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CSS Framework Basics Prototyping with Bootstrap Adding a Dropdown Menu and Glyphicons

Stuart McPherson
Stuart McPherson
15,939 Points

My mobile navigation displays to the left of the nav icon and conflicts with the header once the nav icon is toggled

My navigation displays to the left of the nav icon instead of below it. Any ideas why it is doing this?

index.html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Ribbit - A Treehouse Project</title>
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
    <link href="css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet" media="screen">
    <link href="css/bootstrap-theme.min.css" rel="stylesheet" media="screen">
    <link href="css/my-styles.css" rel="stylesheet" media="screen">
    <!-- HTML5 shim and Respond.js IE8 support of HTML5 elements and media queries -->
    <!--[if lt IE 9]>
      <script src="../../assets/js/html5shiv.js"></script>
      <script src="../../assets/js/respond.min.js"></script>
    <![endif]-->
  </head>
  <body>

    <!-- Navbar -->

    <div class="navbar navbar-inverse navbar-fixed-top">
      <div class="container">
        <button type="button" class="navbar-toggle" data-toggle="collapse" data-target=".navbar-collapse">
          <span class="icon-bar"></span>
          <span class="icon-bar"></span>
          <span class="icon-bar"></span>
        </button>
        <a class="navbar-brand text-muted" href="#">Ribbit</a>
        <div class="collapse navbar-collapse">
          <ul class="nav navbar-nav navbar-right">
            <li class="active"><a href="#">Home</a></li>
            <li><a href="#">About Ribbit</a></li>
            <li class="dropdown"><a data-toggle="dropdown" data-target="#">Treehouse<b class="caret"></b></a>
              <ul class="dropdown-menu">
                <li><a href="#">About Treehouse</a></li>
                <li><a href="#">Video Library</a></li>
                <li><a href="#">Learning Adventures</a></li>
                <li class="divider"></li>
                <li><a href="#">Plans &amp; Pricing</a></li>
              </ul>              
            </li>
          </ul>
        </div>
      </div>
    </div>

    <!-- End Navbar -->

    <div class="container">

      <div class="jumbotron">
        <h1>Self-destructing message app</h1>
        <p class="lead">Learn how to build this fun little app by signing up for a Treehouse account today! We'll teach you how to build both apps from scratch!</p>
        <p class="btn-group">
          <a class="btn btn-success btn-lg" href="#">Download the app</a>
          <a class="btn btn-default btn-lg hidden-xs" href="#" >Text me the link</a>
        </p> 
      </div>

      <div class="row">
        <div class="col-sm-4">
          <h2>Delete photo &amp; video based on a timer</h2>
          <p>Learn how to write the code that downloads and displays messages, photos, and videos that timeout after a few seconds. Then create the code that deletes them from the back-end to make them "self destruct."</p>
        </div>

        <div class="col-sm-4">
          <h2>Build an easily managed friends list</h2>
          <p>Learn what Parse.com offers as a "backend-as-a-service" platform. Explore the user account management APIs provided by Parse.com and write the code to create and save a new user in a Parse.com data store.</p>
       </div>

        <div class="col-sm-4">
          <h2>Store &amp; retrieve data using cloud servers</h2>
          <p>We'll teach you how to upload images, video files, and messages to Parse.com's cloud servers. Then learn how to retrieve the data by setting up custom queries that download and display them in the app.</p>
        </div>
      </div>

      <div class="row">
        <div class="col-sm-6 hidden-xs">
          <h3>Learn how to make this app</h3>
          <p>We will build on the concepts learned in previous iOS projects to create an app that will allow users to send photo or video messages to other users that will be deleted once viewed.</p>

          <div class="row">
            <div class="col-sm-6 col-md-push-6">
              <img class="img-responsive" src="img/thumb.jpg">
            </div>
            <div class="col-sm-6 col-md-pull-6">
              <p>Get access to these courses for only $24 a month!</p>
              <a href="#">Visit Treehouse Now &raquo;</a>
            </div>
          </div>
        </div>

        <div class="col-sm-6">
          <h3>About Treehouse</h3>
          <p>Treehouse provides an extensive library of step-by-step video courses and training exercises that will give you a wide range of in-demand technology skills that will help you land your next dream job.</p>
          <a href="#">Sign up for Treehouse &raquo;</a>
        </div>
      </div>

      <div>
        <p>&copy; 2013 Ribbit - By Treehouse Island, Inc.</p>
      </div>
    </div>

    <script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery.js"></script>
    <script src="js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>

  </body>
</html>

you forgot to wrap your brand + dropdown button as the header. That tells bootstrap to drop everything within the dropdown UNDER the header. ex. <div class="nav-header> dropdown button & brand. </div>

<div class="navbar-header">
        <button type="button" class="navbar-toggle" data-toggle="collapse" data-target=".navbar-collapse">
          <span class="icon-bar"></span>
          <span class="icon-bar"></span>
          <span class="icon-bar"></span>
        </button>
    <a class="navbar-brand" href="#">Ribbit</a>
</div>
Stuart McPherson
Stuart McPherson
15,939 Points

kevin that worked thank you! I can't seem to mark your answer as 'Best Answer' though?