Most CiviCRM URLs have reset=1 in the query string.
E.g. http://[yoursite.com]/civicrm?reset=1
What does this do and does it matter if you don't include it?
I only ask because URLs look nicer without it.
asked Feb 10 '16 at 13:45
reset=1 clears the current local session variables as well as the smarty cache.
For instance, if you have a form that is getting reused, reset=1 will clear the form's fields (whereas, without it, the form may contain values carried over from it's prior invocation).
If you don't use it, and it's a public, anonymous facing page, I suspect you may get away with it. Try it and see how it works for you.
If the parameter is necessary, you could add it as a redirect to your installation. For instance, in your .htaccess file include something like:
Redirect 301 /contribute https://[yoursite.com]/civicrm/contribute/transact?reset=1&id=5
Which would allow https://[yoursite.com]/contribute as a valid link to the ultimate contribution page.
answered Feb 10 '16 at 14:15
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Thanks for your answer. I was thinking of the user facing pages rather than the public pages. As you say, you can redirect the public facing pages in Drupal using an alias. – William Mortada Feb 10 '16 at 14:23
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1I don't think there is a way to effectively get rid of it on CiviCRM's pages. You could create some custom pages, a portal in effect, for your users, but that's a lot of work and probably not worth the effort. – DaveD - BackOffice Thinking Feb 10 '16 at 14:26
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2I don't think this is entirely correct - the big thing that's not mentioned here is that the smarty cache is cleared with the reset=1. Also, you can't use Drupal path aliases, because Drupal path aliases don't allow query strings. You can setup redirects, which is almost as good. – Alan Dixon Feb 16 '16 at 17:36
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1Alan is right, Drupal Aliases do not work because of the question mark - when I really need a nice URL I end up putting a redirect in my .htaccess file like so:
Redirect 301 /contribute https://watershedmg.org/civicrm/contribute/transact?reset=1&id=5– desierto Feb 16 '16 at 23:55
