There are many authors writing about how... and what..., so you might be able to find your answers by searching within steemit. I do that when I want to know the details of something.
Unfortunately I don't know the one good place to find all you want to know but http://steemonboarding.com/ should have most of them covered in the near future.
I think what you are doing is great. You are very creative and I admire that.
I understand the feeling of omg I don’t know very much about Steem! I was there and I’m still learning little by little.
Joining some of the community on discord is great too if you haven’t done it. You can get some help there. Good luck! ;)