# Rewriting categories URL; Will it make future problems?

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**Created:** [23.Май.2015 03:54:20 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rewriting-categories-url-will-it-make-future-problems/29160 "2015-05-23T03:54:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mittineague](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mittineague/32/114259_2.png) [@Mittineague](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mittineague)\
**Post date:** [30.Май.2015 16:44:38 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rewriting-categories-url-will-it-make-future-problems/29160/8 "2015-05-30T16:44:38Z")

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> [@reaon](#):
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> What kind of problems?

For one, Routing.

Changing the URL format of HTTP requests is likely to result in a lot of “Not Found” errors.

Don’t think of them so much as “addresses” identifying locations, but more like instructions on “how to get something”

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