Get started
The purpose of Get started content is to help users go from not using a product to successfully configuring and setting up.
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Title: Should be "Get started"
Prerequisites: Which may include:
- An active zone
 - Certain subscription / enabled product / plan
 - Other tasks you might need to do to set up other things (your origin) outside of CF
 - Do you need to make certain decisions before you start?
 
Steps: Steps that lead someone to whatever would be considered Product Adoption.
- Often, these can be partialized files from your How-to pages.
 - This is usually the bare minimum (a single Bot Management FW rule) + the most general use case for a product.
 - This may at times contradict the flow in the Cloudflare dashboard at times. If it does, consider raising it up to the Product team.
 
Next steps: Point someone towards additional configuration options.
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# Get started
Description
## Before you begin
All the things you need to do before you start configuring your product, both within Cloudflare and outside.
## 1. Step description
## 2. Steps until you get to activation
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## Next steps
Point to more complex setup options.Was this helpful?
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