Hey Carl,
starting with file storage is not such a dumb idea - in fact it's a fantastic idea! It gives us hierarchical structure, versioning and mime base file typing...
#3 kinda scares me though - makes me nostalgic for Userland frontier ;) it would not work for complex templates that change, but maybe not such a bad idea. I would think more of an automated caching system to cope with the slashdot effect.
if i stay awake see you in irc
