ronrapp

Finally got it working. Had to create a soft-link directory (ls -s directoryname) and use that in the .htaccess file. I tried a lot of other stuff and nothing else worked:
RewriteRule ^archives/(.*).jpg /image_archives/$1.jpg
RewriteRule ^archives/(.*).php /image_archives/$1.php
But 2fargon’s idea is another one I had: just copy all the old Movable Type uploaded files from rapp.org/archives/ to rapp.org/wp-content/ Then I wouldn’t have to deal with this issue at all.
Of course, I’d have to go through the mysql database and change all references of “rapp.org/archives/” to “rapp.org/wp-content/” Is that what you did, 2fargon?

Any other ideas? I’ve checked with the folks on #wordpress and the gurus on #apache, as well as gone through the mod_rewrite guide on apache.org.

Thanks for the suggestion. I changed my .htaccess file as you suggested, but it’s still doing the same thing.

Here’s an example of a page with a broken image:
https://www.rapp.org/archives/2004/04/son_of_a_beech/

Thank you, Thomas! Yours was the only suggestion that worked.
I guess the .htaccess file generated by WordPress is no good, at least for my ISP’s setup (I’m with Dreamhost.com).
Could I bug you for a little more help on one thing? In my old Movable Type setup, the postname in the URLs used underscores instead of dashes. How would I go about either a) using underscores in WP or b) having a mod_rewrite rule so the old URLs would be forwarded to the new URL?

If you visit
https://stage.rapp.org/archives/2004/02/
you’ll see it shows “no messages met the criteria”. But if you add in “index.php” to the URL, like this:
https://stage.rapp.org/index.php/archives/2004/02/
Then it works.
???

2fargon,
I made the change as you suggested. Still no dice.

I tried every suggestion in that thread before posting my message.
When I remove /archives/ from the permalink path, it works. But why is that? And more importantly, how can it be fixed? Since /archives/ is listed in the example given in the control panel, I assume it has to work somehow. ??
Thanks,
–Ron