diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 3a3bb142..efea121c 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Version 2.0.8 (2012-09-11 14:06:40) stable
+Version 2.0.8 (2012-09-11 16:49:24) stable
diff --git a/routes.example.py b/routes.example.py
index ea7a8142..e65f19ad 100644
--- a/routes.example.py
+++ b/routes.example.py
@@ -31,16 +31,41 @@ routes_app = ((r'/(?P<app>welcome|admin|app)\b.*', r'\g<app>'),
 #   routes_in=( (r'/static/(?P<file>[\w./-]+)', r'/init/static/\g<file>') )
 #
 
-routes_in = ((r'.*:/favicon.ico', r'/examples/static/favicon.ico'),
-             (r'.*:/robots.txt', r'/examples/static/robots.txt'),
-             ((r'.*http://otherdomain.com.* (?P<any>.*)', r'/app/ctr\g<any>')))
+BASE = '' # optonal prefix for incoming URLs
+
+routes_in = (
+    # do not reroute admin unless you want to disable it
+    (BASE+'/admin/?$anything','/admin/$anything'),
+    # do not reroute appadmin unless you want to disable it
+    (BASE+'/$app/appadmin/?$anything','/$app/appadmin/$anything'),
+    # do not reroute static files
+    (BASE+'/$app/static/?$anything','/$app/static/$anything'),    
+    # reroute favicon and robots, use exable for lack of better choice
+    ('/favicon.ico', '/examples/static/favicon.ico'),
+    ('/robots.txt', '/examples/static/robots.txt'),    
+    # do other stuff
+    ((r'.*http://otherdomain.com.* (?P<any>.*)', r'/app/ctr\g<any>')),
+    # remove the BASE prefix
+    (BASE+'/$anything','/$anything'),        
+    )
 
 # routes_out, like routes_in translates URL paths created with the web2py URL()
 # function in the same manner that route_in translates inbound URL paths.
 #
 
-routes_out = ((r'.*http://otherdomain.com.* /app/ctr(?P<any>.*)', r'\g<any>'),
-              (r'/app(?P<any>.*)', r'\g<any>'))
+routes_out = (
+    # do not reroute admin unless you want to disable it
+    ('/admin/$anything', BASE+'/admin/?$anything'),
+    # do not reroute appadmin unless you want to disable it
+    ('/$app/appadmin/$anything',BASE+'/$app/appadmin/?$anything'),
+    # do not reroute static files
+    ('/$app/static/$anything', BASE+'/$app/static/?$anything'),
+    # do other stuff
+    (r'.*http://otherdomain.com.* /app/ctr(?P<any>.*)', r'\g<any>'),
+    (r'/app(?P<any>.*)', r'\g<any>'),
+    # restore the BASE prefix
+    ('/$anything',BASE+'/$anything'),
+)
 
 # Specify log level for rewrite's debug logging
 # Possible values: debug, info, warning, error, critical (loglevels),