I’m suffering from the same problem:
Wordpress is installed at a subdirectory:
http://www.whisperingwords.net/wptest/wordpress/
The blog is at:
http://www.whisperingwords.net/wptest/
I’ve tested mod_rewrite and confirmed with my host that it is present. I have set up my archives to show:
/archives/%Year%/%monthnum%/%postname%/
and categories as:
/archives/
The categories work fine. The monthly archives returns “Sorry, no posts match your criteria”, and so does the individual entry pages.
When I get rid of the “/archives/” bit or put “/index.php/archives…”, the darn thing starts working fine. It’s driving me quite batty, especially as yours truly is primarily a law student and considers mod_rewrite a form of the black arts.
I’d really appreciate some help here… I’m evaluating WP as an alternative to MT (given the licensing restrictions), and so far WP seems nice but the frustration of the crazy permalinks is driving me up the wall.
Thanks.
