Commented out overiding base styles from askbot and addes style for links in course pages

sass/_askbot-original.scss

@@ -9,96 +9,96 @@
   color: #000;
   font-family: Arial; }*/
 
-div {
-  margin: 0 auto;
-  padding: 0; }
+// div {
+//   margin: 0 auto;
+//   padding: 0; }
 
-h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, ul, li, dl, dt, dd, form, img, p {
-  margin: 0;
-  padding: 0;
-  border: none; }
+// h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, ul, li, dl, dt, dd, form, img, p {
+//   margin: 0;
+//   padding: 0;
+//   border: none; }
 
-label {
-  vertical-align: middle; }
+// label {
+//   vertical-align: middle; }
 
-hr {
-  border: none;
-  border-top: 1px dashed #ccccce; }
+// hr {
+//   border: none;
+//   border-top: 1px dashed #ccccce; }
 
-input, select {
-  vertical-align: middle;
-  font-family: Trebuchet MS,"segoe ui",Helvetica,Tahoma,Verdana,MingLiu,PMingLiu,Arial,sans-serif;
-  margin-left: 0px; }
+// input, select {
+//   vertical-align: middle;
+//   font-family: Trebuchet MS,"segoe ui",Helvetica,Tahoma,Verdana,MingLiu,PMingLiu,Arial,sans-serif;
+//   margin-left: 0px; }
 
-textarea:focus, input:focus {
-  outline: none; }
+// textarea:focus, input:focus {
+//   outline: none; }
 
-iframe {
-  border: none; }
+// iframe {
+//   border: none; }
 
-p {
-  font-size: 14px;
-  line-height: 140%;
-  margin-bottom: 6px; }
+// p {
+//   font-size: 14px;
+//   line-height: 140%;
+//   margin-bottom: 6px; }
 
-a {
-  color: #1b79bd;
-  text-decoration: none;
-  cursor: pointer; }
+// a {
+//   color: #1b79bd;
+//   text-decoration: none;
+//   cursor: pointer; }
 
-h2 {
-  font-size: 21px;
-  padding: 3px 0 3px 5px; }
+// h2 {
+//   font-size: 21px;
+//   padding: 3px 0 3px 5px; }
 
-h3 {
-  font-size: 19px;
-  padding: 3px 0 3px 5px; }
+// h3 {
+//   font-size: 19px;
+//   padding: 3px 0 3px 5px; }
 
-ul {
-  list-style: disc;
-  margin-left: 20px;
-  padding-left: 0px;
-  margin-bottom: 1em; }
+// ul {
+//   list-style: disc;
+//   margin-left: 20px;
+//   padding-left: 0px;
+//   margin-bottom: 1em; }
 
-ol {
-  list-style: decimal;
-  margin-left: 30px;
-  margin-bottom: 1em;
-  padding-left: 0px; }
+// ol {
+//   list-style: decimal;
+//   margin-left: 30px;
+//   margin-bottom: 1em;
+//   padding-left: 0px; }
 
-td ul {
-  vertical-align: middle; }
+// td ul {
+//   vertical-align: middle; }
 
-li input {
-  margin: 3px 3px 4px 3px; }
+// li input {
+//   margin: 3px 3px 4px 3px; }
 
-pre {
-  font-family: Consolas, Monaco, Liberation Mono, Lucida Console, Monospace;
-  font-size: 100%;
-  margin-bottom: 10px;
-  background-color: #F5F5F5;
-  padding-left: 5px;
-  padding-top: 5px;
-  padding-bottom: 20px; }
+// pre {
+//   font-family: Consolas, Monaco, Liberation Mono, Lucida Console, Monospace;
+//   font-size: 100%;
+//   margin-bottom: 10px;
+//   background-color: #F5F5F5;
+//   padding-left: 5px;
+//   padding-top: 5px;
+//   padding-bottom: 20px; }
 
-code {
-  font-family: Consolas, Monaco, Liberation Mono, Lucida Console, Monospace;
-  font-size: 100%; }
+// code {
+//   font-family: Consolas, Monaco, Liberation Mono, Lucida Console, Monospace;
+//   font-size: 100%; }
 
-blockquote {
-  margin-bottom: 10px;
-  margin-right: 15px;
-  padding: 10px 0px 1px 10px;
-  background-color: #F5F5F5; }
+// blockquote {
+//   margin-bottom: 10px;
+//   margin-right: 15px;
+//   padding: 10px 0px 1px 10px;
+//   background-color: #F5F5F5; }
 
-* html {
-  .clearfix, .paginator {
-    height: 1;
-    overflow: visible; } }
+// * html {
+//   .clearfix, .paginator {
+//     height: 1;
+//     overflow: visible; } }
 
-+html {
-  .clearfix, .paginator {
-    min-height: 1%; } }
+// +html {
+//   .clearfix, .paginator {
+//     min-height: 1%; } }
 
 .clearfix:after, .paginator:after {
   clear: both;
@@ -118,9 +118,9 @@ a:hover {
   cursor: pointer;
   text-decoration: underline; }
 
-h1 {
-  font-size: 24px;
-  padding: 10px 0 5px 0px; }
+// h1 {
+//   font-size: 24px;
+//   padding: 10px 0 5px 0px; }
 
 body.user-messages {
   margin-top: 2.4em; }

sass/_index.scss

@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@
   margin: lh() 0 lh(.5);
   padding: lh(.25) lh(.5);
   text-decoration: none;
+  font-style: normal;
   -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
 
   &:hover {
@@ -114,6 +115,16 @@ body {
     font-style: italic;
   }
 
+  a {
+    color: $mit-red;
+    font-style: italic;
+    text-decoration: none;
+
+    &:hover, &:focus {
+      color: darken($mit-red, 10%);
+    }
+  }
+
   #{$all-text-inputs}, textarea {
     @include box-shadow(0 -1px 0 #fff);
     @include linear-gradient(#eee, #fff);
@@ -197,6 +208,7 @@ header.announcement {
         text-decoration: none;
         color: #fff;
         font-size: 12px;
+        font-style: normal;
 
         &:hover {
           color: rgba(#fff, .6);
@@ -381,6 +393,8 @@ section.index-content {
       }
 
       ul {
+        list-style: none;
+
         li {
           img {
             float: left;

sass/_reset.scss

@@ -16,19 +16,13 @@ table, caption, tbody, tfoot, thead, tr, th, td {
   font-family: inherit;
   vertical-align: baseline;
 }
-/* remember to define focus styles! */
-:focus {
-  outline: 0;
-}
+
 body {
   line-height: 1;
   color: black;
   background: white;
 }
-ol, ul {
-  list-style: none;
-}
-/* tables still need 'cellspacing="0"' in the markup */
+
 table {
   border-collapse: separate;
   border-spacing: 0;
@@ -37,10 +31,12 @@ caption, th, td {
   text-align: left;
   font-weight: normal;
 }
+
 blockquote:before, blockquote:after,
 q:before, q:after {
   content: "";
 }
+
 blockquote, q {
   quotes: "" "";
 }

sass/_wiki.scss

@@ -129,6 +129,5 @@ div.wiki-wrapper {
     p {
       line-height: 1.6em;
     }
-
   }
 }