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

Jeremy Connor
Jeremy Connor
2,352 Points
Posted by Jeremy Connor
Jeremy Connor
2,352 Points

My valid SASS is failing, but the link is purple in Chrome.

The Sass is valid, the results are correct but it fails to pass the test with error message.

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 
p {
  a {
    color: red;
  }

  > a {
    color: blue;

    .footer {
      & {
        color: purple;
      }
    }

    &:hover {
      opacity: 0.5;
    }   
  }  
}

1 Answer

Tim Knight
Tim Knight
28,888 Points
Tim Knight
Tim Knight
28,888 Points

Jeremy,

A few things are happening here that are making your example fail.

  • The question is explicitly asking you to have a div with the class of footer
  • The exception isn't on the > a but rather the main links
  • You don't need to further nest the ampersand inside the footer. You can put it with the .footer.
p {
  a {
    color: red;
    div.footer & { color: purple; }
  }

  > a {
    color: blue;
    &:hover { opacity: 0.5 }
  }
}
Jeremy Connor
Jeremy Connor
2,352 Points
Jeremy Connor
Jeremy Connor
2,352 Points

Thanks Tim, exactly what I was after. Sorry about the nested footer & selector, that was just a result of the attempt to solve the problem, initially I had it as a single selector (I promise! :P).

I had tried my exemption under the a {} rule, but it was overridden by the > a {} rule from purple to blue, so I moved it down below > a {} to prevent this