[twitter-bootstrap] Bootstrap full responsive navbar with logo or brand name text

I would like to do a full responsive navbar with specified height in Twitter Bootstrap 3.1.1, where the brand could consists of image (logo) or text.

html:

<nav class="navbar navbar-inverse navbar-fixed-top" role="navigation">
    <div class="container">

        <div class="navbar-header">
            <button type="button" class="navbar-toggle" 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="#">
                <img src="http://placehold.it/150x50&text=Logo" alt="">
            </a>
        </div>

        <div class="collapse navbar-collapse" id="bs-example-navbar-collapse-1">
            <ul class="nav navbar-nav navbar-right">
                <li><a href="#">About</a></li>
                <li><a href="#">Services</a></li>
                <li><a href="#">Contact</a></li>
            </ul>
        </div>
    </div>
</nav>

css:

body {
    margin-top: 125px;
}

.navbar-fixed-top .nav {
    padding: 15px 0;
}

The problem is that after the browser's window size is decreased and menu is collapsed, navbar returns to its original height and logo image is as below:

The other problem is that changing <img src="http://placehold.it/150x50&text=Logo" alt=""> into <h3>AppName</h3> makes that AppName is not in the middle:

Currently it is centered by setting padding values, but I do not know how to make it independent from it.

Does anyone could help me solve this problem?

Regards

EDIT:

Here are prepared images of effect that I want to achieve:

not collapsed navbar with logo image:

collapsed navbar (the same height of navbar, the same size of image, but different width od navbar):

not collapsed navbar with brand name text:

collapsed navbar (everything is the same except width of navbar caused by changing browser's window width):

Just set the height and width where you are adding that logo. I tried and its working fine

Best approach to add a brand logo inside a navbar-inner class and a container. About the <h3> issue <h3> has a certain padding given to it in bootstrap as @creimers told. And if you are using a bigger image, increase the height of navbar too or the logo will float outside.

<nav class="navbar navbar-inverse navbar-fixed-top" role="navigation">
<div class="navbar-inner"> <!--changes made here-->
    <div class="container">

        <div class="navbar-header">
            <button type="button" class="navbar-toggle" 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="#">
                <img src="http://placehold.it/150x50&text=Logo" alt="">
            </a>
        </div>

        <div class="collapse navbar-collapse" id="bs-example-navbar-collapse-1">
            <ul class="nav navbar-nav navbar-right">
                <li><a href="#">About</a></li>
                <li><a href="#">Services</a></li>
                <li><a href="#">Contact</a></li>
            </ul>
        </div>
    </div>
</div>
</nav>

The placeholder image you're including has a height of 50px. It is wrapped in an anchor (.navbar-brand) with a padding-top of 15px and a height of 50px. That's why the placeholder logo flows out of the bar. Try including a smaller image or play with the anchor's padding by assigning a class or an id to it wich you can reference in your css.

EDIT Or remove the static height: 50px from .navbar-brand. Your navbar will then take the height of its highest child.

h3 in bootstrap by default has a padding-top of 20px. Again, it is wrapped with that padding-top: 15px anchor. That's why it's not vertically centered like you want it. You could give the h3 a class or and id that resets the margin-top. And the same you could do with the padding of the anchor.

Here's something to play with: http://jsbin.com/jelec/1/edit?html,output

I set .navbar-brand { min-height: inherit } which solved the issue for me (thanks @creimers for inspiration).

I checked and it worked for me.

<div class="collapse navbar-collapse" id="bs-example-navbar-collapse-1" style="margin-top:100px;"><!--style with margin-top according to your need-->
        <ul class="nav navbar-nav navbar-right">
            <li><a href="#">About</a></li>
            <li><a href="#">Services</a></li>
            <li><a href="#">Contact</a></li>
        </ul>
    </div>