It seems that my items when uploaded in SL are not rigged, but they are rigged in blender. So I am not sure what or where I am going wrong.

All of the tutorials online are for older versions of blender and dont use the smae UI so it s a bit confusing

I'm interested as well

Are you checking the skin weights checkbox in the 3rd (I think) tab of the uploader? You can't just check the one in the previewer.

I do know that my items are weighted b/c I can click the weight box in SL

Or is it greyed out when you try to upload?

but when i put it on in SL...it doesnt snap to where it supposed to be nor does it move.

hmmm... that is odd then. Usually, it would be greyed out if the weights aren't being exported. Not sure what it could be. Sorry!

maybe its my blender. I do have primstar scripts installed in it. Im using 2.63a