# Rewriting categories URL; Will it make future problems?

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**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [23 Maggio 2015, 3:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rewriting-categories-url-will-it-make-future-problems/29160 "2015-05-23T03:54:20Z")\
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**Post date:** [30 Maggio 2015, 5:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rewriting-categories-url-will-it-make-future-problems/29160/9 "2015-05-30T17:52:48Z")

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> [@Mittineague](#):
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> likely to result in a lot of “Not Found” errors

Rewriting in the manner of redirecting! You request for `example.com/A` and it is translated as `example.com/category/A` for the CMS by the web server, here Nginx. Why should we get a 404 error?!

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