Bootstrap/docs/getting-started/overview.md

---
layout: page
title: Start using Bootstrap
group: getting-started
---

Quickly add Bootstrap to your project via the Bootstrap CDN, graciously provided by the MaxCDN folks.

## Include CSS and JS

Copy-paste the stylesheet `<link>` into your `<head>` before all other stylesheets.

<div class="alert alert-warning">
  <strong>Heads up!</strong> Much of this page will be inaccurate during the v4 alpha releases.
</div>

{% highlight html %}
<link rel="stylesheet" href="{{ site.cdn.css }}">
{% endhighlight %}

Then, add the Bootstrap JavaScript—and jQuery—near the end of your pages. It's best placed right before the closing `</body>` tag. Be sure to place jQuery first as our code depends on it.

{% highlight html %}
<script src="{{ site.cdn.jquery }}"></script>
<script src="{{ site.cdn.js }}"></script>
{% endhighlight %}

## Page template

Be sure to have your pages set up with the latest design and development standards. That means:

* Using an HTML5 doctype
* Forcing Internet Explorer to use its latest rendering mode ([read more]())
* And, utilizing the viewport meta tag.

Put it all together and your pages should look like this:

{% highlight html %}
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
  <head>
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
    <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="{{ site.cdn.css }}">
  </head>
  <body>
    <h1>Hello, world!</h1>

    <script src="{{ site.cdn.jquery }}"></script>
    <script src="{{ site.cdn.js }}"></script>
  </body>
</html>
{% endhighlight %}

And that's it. Happy Bootstrapping!
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			`layout: page`
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			`group: getting-started`
change nav to use index files for each section; stub out index views for everything 2015-04-18 12:28:50 -07:00			`---`

restore page headers, use partial and page frontmatter to organize it 2015-08-05 17:47:45 -07:00			`Quickly add Bootstrap to your project via the Bootstrap CDN, graciously provided by the MaxCDN folks.`
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some download changes 2015-06-09 16:09:33 -07:00			`## Include CSS and JS`

Move getting started's quick start to the getting started index 2015-04-18 18:15:58 -07:00			Copy-paste the stylesheet `<link>` into your `<head>` before all other stylesheets.

			`<div class="alert alert-warning">`
			`<strong>Heads up!</strong> Much of this page will be inaccurate during the v4 alpha releases.`
			`</div>`

			`{% highlight html %}`
			`<link rel="stylesheet" href="{{ site.cdn.css }}">`
			`{% endhighlight %}`

			Then, add the Bootstrap JavaScript—and jQuery—near the end of your pages. It's best placed right before the closing `</body>` tag. Be sure to place jQuery first as our code depends on it.

			`{% highlight html %}`
			`<script src="{{ site.cdn.jquery }}"></script>`
			`<script src="{{ site.cdn.js }}"></script>`
			`{% endhighlight %}`

some download changes 2015-06-09 16:09:33 -07:00			`## Page template`

Move getting started's quick start to the getting started index 2015-04-18 18:15:58 -07:00			`Be sure to have your pages set up with the latest design and development standards. That means:`

			`* Using an HTML5 doctype`
			`* Forcing Internet Explorer to use its latest rendering mode ([read more]())`
			`* And, utilizing the viewport meta tag.`

			`Put it all together and your pages should look like this:`

			`{% highlight html %}`
			`<!DOCTYPE html>`
			`<html lang="en">`
			`<head>`
			`<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">`
			`<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">`
			`<link rel="stylesheet" href="{{ site.cdn.css }}">`
			`</head>`
			`<body>`
			`<h1>Hello, world!</h1>`

			`<script src="{{ site.cdn.jquery }}"></script>`
			`<script src="{{ site.cdn.js }}"></script>`
			`</body>`
			`</html>`
			`{% endhighlight %}`

			`And that's it. Happy Bootstrapping!`