How to stop div from pushing other divs down? - html

Question

I have some divs.
I am using a Grid system and I cannot for the life of me figure out how to stop divs from pushing others down.
When I try to set the margin top to say 50px for the border div it pushes everything else down.
I do not want to use position absolute due to being responsive grid system.
body {
font-size: 100%;
font-family: Lato;
}
img {
width: 100%;
height: auto;
max-height: 640px;
}
h2 {
font-size: 3.2em;
font-weight: 300;
text-align: center;
margin-top: 160px;
}
ul {
text-align: center;
margin-top: 100px;
overflow: hidden;
margin-right: 25px;
}
ul > li {
display: inline-block;
padding: 0 25px;
font-size: 1.1rem;
}
#circle {
font-size: 1.2rem;
border: 1px solid black;
border-radius: 5px 20px 5px;
padding: 0 20px;
}
.border {
overflow: hidden;
border: 2px solid black;
margin-top:;
}
<div class="cover">
<div class="grid">
</div>
<div class="row">
<div class="c12">
<div class="border"></div>
<div class="clear"></div>
<ul>
<li id="circle">H</li>
<li>Home</li>
<li id="circle">A</li>
<li>About</li>
<li id="circle">W</li>
<li>Work</li>
<li id="circle">C</li>
<li>Contact</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
<div class="row">
<div class="c12">
<h2>Exquisite Web Development</h2>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>

Answer 1

On the border div, you can remove the margin and add:
position: relative;
top: 50px;

Answer 2

Seems to me that the problematic margin is here:
ul {
margin-top: 100px;
}
Remove or shrink that and add your margin to .border as intended.
body {
font-size: 100%;
font-family: Lato;
}
img {
width: 100%;
height: auto;
max-height: 640px;
}
h2 {
font-size: 3.2em;
font-weight: 300;
text-align: center;
margin-top: 160px;
}
ul {
text-align: center;
overflow: hidden;
margin-right: 25px;
}
ul > li {
display: inline-block;
padding: 0 25px;
font-size: 1.1rem;
}
#circle {
font-size: 1.2rem;
border: 1px solid black;
border-radius: 5px 20px 5px;
padding: 0 20px;
}
.border {
overflow: hidden;
border: 2px solid black;
margin-top: 50px;
;
}
<div class="cover">
<div class="grid"></div>
<div class="row">
<div class="c12">
<div class="border"></div>
<div class="clear"></div>
<ul>
<li id="circle">H</li>
<li>Home</li>
<li id="circle">A</li>
<li>About</li>
<li id="circle">W</li>
<li>Work</li>
<li id="circle">C</li>
<li>Contact</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
<div class="row">
<div class="c12">
<h2>Exquisite Web Development</h2>
</div>
</div>
</div>

Answer 3

Try using:
position: relative;
top: 50px;
Here is a pen: http://codepen.io/anon/pen/GpyMKp
For your border div. This is a way to move an element from it's usual position without affecting the other divs.
Although I feel like you would be better off just reducing the margin-top on your ul element, and you could achieve the same layout without it being a sort of "hacky" solution.