how to get my navigation to do this in css?

Question

what can i do to give it a navigation like this? here is the code i have so far..

main.css

body {
    background-color:gray;
}

header {
 background: red; /* For browsers that do not support gradients */
  /* For Safari 5.1 to 6.0 */
  background: -webkit-linear-gradient(35deg,#82d5f0 12%, #6BCDED,#43E8B1,blue,#5E50DE,#25055C,#1B4C5C );
  /* For Opera 11.1 to 12.0 */
  background: -o-linear-gradient(35deg,#82d5f0 12%, #6BCDED,#43E8B1,blue,#5E50DE,#25055C,#1B4C5C );
  /* For Fx 3.6 to 15 */
background: -moz-linear-gradient(35deg,#82d5f0 12%, #6BCDED,#43E8B1,blue,#5E50DE,#25055C,#1B4C5C ) ;
  /* Standard syntax */
  background: linear-gradient(35deg,#82d5f0 12%, #6BCDED,#43E8B1,blue,#5E50DE,#25055C,#1B4C5C ); 

  width:100%;

  height: 145px;

  border-bottom: 4px solid black;
  border-top: 4px solid black;
  clear: both;
}

h1 {
    width:55%;
    float:left;
    font-size: 3.25rem;
    margin-left: 6%;
    margin-top: 37px;   
}

header h1 table {


  display: flex;
  justify-content: flex-end;
    float:right;
    font-size: 30px;
    border: 2px solid black;
}

header h1 table tr  {
    width: 40px;
    display: inline;
    padding: 0 10px;
}
'''

Index.html
 '''
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Make money from cell phones</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="normalize.css">
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="main.css">
  </head>
  <body> 
    <header>
      <h1>Website title!
         <table>
            <tr><td>option 1</td></tr>
            <tr><td>option 2</td></tr>
            <tr><td>option 3</td></tr>
            <tr><td>option 4</td></tr>
            <tr><td>option 5</td></tr>
        </table> 
     </h1>  
    </header>
  </body>
 </html>

'''


its gotten a little messy

Answer 1 · 2016-05-07T22:16:59Z

May 7, 2016 10:16pm

Hi! , i recommend you to display your navigation using the <ul> - unordered list and <li> - list item tags also your <h1> should be closed after your h1 text e.g. <h1> website title </h1>

     <h1> Website Title! </h1>
           <ul>
               <li>option 1</li>
               <li>option 2</li>
               <li>option 3</li>
               <li>option 4</li>
               <li>option 5</li>
            </ul>

Now by default your li items are displayed block you can get them to be displayed inline or inline-block so they appear on the same line as in your image.

     li {
        display: inline-block;
     }

Now you can position where you want your navigation (ul - unordered list) with many different techniques floats/grids/flexbox - treehouse has some great courses.

     ul {
        float: right;
     }

I hope this helps :)! i recommend you to follow the 'how to make a website course' with nick if your new to front-end development

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