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title: Quick start
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Looking to quickly add Bootstrap to your project? Use the Bootstrap CDN, provided for free by the folks at MaxCDN. Using a package manager or need to download the source files? [Head to the downloads page.]({{ site.baseurl }}/getting-started/download)
Copy-paste the stylesheet `` into your `` before all other stylesheets to load our CSS.
{% highlight html %}
{% endhighlight %}
Add our JavaScript plugins and jQuery near the end of your pages, right before the closing `` tag. Be sure to place jQuery first as our code depends on it.
{% highlight html %}
{% endhighlight %}
And that's it—you're your way to a fully Bootstrapped site. If you're at all unsure about the general page structure, keep reading for an example page template.
## 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 %}
Hello, world!
{% endhighlight %}
That's all you need for overall page requirements. Visit the [Layout docs]({{ site.baseurl }}/layout/scaffolding) to start laying out your site's content before adding components.