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

Tanca-Sanquer Gigel
Tanca-Sanquer Gigel
6,562 Points

How do i use this post-selector ampersand?Help me please i'm stuck.

I selected the footer div and added the "&" after but it still doesn't work.

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;
    }

   a {
      &:hover{opacity: 0.5};

    }

    .footer & {
      color:purple;
    }

 }

5 Answers

anil rahman
anil rahman
7,786 Points
/* Write your SCSS code below. */
p {
    a{
      color: red;
      div.footer & {
            color: purple;
        }
    }

    >a {
      color: blue;
    }

   a {
      &:hover{opacity: 0.5};

    }

 }
anil rahman
anil rahman
7,786 Points

The question specifically asks you to style divs with a class of footer. Not "anything" with a class of footer. It's all about specificity.

Tanca-Sanquer Gigel
Tanca-Sanquer Gigel
6,562 Points

It sais "Please use the ampersand selector following the selector for the .footer div"

Tanca-Sanquer Gigel
Tanca-Sanquer Gigel
6,562 Points

No,it doesn't work it sais: "Within the '.footer' div, 'a' tags that are within 'p' tags should be purple."

Tanca-Sanquer Gigel
Tanca-Sanquer Gigel
6,562 Points

Wow it worked finally,you were right!Thank you very much!