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CSS Sass Basics (retired) Getting Started with Sass Advanced Nesting

Posted by Ivan Burgos
Ivan Burgos
12,065 Points

Getting Started with Saas - Challenge Task 4 - Can not get to work.

Per the instructions I've tried adding the ".footer a" Sass changes but I keep on getting the "...place ampersand selector after .footer" error. Apart from that I'm not sure what else is being asked here. Based on the video I think I'm applying everything that was taught. Any help would be appreciated.

index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
  <title>Sass Basics - Code Challenge</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="page-style.css">
  <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="style.css">
</head>
<body>
  <h1>Hampton's Blog</h1>
  <div class="entry">
    <h1><a href="#">Delicious Food in SF</a></h1>
    <div class="content">
      <p>
        You know what my favorite restaurant in San Francisco is? The answer is that there are so many great restaurants that I couldn't choose one. But honorable mentions include <a href="#">Mr. Chow's</a>, <a href="#">Live Sushi</a> and <a href="#">Piccino</a>. 
        <span class="link"><a href="/info.html">Read More</a></span>
      </p>
    </div>
  </div>
  <div class="entry">
    <h1><a href="#">Great Music</a></h1>
    <div class="content">
      <p>
        Here are some of my favorite bands from years past and present: Belle and Sebastian, Pixies, and Daft Punk. Listening to music allows me to focus when I'm programming. 
        <span class="link"><a href="/info.html">Read More</a></span>
      </p>
    </div>
  </div>
  <div class="footer">
    <p>
      Thanks for reading my blog!  Be sure to check out my <a href="#">other articles</a>.
    </p>
  </div>
</body>
</html>
style.scss 
/* Write your SCSS code below. */
p {
    a {
        color: red;
      }


  > a {
        color: blue;
        &:hover {
                  opacity: 0.5;
                }
        html.footer & {
                        color: purple;
                      }
      }
  }

2 Answers

Tyler Jennings
Tyler Jennings
9,271 Points

Try replacing html with div, that should work.

Ivan Burgos
Ivan Burgos
12,065 Points

Thanks Tyler, that worked, happy holidays.

Chris Shaw
Chris Shaw
26,676 Points
Chris Shaw
Chris Shaw
26,676 Points

Hi Ivan,

You have a typo in your code, where you have html.footer change that to div.footer and the challenge will pass.

Happy coding and Merry Christmas.

Ivan Burgos
Ivan Burgos
12,065 Points

Thanks Chris, happy holidays.