started reworking sidebar styles

lms/static/sass/base/_variables.scss

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ $pink: rgb(182,37,104);
 $yellow: rgb(255, 252, 221);
 $error-red: rgb(253, 87, 87);
 $border-color: #C8C8C8;
+$sidebar-color: #f6f6f6;
 
 // old variables
 
@@ -28,3 +29,4 @@ $light-gray: #ddd;
 $dark-gray: #333;
 $mit-red: #993333;
 $text-color: $dark-gray;
+

lms/static/sass/course.scss

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 
 // Course base / layout styles
 @import 'course/layout/courseware_header';
+@import 'course/layout/footer';
 @import 'course/base/base';
 @import 'course/base/extends';
 @import 'module/module-styles.scss';

lms/static/sass/course/_info.scss

@@ -68,23 +68,31 @@ div.info-wrapper {
 
   section.handouts {
     @extend .sidebar;
-    border-left: 1px solid $border-color;
     @include border-radius(0 4px 4px 0);
     border-right: 0;
     @include box-shadow(none);
+    font-size: 14px;
 
     h1 {
-      @extend .bottom-border;
       margin-bottom: 0;
-      padding: lh(.5) lh(.5);
+      padding: 20px 26px;
+      font-size: 18px;
+      font-style: normal;
+      font-weight: bold;
     }
 
     ol {
       li {
+        padding: 0 26px;
+        margin-bottom: 14px;
+
         a {
           display: block;
-          padding-left: lh(.5);
-          padding-right: 0;
+          padding: 0;
+
+          &:hover {
+            background: transparent;
+          }
         }
 
         &.expandable,
@@ -98,7 +106,6 @@ div.info-wrapper {
         }
 
         &.multiple {
-          padding: lh(.5) 0 lh(.5) lh(.5);
 
           a {
             @include inline-block;
@@ -133,7 +140,7 @@ div.info-wrapper {
         }
 
         div.hitarea {
-          background-image: url('../images/treeview-default.gif');
+          background-image: url('../images/treeview-default.gif') no-repeat;
           display: block;
           height: 100%;
           margin-left: 0;
@@ -165,7 +172,7 @@ div.info-wrapper {
           @include box-shadow(none);
           color: #aaa;
           font-size: 1em;
-          margin-bottom: em(6);
+          margin-bottom: em(6);          
         }
 
         p {

lms/static/sass/course/base/_base.scss

 body {
   min-width: 980px;
-  background: #f7f7f7;
+  background: url(../images/bg-texture.png) #f7f7f7;
 }
 
 body, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, p, p a:link, p a:visited, a {
@@ -12,6 +12,13 @@ table {
   table-layout: fixed;
 }
 
+a {
+  &:hover {
+    color: $pink;
+    text-decoration: none !important;
+  }
+}
+
 .content-wrapper {
   background: none;
   border: none;
@@ -36,6 +43,6 @@ form {
 }
 
 ::selection, ::-moz-selection, ::-webkit-selection {
-  background:#444;
-  color:#fff;
+  background: #444;
+  color: #fff;
 }

lms/static/sass/course/base/_extends.scss

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ h1.top-header {
 .content {
   @include box-sizing(border-box);
   display: table-cell;
-  padding: lh();
+  padding: 2.5em;
   vertical-align: top;
   width: flex-grid(9) + flex-gutter();
 
@@ -38,13 +38,14 @@ h1.top-header {
 }
 
 .sidebar {
-  border-right: 1px solid #C8C8C8;
+  // border-right: 1px solid #C8C8C8;
   @include box-sizing(border-box);
   display: table-cell;
   font-family: $sans-serif;
   position: relative;
   vertical-align: top;
   width: flex-grid(3);
+  background: $sidebar-color;
 
   h1, h2 {
    font-size: em(20);
@@ -85,7 +86,7 @@ h1.top-header {
     }
 
     &.active {
-      @extend .bottom-border;
+      // @extend .bottom-border;
       color: #000;
       font-weight: bold;
 
@@ -101,7 +102,7 @@ h1.top-header {
     padding-left: 0;
 
     li {
-      @extend .bottom-border;
+      // @extend .bottom-border;
       @extend .clearfix;
       background: none;
       position: relative;

lms/static/sass/course/courseware/_courseware.scss

@@ -5,12 +5,6 @@ html {
 
 div.course-wrapper {
   @extend .table-wrapper;
-  padding: 40px;
-  box-sizing: border-box;
-  border-radius: 3px;
-  background: #fff;
-  @include box-shadow(0 0 1px 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, .08), 0 1px 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1));
-
 
   ul, ol {
     list-style: none;

lms/static/sass/course/layout/_courseware_header.scss

 nav.course-material {
   @include clearfix;
   @include box-sizing(border-box);
-  background: #f6f6f6;
   border-bottom: none;
   margin: 0px auto 0px;
   padding: 0px;
@@ -24,7 +23,7 @@ nav.course-material {
       list-style: none;
 
       a {
-        color: darken($lighter-base-font-color, 20%);
+        color: #555;
         display: block;
         text-align: center;
         padding: 8px 13px 12px;
@@ -34,7 +33,7 @@ nav.course-material {
         text-shadow: 0 1px rgb(255,255,255);
 
         &:hover {
-          color: $base-font-color;
+          color: #333;
         }
 
         &.active {
@@ -72,6 +71,7 @@ nav.course-material {
     float: left;
     font-size: 0.9em;
     font-weight: 600;
+    color: #888;
     line-height: 40px;
     letter-spacing: 0;
     text-transform: none;
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ nav.course-material {
     .provider {
       font: inherit;
       font-weight: bold;
-      color: #6d6d6d;
+      color: #555;
     }
   }
 }
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lms/static/sass/course/layout/_footer.scss

+footer {
+	border: none;
+	box-shadow: none;
+}
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