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# Concepts

This part of the documentation explains how Tech Event Support for Plone works and why it is built the way it is.
The Diátaxis framework calls this kind of documentation _explanation_.

> Explanation is a discursive treatment of a subject, that permits reflection.
> Explanation is understanding-oriented.

```{seealso}
https://diataxis.fr/explanation/
```

```{toctree}
:maxdepth: 1
:hidden: true

about-a-tech-event-site
about-single-and-multiple-events
about-backend-and-frontend
```

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

````{grid-item-card} 🏛️ A tech event site
:link: about-a-tech-event-site
:link-type: doc

The event, the schedule, the slots, presenters, locations and sponsors.
````

````{grid-item-card} 🔀 Single and multiple events
:link: about-single-and-multiple-events
:link-type: doc

What changes when a site holds one event or many.
````

````{grid-item-card} 🔌 Backend and frontend
:link: about-backend-and-frontend
:link-type: doc

How collective.techevent and the Volto add-on fit together.
````
`````