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

Posted by Elliott Mangham
Elliott Mangham
13,086 Points

Making an exception in Advanced Sass Nesting

I'm uncertain on how to create an exception in advanced nesting when using Sass. Can somebody show me?

I am hoping to make anchor texts within the '.footer' class purple but need guidance on where to position the nested declaration.

Thanks in advance.

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;
    }
  }
}

2 Answers

Wayne Priestley
Wayne Priestley
19,579 Points
Wayne Priestley
Wayne Priestley
19,579 Points

Hi Elliott,

This one is sort of confusing because it asks you to make the exception for the a tags that are in the div of .footer
Because we never normally include the div tag we seem to miss that bit of information given in the question.

However, here is the code you need.

div.footer & {
  color: purple;
}

This needs to be added under your color: red;

Hope this helps.

Elliott Mangham
Elliott Mangham
13,086 Points
Elliott Mangham
Elliott Mangham
13,086 Points

Wayne Priestley, thank you for your guidance. This cleared things up! Cheers.