Relative positioning to a logo inside a fluid container - html

Question

Beginner question that I don't want to set in stone at the beginning of my home page before I move on to the basic content. I have a header conaining a fluid fluid container, a logo with a relative position from the left, and a menu I want relative to that logo, all on he same line. My CSS is as follows:
Top container:
.container-fluid {
background-color: #30302f;
height: 90px;
}
Menu items to the right of the logo
.dropdown-menu-right a {
color: #fff;
font-size: 16px;
font-weight: bold;
padding: 14px 10px;
text-transform: uppercase;
position: relative;
right: 160px;
}
Assure list stays on the same line
.container li{
display: inline-block;
}
Logo
.navbar-header a {
background-color: #30302f;
height: 69px;
weidth: 367px;
position: relative;
left: 120px;
}
So is there a correc method to make sure my menu always says on the same line and to the right of the logo, and maintains flexibility for changes/additions down the road as I add to the header? (social buttons, search bar, dropdown menu for phone media, etc...)?

Answer 1

If your goal was to do this using twitter bootstrap as your tags suggest then you really don't need to write all of that custom css because bootstrap comes with a of that functionality built in. For more details I'd checkout bootstrap's documentation.
Example
<div class="container">
<div class="row">
<nav class="navbar navbar-default">
<div class="container-fluid">
<!-- Brand and toggle get grouped for better mobile display -->
<div class="navbar-header">
<button type="button" class="navbar-toggle collapsed" data-toggle="collapse" data-target="#bs-example-navbar-collapse-1">
<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="#">Logo</a>
</div>
<!-- Collect the nav links, forms, and other content for toggling -->
<div class="collapse navbar-collapse" id="bs-example-navbar-collapse-1">
<ul class="nav navbar-nav">
<li class="dropdown">
Dropdown <span class="caret"></span>
<ul class="dropdown-menu" role="menu">
<li>First Item</li>
<li>Second Item</li>
<li>Third Item</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<ul class="nav navbar-nav navbar-right">
<li class="dropdown">
Dropdown <span class="caret"></span>
<ul class="dropdown-menu" role="menu">
<li>Action</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</div><!-- /.navbar-collapse -->
</div><!-- /.container-fluid -->
</nav>
</div>
</div>