getting my head around the mechanics of a site..

[AleXXXa]

Hi,

I've been lurking here and reading the posts for a while so i thought it was time to register and ask a question or 2.

The more I've read the more confused i've become. |shocking|

I've got my domain, I've sorted out hosting and I've bought lots of niche content and I've cleared my dairy for the next 6 months!
I want to start by doing some free sites and maybe an AVS or 2.

So is the following the way forward.

I create a hub for all my sites at:

WWW.ABCDEF.COM/index.html

I then create a series of freesites at

www.abcdef.com/freesites/site1
www.abcdef.com/freesites/site2
www.abcdef.com/freesites/site3
etc.
and place descriptions and links on the Hub page and links to the Hub page on all the sites. I assume that a Hub is like a private TGP and that once i get a surfer in there the only place he can go it to one of my sites.

These sites will have a main page which will give a bit of a tease to whats inside then 2 gallerys of photo's of around 15 pics each

I then create a few AVS sites at

www.abcdef.com/AVS/site1
www.abcdef.com/AVS/site2

etc.

These will be essentially the same as the free sites but with slightly more photo's in the galleries different text, and an additional Join.htm page which links to an avs supplier.

....Sorry this is longer than I expected...

Finally...sponsors...
Each free site gets it's own sponsor with similar content to the galleries. How may banners/buttons/text link should i have on each page?


Does it sound that i am on the correct track?..and does anyone have an example of a similar setup?

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