I am not an expert on css or bootstrap but after a while I manage to get a bootstrap nav menu almost finished. What I am missing is the css for the third level menu items. I think this are probably already on the bootstrap css, but maybe I have not added the class names properly. This is my [website][1] This is the bootstrap css that I have overwritten: /** Bootstrap nav **/ .navbar-default { background-color: #0090e5; border: 0 !important; } .navbar-default ul { list-style-type: none; } .navbar-default .navbar-brand { color: #ecf0f1; } .navbar-default .navbar-brand:hover, .navbar-default .navbar-brand:focus { color: #ffffff; } .navbar-default .navbar-text { color: #ecf0f1; } .navbar-default .navbar-nav > li a { color: #ecf0f1; } .navbar-default .navbar-nav > li a:hover, .navbar-default .navbar-nav > li a:focus { color: #ffffff; } .navbar-default .navbar-nav > li .dropdown-menu { background-color: #0090e5; } .navbar-default .navbar-nav > li > .dropdown-menu > li a { color: #ecf0f1; } .navbar-default .navbar-nav > li > .dropdown-menu > li a:hover, .navbar-default .navbar-nav > li > .dropdown-menu > li a:focus { color: #ffffff; background-color: #63b7e8; } .navbar-default .navbar-nav > li > .dropdown-menu > li > .divider { background-color: #63b7e8; } .navbar-default .navbar-nav .open .dropdown-menu > .active > a, .navbar-default .navbar-nav .open .dropdown-menu > .active > a:hover, .navbar-default .navbar-nav .open .dropdown-menu > .active > a:focus { color: #ffffff; background-color: #63b7e8; } .navbar-default .navbar-nav > .active > a, .navbar-default .navbar-nav > .active > a:hover, .navbar-default .navbar-nav > .active > a:focus { color: #ffffff; background-color: #63b7e8; } .navbar-default .navbar-nav > .open > a, .navbar-default .navbar-nav > .open > a:hover, .navbar-default .navbar-nav > .open > a:focus { color: #ffffff; background-color: #63b7e8; } .navbar-default .navbar-toggle { border-color: #63b7e8; } .navbar-default .navbar-toggle:hover, .navbar-default .navbar-toggle:focus { background-color: #63b7e8; } .navbar-default .navbar-toggle .icon-bar { background-color: #ecf0f1; } .navbar-default .navbar-collapse, .navbar-default .navbar-form { border-color: #ecf0f1; } .navbar-default .navbar-link { color: #ecf0f1; } .navbar-default .navbar-link:hover { color: #ffffff; } @media (max-width: 767px) { .navbar-default .navbar-nav .open .dropdown-menu > li > a { color: #ecf0f1; } .navbar-default .navbar-nav .open .dropdown-menu > li > a:hover, .navbar-default .navbar-nav .open .dropdown-menu > li > a:focus { color: #ffffff; } .navbar-default .navbar-nav .open .dropdown-menu > .active > a, .navbar-default .navbar-nav .open .dropdown-menu > .active > a:hover, .navbar-default .navbar-nav .open .dropdown-menu > .active > a:focus { color: #ffffff; background-color: #63b7e8; } } And this is how I made the nav bar with a javascript to add classes. <!-- Begin Navbar --> <div class="col-sm-10 col-md-8 col-md-offset-1"> <div class="navbar navbar-default " role="navigation"> <div class="container-fluid"> <div class="navbar-header"> <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> <div class="collapse navbar-collapse"> <jdoc:include type="modules" name="menu"/> </div> <!-- /.navbar-collapse collapse --> </div> <!-- /.container-fluid --> </div><!-- /.navbar .navbar-inverse --> </div> <!-- End Navbar --> This comes after the </body> tag <script type="text/javascript"> (function($){ jQuery(document).ready(function(){ $('.navbar-nav > .parent').addClass('dropdown'); $('.navbar-nav > .parent > a').addClass('dropdown-toggle'); $('.navbar-nav > .parent > a').attr('data-toggle', 'dropdown'); $('.navbar-nav > .parent > a').attr('href','#'); $('.navbar-nav > .parent > a').append('<span class="caret"></span>'); $('.navbar-nav > .parent > ul').addClass('dropdown-menu'); }); })(jQuery); </script> [1]: http://freiburg.menchos.com