edited style.css but blog not updated

It looks like you’re not using specific-enough selectors
https://coding.smashingmagazine.com/2007/07/27/css-specificity-things-you-should-know/

Instead of editing style.css you should create a child theme https://github.com/jayj/Cakifo/wiki/Child-themes – that way you won’t lose your changes if you update the theme in the future. If you use the Jetpack plugin, you can use the Custom CSS module instead.

But as Andrew Nevins said, the reason why it’s not being updated might be because of the selectors. It can also be because the style.css is cached in your browser.

thanks both!

the info on child themes is very helpful, as well as the css specificity.

I managed to get my css changes working already. I’m also now applying the child theme strategy.