If you would like to have "pretty" URL's in wordpress, you can configure this using the "Permalinks" setting in the admin site (wp-admin). If you select the option "Month and name" this will result in pretty url's, such as category/news.
If when you do this, the pages do not load, then you may need to update your apache settings. Below are the steps I followed.
Assumes you already have the mod_rewrite installed already.
- backup your .htacess file in the root directory of your wordpress site
- modify httpd.conf (this file should be in the conf dir under your apache install dir)
uncomment:
LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so - modify httpd.conf
Find the lines below and set AllowOverride to All
# Options FileInfo AuthConfig Limit
AllowOverride All
Now you can delete your .htaccess, go into the admin site, permalinks, select default, save, then select Month and name, then save. A new .htaccess should be created and you should be in business.