Well, I feel pretty good now! My earlier idea of using directory names in place of file names actually looks like a feasible idea. During my working lunch, I was browsing A List Apart again and came across an article called Slash Forward. Basically, it describes the exact method of using /directories/ instead of directories.htm as a means of improving expandability (like when I was talking about moving over to php pages) and security. Pretty cool!

I just found a good article on A List Apart called How to Succeed With URLs. This article is on somewhat the same topic as I mentioned in an earlier post, mainly how to create user friendly URLs on your web site. This one is slanted towards dynamic content being processed with php (which I'm looking at doing in the future), so while it isn't immediately applicable, it might be useful eventually. Most of the magic in the solution presented relies on Apache's mod_rewrite module, which lets you rewrite requested URLs on the fly. The documentation looks pretty technical, but it might be worth looking into, especially if it makes my job easier!