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title: Quick start
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Quickly add Bootstrap to your project via the [Bootstrap CDN](http://bootstrapcdn.com), graciously provided by the [MaxCDN](http://www.maxcdn.com/) folks. Copy-paste the stylesheet `<link>` into your `<head>` before all other stylesheets.
**Disabled for v4 during alpha releases.**
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{% 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 %}
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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