Bootstrap 3 - Center Navbar

by Kyle Mitofsky

HTML

<link rel="stylesheet" href="//netdna.bootstrapcdn.com/font-awesome/3.2.1/css/font-awesome.min.css">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://getbootstrap.com/dist/css/bootstrap.css">
<script src="http://getbootstrap.com/dist/js/bootstrap.js"></script>
<div class="navbar navbar-default navbar-fixed-top">
    <div class="container">

        <!-- Header -->
        <div class="navbar-header visible-xs">
            <button type="button" class="navbar-toggle" 
                    data-toggle="collapse" data-target=".navbar-collapse">
                <span class="icon-bar"></span>
                <span class="icon-bar"></span>
                <span class="icon-bar"></span>
            </button>
            <a class="navbar-brand" href="#">Bootstrap 3.0 Skeleton</a>
        </div>
        
        <!-- Navbar Links -->
        <div class="collapse navbar-collapse">
            <ul class="nav navbar-nav">
                <li><a href="#Courses">Courses</a></li>
                <li ><a href="#About">About Us</a></li>
                <li><a href="#News">News</a></li>
                <li class='trapezoid'><a href="#Home">Home</a></li>
                <li><a href="#Awards">Awards</a></li>
                <li><a href="#Projects">Projects</a></li>
                <li><a href="#Contact">Contact Us</a></li>
            </ul>
        </div>
    </div>
</div>







<!-- Post Info -->
<div style='position:fixed;bottom:0;left:0;    
            background:lightgray;width:100%;'>
    About this SO Question: <a href='http://stackoverflow.com/q/24457400/1366033'>Repositioning Navbar and links</a><br/>
    Fork This Skeleton Here: <a href='http://jsfiddle.net/KyleMit/kcpma/'>Bootstrap 3.0 Skeleton</a><br/>
<div>

CSS

li.trapezoid  {
    border-bottom: 50px solid #e7e7e7;
    border-left: 25px solid transparent;
    border-right: 25px solid transparent;
    height: 0;
    width: 100px;
}
li.trapezoid a {
    padding-left: 0;
    padding-right: 0;
    text-align: center;
}