Completely agree on #2, having better defaults (a base template and basic things like an archive/categories page) would make switching to jekyll a lot easier. I

Completely agree on #2, having better defaults (a base template and basic things like an archive/categories page) would make switching to jekyll a lot easier. If it wasn't for your plugins (thanks) my switch to jekyll would have been surely postponed until i figured out how to write a plugin for the missing functionalities...