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

John Caraballo
John Caraballo
19,943 Points
Posted by John Caraballo
John Caraballo
19,943 Points

Is the final challenge in Sass basics broken?

I ask because I tested this out by copying it out to my local env and it works perfectly and yet I keep getting an error and the preview shows no changes.

EDIT: The error I get is that I need to use the & selector folowing the selector for the footer div. Thing is this is exactly what I am doing or am I crazy?

EDIT # 2: Just tested a hypothesis and I can confirm that in task #4 of the final challenge the mini browser when you hit preview does not refresh after you make code changes and that is why the grader is failing me, because the new scss is never loaded in so to speak and it is using the scss from the previous task which does not have the correct selectors applied.

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;
    }
    .footer & {
      color:purple;
    }
  }
}
Rogelio Delgado
Rogelio Delgado
13,563 Points

I had the same issue, I made my selector like this div.footer & and that way it validates

John Caraballo
John Caraballo
19,943 Points
John Caraballo
John Caraballo
19,943 Points

Weird but I will give it a shot!

1 Answer

John Norris
John Norris
21,145 Points 
p {
  a {
    color: red;
    div.footer & {
      color: purple;
    }
  }
  > a {
    color: blue;
    &:hover {
      opacity: 0.5;
    }
  }
}

Challenge Task 4 of 4