Convert link in Wordpress 3.2.1

Question

How can I convert links (url displayed in the browser) from :

www.mywebsite.com/?p=13

to something like this :

www.mywebsite.com/title_of_the_topic

Answer 1

Go to Settings->Permalinks, select Custom Structure, and set the text box to just /%postname%/

You might consider the second bullet point in the docs recommending against this particular URL pattern, though. This was addressed in 3.3