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# How-to guides

How-to guides are directions that guide you through a problem or toward a result.
Each guide assumes you already know what you want.
To understand why something works the way it does, read {doc}`/concepts/index` instead.

`````{grid} 1 1 2 2
:gutter: 3

````{grid-item-card} 📦 Install and upgrade
:link: install/index
:link-type: doc

Install the backend and the frontend, run the development environment, and upgrade from 2.x.
````

````{grid-item-card} 🧱 Show a poll in a page
:link: show-a-poll-in-a-page
:link-type: doc

Use the Poll block to show the latest open poll, or a poll you pick.
````

````{grid-item-card} 🚚 Export and import polls
:link: export-and-import
:link-type: doc

Move polls and their votes between sites with `plone.exportimport`.
````

````{grid-item-card} 🎨 Customize the frontend
:link: customize-the-frontend
:link-type: doc

Replace how a poll or its results are drawn.
````
`````

```{toctree}
:maxdepth: 2
:hidden: true

install/index
show-a-poll-in-a-page
export-and-import
customize-the-frontend
```