Bootstrap Navbar appears as vertical list...?
So I'm following a tutorial online (http://www.sitepoint.com/twitter-bootstrap-tutorial-handling-complex-designs/) and following the code exactly, but for some reason, my navbar is not appearing the way it should be. My friend (who's way more experienced with web dev) took a quick look at the code and couldn't figure out what was wrong. So I thought I'd post my problem here.
I'll also show you my working directory (just in case you're wondering if the files are all in the same directory):
Here's the code in case you want to try it yourself
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>My bootstrap</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="css/bootstrap.css">
</head>
<body>
<div class="container">
<h1><a href="#">Bootstrap Site</a></h1>
<div class="navbar">
<div class="navbar-inner">
<div class="container">
<ul class="nav">
<li class="active"><a href="#">Home</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Projects</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Services</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Downloads</a></li>
<li><a href="#">About</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Contact</a></li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.10.1.min.js"></script>
<script src="js/bootstrap.js"></script>
</body>
Answer
I had a similar problem using bootstrap v4. The previous answers code worked well for me but just wanted to clarify that the part that made the vertical navbar horizontal was to use navbar-expand-lg in the main div tag.
<nav class="navbar navbar-expand-lg">
Changing the lg to another size (md, sm or xs) is also helpful depending on your screen sizing preferences.
Hope this helps