# Integrate frontend pages in panel

**URL:** <https://forum.getkirby.com/t/integrate-frontend-pages-in-panel/3853>\
**Category:** Questions\
**Tags:** v2\
**Created:** [April 13, 2016, 12:37pm UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/integrate-frontend-pages-in-panel/3853 "2016-04-13T12:37:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![yves](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.getkirby.com/yves/32/6585_2.png) [@yves](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/yves)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2016, 12:37pm UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/integrate-frontend-pages-in-panel/3853/1 "2016-04-13T12:37:09Z")

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I have an idea for a Kirby project where I would like the frontend pages to reside inside the panel. So for example instead of showing an edit form for a page in the panel I’d like to show its content in a styled way and maybe have an edit button on this page to jump into the panel’s default edit form.

Is this possible and how should I implement this (plugin, panel hooks, hardcore panel hacking)

THX Yves

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**Author:** ![texnixe](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.getkirby.com/texnixe/32/5754_2.png) [@texnixe](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/texnixe)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2016, 12:42pm UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/integrate-frontend-pages-in-panel/3853/2 "2016-04-13T12:42:29Z")

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Hm, that way you would see the styled content twice, once on the front-end, once in the panel. Does this make sense? Wouldn’t it be better in that case to show an edit button on the front-end which then jumps to the panel edit form? Or have a look at @jenstornell’s [Splitview plugin](https://github.com/jenstornell/splitview).

If I’m not mistaken, that sounds like hardcore panel hacking to get this right.

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**Author:** ![yves](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.getkirby.com/yves/32/6585_2.png) [@yves](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/yves)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2016, 2:28pm UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/integrate-frontend-pages-in-panel/3853/3 "2016-04-13T14:28:09Z")

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Well the idea is to have no frontend at all. All data is added, edited and should be shown within the panel.

Think of it as a web-based [Filemaker](http://www.filemaker.com). Kirby delivers 70% of the functionality for the web app I have in mind. The last 30% is showing various lists and data sets within the panel. Maybe I could “misuse” custom panel fields for this or even better a plugin since hardcore panel hacking is by nature not very future-proof.

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**Author:** ![lukasbestle](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.getkirby.com/lukasbestle/32/11437_2.png) [@lukasbestle](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/lukasbestle)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2016, 2:36pm UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/integrate-frontend-pages-in-panel/3853/4 "2016-04-13T14:36:04Z")

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Ah, I see.

I have once developed a similar custom application for a client. It doesn’t use the Panel at all and instead everything happens in the frontend. It uses the [Kirby users](https://getkirby.com/docs/solutions/authentication) to authenticate, but all viewing and editing happens using templates and controllers. Pretty flexible and you can style and organize it however you need.

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**Author:** ![distantnative](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.getkirby.com/distantnative/32/11319_2.png) [@distantnative](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/distantnative)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2025, 4:59pm UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/integrate-frontend-pages-in-panel/3853/5 "2025-02-06T16:59:48Z")

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Archived on February 6, 2025, 4:59pm UTC