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CSS

Andres Sapper
Andres Sapper
9,093 Points
Posted by Andres Sapper
Andres Sapper
9,093 Points

Static navigation on the left side

What's the best practice for making a navigation static on the left side (as it is here in Treehouse)? It shouldn't reload every time someone clicks an item, it should just reload the page content.

Should I use [CSS] 'clear: both', or 'float: left', or something along those lines?

Thanks.

1 Answer

Matthew McLennan
Matthew McLennan
10,315 Points

Its a float:left but there is more to it than that. Take a look at the link below. It provides a step by step on how to do something very similar. Going forward Codrops and Bootsnipp are great places to find code and reverse engineer to learn.

http://tympanus.net/codrops/2013/07/30/google-nexus-website-menu/

Matthew McLennan
Matthew McLennan
10,315 Points

You are welcome. Treehouse is a great place to learn. The layout is far superior to a lot of others out there. Don't forget to utilize what you've learned by doing a side project. You won't truly understand it to you apply it as a solution to your own problem. Also Guil's class on Jekyll and Github pages is probably one of the most important you take. Especially the part on hosting your own site for free.