How do I put this navbar on the center of the page with Bootstrap?

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I'm trying to center the navbar instead on the left being shown on the video. it doesnt seem to budge even if i tried to change the ul class to text-center.

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Answer 1 · 2017-06-12T08:05:29Z

June 12, 2017 8:05am

Hello Mark Libario ,

Bootstrap uses Flexbox (css technique) on the navigation bar. so to center the nav bar you have to set the flexbox css property

justify-content: center;

on the

<div class="collapse navbar-collapse" id="navbarNav" style="">

if you need any additional help, please post it :)

Hope i helped a bit.

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