will keep CSS changes from being overwritten.

Child Themes
Child Theme creation plugins
Jetpack plugin
Custom CSS plugins

Thank you all both for your replies, I know I know.. But to be honest I did try to create a child theme and I failed. I don’t remember what was causing me issues but I gave up at the end and edited the CSS files directly. I know I shouldnt have. I hope that there will be no major updates to the theme and that I can successfully use the version I have for next few years. It would be helpful to get an easy update on changes made but couldn’t find that information.. Anyway, I greatly appreciate your help, it’s not the first time I asked for support and there is always someone here.

And I do continue to love ryu theme :)))

If it’s only CSS tweaks you need (and no other theme-file edits), you don’t need a child theme. ?? You can use a custom CSS plugin instead, like the Custom CSS module in Jetpack, or a standalone plugin as sacredpath linked above.

I strongly recommend moving your CSS tweaks out so you’ll be able to update the theme going forward. There are often important issues, including security holes, fixed in new versions of a theme. Version 1.4.1 fixes one such security problem. Until you’re able to move your CSS tweaks into a custom CSS plugin, you should remove this file from your server as soon as possible:

ryu/genericons/example.html

I know it may take some time to move the changes out into a custom CSS plugin, but think of it this way: it’ll surely take less time than cleaning up a hacked site. ??

Good luck!