how to make twitter bootstrap navbar fixed width?

Question

How can I make twitter bootstrap navbar fixed width, while keeping it centered?

I've tried adding a width parameter in .navbar, but then the navbar is misaligned.

.navbar {
overflow: visible;
margin-bottom: 20px;
color: #956362;
*position: relative;
*z-index: 2;
width: 650px; 
}

I also tried

<div class="span6 offset3">

but this also makes it misaligned.

Answer 1

Surround it with a div. Give that div a fixed width.

Something like:

<div class="navbar-outer">
  <div class="navbar">
     <!--here goes the rest of the code-->
  </div>
</div>

CSS:

.navbar-outer {
  width:500px;
}