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

John Mercer
John Mercer
31,479 Points
Posted by John Mercer
John Mercer
31,479 Points

Why does this SASS code not work on Treehouse when it does work on codepen.io?

On stage four of the "Advanced Nesting" stage of the SASS basics course, we are asked 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."

My solution works fine on codepen.io, but not on Treehouse. Am I doing something wrong? Or is Treehouse not evaluating my code correctly?

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

mikes02
mikes02
Courses Plus Student 16,968 Points

Looks like the challenge is asking for a bit more specificity:

/* Write your SCSS code below. */
p {
  a {
    color: red;

    div.footer &  {
      color: purple;
    }
  }

  > a {
    color: blue;

    &:hover {
      opacity: 0.5;
    }
  }
}
John Mercer
John Mercer
31,479 Points
John Mercer
John Mercer
31,479 Points

Perfect. Thank you for your help. Still, I wonder if Treehouse's SASS compiler is less forgiving than the one on codepen.io.