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

Daniel C. Avery
Daniel C. Avery
11,617 Points
Posted by Daniel C. Avery
Daniel C. Avery
11,617 Points

Last code challenge, Badge 1 of Catlin's Sass Basics, the last question - can't solve

I guess I don't understand the nesting feature here. How do I make the link or a tags purple in the footer?

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

2 Answers

Geoffrey Powell
Geoffrey Powell
15,358 Points
Geoffrey Powell
Geoffrey Powell
15,358 Points

They want you to add div to the front of your footer class. Like so:

a {
    color: red;
    div.footer p & {
      color: purple;
    }
  }
Jason Anello
Jason Anello
Courses Plus Student 94,610 Points

You also have to remove the p that you have in the selector because then you'll have 2 p's in the compiled selector.

div.footer p p a

The & at that level of nesting represents p a so the p is already in there.

Daniel C. Avery
Daniel C. Avery
11,617 Points
Daniel C. Avery
Daniel C. Avery
11,617 Points

Wow, ok I did not hear this mentioned in any of the videos, but this worked. Thanks a lot!

Daniel C. Avery
Daniel C. Avery
11,617 Points
Daniel C. Avery
Daniel C. Avery
11,617 Points

Thank you both for answering!