Thx JWait, that is exactly what I was looking for. I was worried about how the file paths would appear in the browser, but with the SEO "Clean URL's" option, everything looks fine.
Now for the other part of my question. I also want to create a unique "Homepage". This would be different from the regular home for the store. I want to just show static content like company info, pictures, and news. I know I could do this using the same method I used for the other pages, and I can create the link in the speedbar menu. The problem is that I also want that to be the default page when users first arrive at the site (
www.mysite.com). Currently the default page is home.php.