ok so I have wordpress installed
 

anyone good at setting up the permalinks!

and doesn anyone want to trade links with my blogs

/%category%/%postname%/

And yes.

what is a blog?

thanks what do I need to do to my Htaccess to make all this work

Did you read this?
http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Permalinks

Thanks Shags no I didnt see that page

Looks like with wordpress 1.5 you dont need it it says it does everything for you

i will be using wordpress with my new blog when i set it up.

but if you want to exchange links with squirtblog. hit me up 345801040.

i will add you.

Best bet is to upload a blank htaccess file into your wordpress directory and chmod it 666. Then enter the perma-link structure you want and Wordpress will write a new htaccess file.

I use a permalink structure like this:

/%year%/%monthnum%/%day%/%postname%/

You need the dates if you plan on using the calendar. The codex has other examples http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Permalinks. I haven't had a problem since I started using this technique.

my fantastico set up the wordpress for me

what are your blogs urls tanker?

is it surfer or webmaster?