I think I see the problem. The fourth group (becomes $4) is not correct. Here is what it should be:
RewriteRule ^archives/([0-9]{4})?/?([0-9]{1,2})?/?([0-9]{1,2})?/?([0-9a-z-]+)?/?([0-9]+)?/?$ /index.php?year=$1&monthnum=$2&day=$3&name=$4&page=$5 [QSA]
well, the install is complete. design, previous blog entries, etc. have all been ported over andthe majority of my old URLs still work, specificly those that I used as permalinks before. Thanks for the help.
allusion: thanx for the input
i had thought about doing this shortly after posting this. about the only hurdle i see right now with this option is dealing with redirecting my category links. I use shorter names for use in the url and longer names for display (i.e. /catgories/online/ is the URL for the “Online Happenings” category). one possible solution is mapping the old (shorter) names to their new WP version. When all is said and done I’m gonna document this (the changes neccesary for my changeover) as best a possible on my blog.
