Basic domain Layout

By
Voltar


Cloud Cash

Nothing to fancy about this page, just some help in you setting up your first domain on paid hosting.

There are many ways to do this and as you grow as webmasters you will find and use slightly different setups/layouts for various reasons. This though will give you a great base to work from.

You are not stuck with having only one site per domain. You can have many sites per domain, and in fact may end up having many hundred sites on a domain. This setup allows you to pool your content, banners, and recips. in a central area that you can pull from to your sites, galleries and so on.

Special things to note:

  • Get on a unix based server.
  • Use and learn .htaccess to protect your image pools and for 404 traffic as well as those poking around on your domain.
  • Get an FTP client like cuteFTP to use.
  • Once ftped in, you right click over the server side of the screen and pick make new directory, then fill in the name you want there, click ok to make a new directory.
  • In every directory you must put an index.html in it, even if it isn't used. This protects it from people poking around and seeing everything you have there.
  • Remember things are case sensitive, so use all lower case to save your self problems.

    OK, that's the hard part :) Now I'll simply tell you and show you with a few graphics what you need to create and start using on your domain.

    Once you get into your domain via FTP (Telnet is ok also if you know how to use it.), you will want to make 5 directories(not inluding the cgi-bin, which i will not be going into here.) The 5 are: banners, pics, recips, sites, and xxx. (note: you don't have to name them these exact names.)

  • Banners Directory
    The first one will be a directory to hold all your banners for your sponsors in. It does not have to be named "banners", In fact, none of the examples I show have to be named exactly as they are here. But pick something that you will know and remember what it is.

    For the banners directory you will need to also make subdirectories for each sponsor you have. Then make a directory for each paysite they have in the sponsors directory. Drop all the banners for that paysite in there. Call them to your webpages by absolute URL. This means like this: http:// www.yourdomain.com/ banners/ sponsor/ paysite/ banner01.jpg and NOT .../banner01.jpg. This way you can copy and paste to any other site on the domain very quickly and easily.

    Here is what I'm talking about:
    banners domain layout

  • Pics/Images Directory
    This one will be a directory to hold all your content images and thumbnails. It does not have to be named "pics" or "images", In fact, none of the examples I show have to be named exactly as they are here. But pick something that you will know and remember what it is.

    Here is where you put the .htaccess that protects you from hotlinking. This one .htaccess protects all the images and subdirectories in the pics directory.

    For the pics directory you will need to also make subdirectories for each niche you promote. Then make a directory for the thumbnailed pics inside each niche directory. It's a good thing to call the niche directories by a niche keyword. This adds more niche keywords to your website pages. Call them to your webpages by absolute URL.

    This means like this:
    http:// www.yourdomain.com/ pics/ niche/ image001.jpg and NOT .../image001.jpg and thumbnailed images would be like this: http:// www.yourdomain.com/ pics/ niche/ thumbs/ image001.jpg and NOT .../niche/ thumbs/ image001.jpg. This way you can copy and paste to any other page on the domain very quickly and easily.

    Here is what I'm talking about:
    pis/images domain layout

  • Recips Directory
    This one will be a directory to hold all your recip images for your sites and galleries. It does not have to be named "recips", In fact, none of the examples I show have to be named exactly as they are here. But pick something that you will know and remember what it is.

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    DFN Main ........................ Page 1
    The 411 Zone .................. Page 2
    Wenchy's World .............. Page 3
    This Weeks Tutorial ......... Page 4
    NPOW ............................ Page 5
    The DFN Lounge .............. Page 6
    Newbie Sandbox .............. Page 7
    The Back Page ................ Page 8
    The DFN Top Dogs .......... Page 9
    The DFN Weekly ........... Ad Rates

    For the recips directory you will need to also make at least 3 subdirectories. free, misc, and tgp. Drop all the recips for each type of site in it's directory. Call them to your webpages by absolute URL.

    This means like this: http:// www.yourdomain.com/ recips/ free/ joes-links01.gif and NOT .../joes-links01.gif. This way you can copy and paste to any other site on the domain very quickly and easily. This will make your site and gallery building go much faster as well. Here is what I'm talking about:
    recips domain layout

  • Sites Directory
    This will be one directory of many(you'll make more as you go) to hold all your sites. It does not have to be named "sites", In fact, none of the examples I show have to be named exactly as they are here. But pick something that you will know and remember what it is.

    For the sites directory you will need to also make niche subdirectories, covering various niches you will build sites for. They do not need to be the same as the examples in the graphic below. In each of the niche subdirectories you will create site subdirectories/folders. You can have an almost unlimited about of site subdirectories in each of the niche ubdirectories. And each site subdirectory is where you build a full site at.

    When linking back or submitting these sites, call them to your webpages by absolute URL. This means like this: http:// www.yourdomain.com/ sites/ niche/ sitename/ index.html and NOT .../index.html. This will help with your search engine submissions and listings. Here is what I'm talking about:
    sites domain layout

  • XXX Directory
    This will be one directory of many(you'll make more as you go) to hold all your TGP galleries. Even if you are not planning on doing tgping, go ahead and make it anyway. It will be there when you are ready for it. It does not have to be named "XXX", In fact, none of the examples I show have to be named exactly as they are here. But pick something that you will know and remember what it is.

    For the XXX directory you will need to also make niche subdirectories, covering various niches you will build galleries for. They do not need to be the same as the examples in the graphic below. In each of the niche subdirectories/folders, you put your TGP galleries.

    You can have an almost unlimited about of galleries in each of the niche subdirectories. When linking back or submitting these sites, call them to your webpages by absolute URL. This means like this: http:// www.yourdomain.com/ xxx/ niche/ gallery.html and NOT .../gallery.html. This will help with your search engine submissions and listings. Here is what I'm talking about:
    xxx/tgps domain layout

    Well thats about it, this will get you started off on the right track. Remember to never delete any of the content you have there as it will be reusable in many different ways down the road.

    Voltar

    "When women are depressed they either eat or go shopping. Men invade another country."
    Elayne Boosler
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