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

Posted by Kathryn Notson
Kathryn Notson
25,941 Points

Sass: Advanced Nesting Question 4

I'm still not able to get the last question to work.

Here's my code.

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. */
.entry .content p {
  a {
    color: red;
    div.footer & {
      color: purple;
    }
  }
  >a {
    color: blue;
    &:hover {
      opacity: 0.5;
    }
  }
}

4 Answers

Karalyn Heath
Karalyn Heath
18,033 Points
Karalyn Heath
Karalyn Heath
18,033 Points

You don't need the class selectors for any of these challenges. Question 1 just asks for a nested selector to say all 'a' tags within 'p' tags are red. You can omit the .entry and .content from all of the questions and get the correct answer. Not sure why the challenge accepts the classes in the first question.

Hopefully, tech support gets back to you soon!

Karalyn Heath
Karalyn Heath
18,033 Points
Karalyn Heath
Karalyn Heath
18,033 Points

Just remove the .entry and .content classes from your scss. Otherwise, it looks great! Like this:

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

Instead of this:

.entry .content p {
  a {
    color: red;
    div.footer & {
      color: purple;
    }
  }
  >a {
    color: blue;
    &:hover {
      opacity: 0.5;
    }
  }
}
Kathryn Notson
Kathryn Notson
25,941 Points
Kathryn Notson
Kathryn Notson
25,941 Points

That's rather odd since ".entry .content p { }" was part of Question 1. I removed the duplicate ".entry .content p { }" in my code. It should work as is by now if there's nothing else wrong with my code.

I'm also having a "Communication" issue with this since yesterday & yes, I already contacted "tech support" with a screen shot, etc. as they requested.

Kathryn Notson
Kathryn Notson
25,941 Points
Kathryn Notson
Kathryn Notson
25,941 Points

Ok! Thanks for that. All I know is that when I included the ".entry .content p { }" in my code to answer Question 1, it accepted it. The devil is always in the specific details!