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

Bryan Cheney
Bryan Cheney
6,873 Points
Posted by Bryan Cheney
Bryan Cheney
6,873 Points

Sass nested structuring not passing challenge, but works on my test environment.

The step for the following: 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.

I copied the html and scss into my own Sass environment, and is working correctly, with the footer link colored purple.

But this same scss is not passing in the code challenge. I cannot understand why. Am I missing something?

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;

    .footer & {
      color: purple;
    }
  }

  > a {
    color: blue;
    &:hover {
      opacity: 0.5;
    }
  }
}

2 Answers

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

Hey Bryan,

I know this might seem strange, even pointless but the challenge specifically mentions div of .footer so try

    div.footer & {
      color: purple;
    }

Hope this helps.

Bryan Cheney
Bryan Cheney
6,873 Points
Bryan Cheney
Bryan Cheney
6,873 Points

That was it exactly, thanks Wayne. I thought I had tried this at one point, but perhaps I had something else wrong at that time.