Need a simple way to do shortcuts to files and folders on the front page of a site...

Hi

I have a standard team site with a single document library.

My user wants to be able to create shortcuts to files AND FOLDERS in the library on the front page of the site.   What's the best way of doing this?  I began by adding a new column called "add to front page" with the yes/no option, then creating a view to show only files marked with "yes", but this was no good as we need a way of also adding shortcuts to folders...

Am I missing something?  It would be great to have to way of doing this. 

Thanks