smithaa02 - 3:27 pm on Nov 2, 2012 (gmt 0)

Add to your .htaccess:

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]

Then install the plugin: 'Custom permalinks'...go into settings and set custom structure to: /%postname%

301'ing is bad if not needed because I think you lose 10% of page juice with each 301. Plus if you 301 stack, you can get into trouble with google.