TKS

cool…now I understand. I now know what to search the boards for to find what I need…thanks 2fargon.

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^archives/([0-9]{4})?/?([0-9a-z-]+)?/?([0-9]+)?/?([0-9]+)?/?$ /index.php?year=$1&name=$2&p=$3&page=$4 [QSA]
RewriteRule ^archives/category/?(.*) /index.php?category_name=$1

Yep. Turned it on from the WP Admin Screen. Testing the mod_rewrite….I don’t see anything there…I’ll leave it for now. The url: https://www.tksbox.net/file.php

I’ll give it a go by turning off the permalink rules….doing this as I type….and it works fine. So, I guess the problem lies somewhere with trying to establish permalinks. I’ll browse along these forums to see if I can locate anything unless someone would like to point me specifically somewhere for more info ont he subject ?? Thanks again for pointing me in the right direction.

Thanks a bunch…worked like a top!