Changing the space between each item in Bootstrap navbar

Question

How can I create a larger space between each link on my navbar, so they are further apart? Is it something I change the CSS or HTML? Here's how I've implemented my navbar in the html:

<div class="navbar-wrapper">
<div class="container">
    <div class="navbar navbar-static-top" role="navigation">
    <div class="container full-width">
    <div class="navbar-header">
          <button type="button" class="navbar-toggle" data-toggle="collapse" data-target=".navbar-collapse">
            <span class="sr-only">Toggle navigation</span>
            <span class="icon-bar"></span>
            <span class="icon-bar"></span>
            <span class="icon-bar"></span>
          </button>
        <a class="navbar-brand" href="#"></a>
     </div>
     <div class="navbar-collapse collapse">
        <ul class="nav navbar-nav navbar-right">
            <li class="active"><a href="#home_page">Home</a></li>
            <li><a href="#about_page">About</a></li>
            <li><a href="#portfolio_page">Portfolio</a></li>
            <li><a href="#contact_page">Contact</a></li>
        </ul>
     </div>
     </div>
     </div>
</div>
</div>

Answer 1

You can change this in your CSS with the property padding:

.navbar-nav > li{
  padding-left:30px;
  padding-right:30px;
}

Also you can set margin

.navbar-nav > li{
  margin-left:30px;
  margin-right:30px;
}