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_config.yml

@@ -25,42 +25,47 @@ default_root: ".."
 
 collections_dir: docs
 collections:
+  getting-started:
+    output: true
+    caption: Getting started
+    sidebar_index: 1
+    frontpage: _getting-started/index.md
   install-and-build:
     output: true
     caption: Install and build
-    sidebar_index: 1
+    sidebar_index: 2
     frontpage: _install-and-build/Installing-Geth.md
   interface:
     output: true
     caption: Interacting with Geth
-    sidebar_index: 2
+    sidebar_index: 3
   support:
     output: true
     caption: Issues and support
-    sidebar_index: 3
+    sidebar_index: 4
   developers:
     output: true
     caption: Developer docs
-    sidebar_index: 4
+    sidebar_index: 5
   clef:
     output: true
     caption: Clef
-    sidebar_index: 5
+    sidebar_index: 6
     frontpage: _clef/Overview.md
   whisper:
     output: true
     caption: Whisper
-    sidebar_index: 6
+    sidebar_index: 7
     frontpage: _whisper/Whisper-Overview.md
   rpc:
     output: true
     caption: JSON RPC APIs
-    sidebar_index: 7
+    sidebar_index: 8
   doc:
     output: true
     caption: Other
-    sidebar_index: 8
+    sidebar_index: 9
   legacy:
     output: true
     caption: Legacy content
-    sidebar_index: 9
+    sidebar_index: 10

_data/sidebar.yml

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+Getting started:
 Install and build:
   - Downloads: /downloads
   - Installing Ethereum: /docs/Building-Ethereum
@@ -20,4 +21,4 @@ Developers:
   - Mobile Clients: /docs/Mobile-Clients/Libraries-and-Inproc-Ethereum-Nodes
   - Native DApps: /docs/Native-DApps/Go-bindings-to-Ethereum-contracts
   - Active go-ethereum projects: /docs/Active-go-ethereum-projects
-  - Other documents: /docs/other-documents
+  - Other documents: /docs/other-documents

docs/_getting-started/index.md

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 ---
 title: Getting Started with Geth
+permalink: getting-started
 ---
 
 ## Installing
@@ -122,3 +123,29 @@ eth.accounts
 <!-- TODO: Read more -->
 
 ## Next steps
+
+<!-- I like the idea of having a Getting started section. You may want to describe a few ways to get your feet wet with Geth (fast sync with a test net, dev mode, start a private network). -->
+
+### Fast sync a test network
+
+<!-- TODO: What happens if you don't specify? -->
+
+You learned about the `--syncmode` argument above, but you can also specify the network to sync with, by adding it as an argument. For example to fast sync with the Rinkeby test network:
+
+```shell
+geth --syncmode "fast" --rinkeby
+```
+
+To check the status of the sync, open another terminal, attach to the geth process, and open a console with the command below:
+
+<!-- TODO: Figuring out what to attach to seems difficult -->
+
+```shell
+geth attach ipc:{FILL_THIS}
+```
+
+Then at the `>` prompt, run the command below to the current state of the sync operation:
+
+```shell
+eth.syncing
+```