Yes, by using the permalink structure:
/%postname%/
However, it’s not recommended since it can, and will, cause issues with your links. First, you’ll run into problems if two or more posts use the same title. Second, at least in the current release of WordPress, archives and categories will go buggy.
Finally, because of the rewrite rules that have to be set up through mod_rewrite and your .htaccess file, you may be unable to call up the index of any real directories within or below your blog’s without specifying it directly. In other words:
http://my-site/resume/index.html
would work, but
http://my-site/resume/
would get bumped to your blog, which would report it as non-existent unless you have a post with the title “resume”.
With that said, see this post on my blog:
http://guff.szub.net/behind-the-scenes-at-guff
Some of us want to have our cake and eat it too. Even if it isn’t as tasty as we’d like it to be. ;)
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James Huff
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Thanks for the links and explanation, all. Kafkaesqui, you got right to the root of my question: I was wondering if WP was intelligent enough to create unique slugs (e.g., if “my-post” already existed, insert a new post as “my-post-2”), or if the onus was on the weblog author.
Thanks again!
