Flex nav not aligning - html

Question

Okay so I'm in the process of learning flexbox but I cannot understand why my navigation title is above the links.
HTML:
<style>
#import url(https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Oswald:400,700);
.box {
display: flex;
}
.item {
width: 100px;
height: 100px;
background-color: red;
margin: auto;
color: #fff;
}
nav {
font-family: "Oswald", sans-serif;
display: flex;
min-width: 100%;
background-color: #181818;
}
nav ul {
list-style: none;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
display: flex;
max-width: 960px
}
nav a {
display: block;
padding: 1rem;
text-decoration: none;
color: #fff;
font-weight: 400;
transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out;
}
nav a:hover {
color: #343434;
}
.title {
margin: 0 35px 0 10px;
color: #1BC;
}
</style>
<nav>
<div class="container">
<a class="title">Architect</a>
<ul>
<li>Getting Started</li>
<li>Examples</li>
<li>Blog</li>
<li>Forum</li>
</ul>
</div>
</nav>
Container CSS:
.container{
width: 100%;
margin: 0 auto:
max-width: 1200px;
}
Code Pen Link: http://codepen.io/ZoidCraft/pen/XKMewy
I would like the title "Architect" to be align to the left of the links.

Answer 1

You set <a class="title">Architect</a> to display: block; in your css. Block level elements will take up their own line. display: flex; elements will also take up their own line.
To fix your problem you could first remove that display: block; from your nav a style. Then change your nav ul from display: flex; to display: inline-flex;. Now you just need to add some padding back to your nav since everything is display inline now, so add padding: 1em 0; to your nav
Here is an updated CodePen of what I am talking about.