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

Nicolás Barceló
Nicolás Barceló
17,048 Points
Posted by Nicolás Barceló
Nicolás Barceló
17,048 Points

Sass basics - Challenge Task 4 of 4

I'm stuck in this challenge, this works on my own editor, but it seems not to be valid when I check this work.

Challenge Task 4 of 4

We want to add an exception for <a> tags that are in the <div> with a class of .footer: those links should be purple. Use the post-selector ampersand to achieve this.

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;
    }
    .footer & {
      color: purple;
    }
  }
}

2 Answers

Jason Anders
MOD
Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,860 Points
Jason Anders
Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,860 Points

Hey Nicolás,

The challenge wants you to be really specific (and picky), so it's looking for you to "target the div with with class ..."

So, you code is correct, it just wants even more specificity. So just add the div to the front of the class selector.

div.footer &

Keep Coding! :dizzy: