Having trouble getting the navigation list to display inline - html

Question

Okay so here is the link to the page I'm working on:
http://students.thenet.ca/jlandon/
As you can see, the list is still displaying vertically instead of horizontally.
CSS:
li { display:inline;
list-style-type:none;
}
#nav { background-color:#c6c7c3;
height:50px;
margin-top:120px;
z-index:2;
}
HTML
<div id="nav">
<ul>
<li><h2>Home</h2></li> <li><h2>About</h2></li> <li><h2>School</h2></li> <li><h2>Workshop</h2></li> <li><h2>Contact</h2></li>
</ul>
</div>
Okay now I see why that wasn't working (H1-6 are blocks) so here is the specifics of what I want the navigation to look like (please help me):
site design http://students.thenet.ca/jlandon/images/sitedesign.png

Answer 1

Why are you using H2 for the navigation elements?
Change them to also display inline, or use an inline element.

Answer 2

h2 is a block element by default, which is what's breaking your lines.
You can fix it by either setting display: inline on the h2s (probably not a great idea) or by replacing the h2s with something else (like just styling the a tag to be the size and font etc you want).

Answer 3

I think a float: left would fix this:
li
{
display:inline;
float: left;
list-style-type:none;
}

Answer 4

You should consider using semantic classes instead of using block elements like h2 in your navigation. If by using the h2 element, you want a bold font with a certain size then you should consider this:
.nav-text, #nav li a {
font-size: 1.25em;
font-weight: bold; }
#nav {
background-color: #c6c7c3;
height: 50px;
margin-top: 120px;
z-index: 2; }
Also notice that I use em instead of pixels. This will help in responsive design if you decide in the future to extend the page to mobile sites.
Your html will something like this:
<div id="nav">
<ul>
<li>Home</li>
<li>About</li>
<li>School</li>
<li>Workshop</li>
<li>Contact</li>
</ul>
</div>