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CSS Sass Basics (retired) Advanced Sass Concepts Interpolating and if/else

Posted by Kathryn Notson
Kathryn Notson
25,941 Points

Sass Basics: Interpolation & if/else loops.

I don't know where to place my "a" element inside 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>
  <div class="wrap">
    <h1>Hampton's Blog</h1>
    <ul id="menu">
      <li><a href="#">Home</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">About Hampton</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">Hampton's Work</a></li>
    </ul>
    <div class="entry">
      <h1>Delicious Food in SF</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 Mr. Chow's, Live Sushi and Piccino. 
          <a href="/info.html">Read More</a>
        </p>
      </div>
    </div>
    <div class="entry">
      <h1>Great Music</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. 
            <a href="/info.html">Read More</a>
          </p>
        </div>
    </div>
  </div>
</body>
</html>
style.scss 
/* Write your SCSS code below. */
@mixin cars($make, $color) {
  .#{$make} {
    border: 1px solid black;
    background-image: url("image/#{$color}.png");
    }
}
$time: morning;
@mixin morning($time) {
  @if $time == morning {
    color: red;
  }
  @else if $time == afternoon { 
    color: blue;
  }
  @else $time { 
    color: gray;
  }
}

2 Answers

Robert Richey
Robert Richey
Courses Plus Student 16,352 Points

Hi Kathryn,

That's a really good attempt. Just a couple things need fixing and you'll have it.

  • don't need a morning mixin
  • else doesn't use a conditional - it will execute if all other conditionals above are false
  • you can wrap the entire if/else code inside the rule for links (anchor tags)

Please let me know if this helps or not.

Cheers

Kathryn Notson
Kathryn Notson
25,941 Points

I tried this, but it didn't work:

$time: morning;
a {
  @if $time == morning {
      color: red;
   }
  @else if $time == afternoon {
      color: blue;
   }
  @else $time {
      color: gray;
   }
}
Robert Richey
Robert Richey
Courses Plus Student 16,352 Points

Hi Kathryn,

You're so close! Also, added markdown to your comment to make it more readable.

else doesn't use a conditional

@else {
      color: gray;
   }

Cheers

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

Robert Richey:

Thanks! I just this moment figured it out before I saw your response! It's a good thing I printed the lesson from the video so I could stare at it a while. It just didn't click yesterday, but today it did!