bootstrap/docs/getting-started/overview.md
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page Quick start getting-started

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 <link> into your <head> 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 </body> 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 %}

<html lang="en"> <head> </head>

Hello, world!

<!-- jQuery first, then Bootstrap JS. -->
<script src="{{ site.cdn.jquery }}"></script>
<script src="{{ site.cdn.js }}"></script>
</html> {% 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.