What do we lose when updating Cornerstone/Pro?

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#1

Hi,
In an effort to better understand child themes and how updates effect our saved work, can you explain in this forum what would be lost if I were to do a Cornerstone/Pro update?

I know that I would lose changes I made to the functions.php file, but if I were to update right now, would I also lose everything in the CSS and JS that I inserted into PRO>Theme Options>CSS and PRO>Theme Options>JS?

#2

Hello @ppe29,

Thanks for asking. :slight_smile:

  • Function.php file: Let me clear up something, changes will only get overridden if you have made changes directly into parent theme function.php file. However, if you have installed child theme and added those codes into child theme function.php file then ideally they won’t get overwritten.
  • Theme Options CSS and JS panel: CSS and JS codes added into the respective editors won’t get overridden while updating.

However, it’s always advisable to take a complete site backup and test the update on a staging server. If in case any issues pops up the same can be looked at without affecting the live website.

Thanks.

#3

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