# Panel does not work without URL rewriting

**URL:** <https://forum.getkirby.com/t/panel-does-not-work-without-url-rewriting/3097>\
**Category:** Questions\
**Tags:** v2\
**Created:** [January 21, 2016, 11:21am UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/panel-does-not-work-without-url-rewriting/3097 "2016-01-21T11:21:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![joachim](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.getkirby.com/joachim/32/15976_2.png) [@joachim](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/joachim)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2016, 11:21am UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/panel-does-not-work-without-url-rewriting/3097/1 "2016-01-21T11:21:01Z")

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Hello all !

I’m trying Kirby 2 after using Kirby 1 a few years ago on a couple of projects.

The environment I’m installing Kirby 2 is constrained, I cannot use the .htaccess. To accomodate with that, I added a line to `config.php` :

```
c::set('rewrite',false);

```

The website works well. On the other hand, the panel doesn’t work, as all the links and forms are rewritten and don’t use `/panel/index.php` in their urls.  
How should I modify `routes.php` to accommodate with that ?

Thanks !

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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:** [January 21, 2016, 11:40am UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/panel-does-not-work-without-url-rewriting/3097/2 "2016-01-21T11:40:54Z")

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The Panel currently requires rewriting and is not compatible with the `rewrite=false` option unfortunately.

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**Author:** ![joachim](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.getkirby.com/joachim/32/15976_2.png) [@joachim](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/joachim)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2016, 11:42am UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/panel-does-not-work-without-url-rewriting/3097/3 "2016-01-21T11:42:31Z")

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OK, thanks… good thing I can edit via FTP then !

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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:** [January 21, 2016, 11:43am UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/panel-does-not-work-without-url-rewriting/3097/4 "2016-01-21T11:43:27Z")

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I will leave this open though because it _is_ an issue and could be fixed in a future version. No promises though. 🙂

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**Author:** ![joachim](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.getkirby.com/joachim/32/15976_2.png) [@joachim](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/joachim)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2016, 11:44am UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/panel-does-not-work-without-url-rewriting/3097/5 "2016-01-21T11:44:14Z")

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Oh, ok ! Thanks a lot 🙂

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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, 5:00pm UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/panel-does-not-work-without-url-rewriting/3097/6 "2025-02-06T17:00:22Z")

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Archived on February 6, 2025, 5:00pm UTC