I'm working on putting together a custom backend for an October CMS app and I'm having trouble finding a way to customize the URL for the backend. Does it have to be customurl.com/backend/namespace/pluginname/posts or could I just make it customurl.com/dashboard/posts

Thanks for the help

The back-end area is disconnected from the front-end entirely, for security reasons, think of it like a firewall. If you plan on allowing public access to your back-end just know this could pose as a security problem, like running a computer without a firewall, it increases the attack surface. Building a custom dashboard in the CMS / front-end is probably a safer idea in this regard.

To answer your question though, you could use a routes.php file to proxy to the back-end area using the API router, or your webserver can be configured to alias these URLs.

Thanks for the reply. If I were to use the custom CMS in the front end would I need to write all the CRUD operations from scratch or is there a way to use the magic of the back end forms in the CMS?