...I have a client who is a psychologist, and has an online referral form that asks sensitive questions like social security number. We added an ssl certificate, however, its still possible to access the referral form via an http link as opposed to an https link. For example, the referral button on the site links to: <a href="referral.html">Referrals</a> Would it be more secure if I changed the link to: <a href="https://www.example.com/referral.html">Referrals</a> Putting their entire site address in the link, with the https? Thank you for any suggestions.
If you have an SSL sertificate, why isn't the whole site (everything) set to HTTPS? That's the simplest solution, and makes sure you don't accidentally send users to a link with http, etc.
Thank you for the reply. I wasn't sure of the best way set everything to https. A google search says to edit the .htaccess file, is that what you would suggest?
Take a look on this thread, you can find useful hints: http://www.webcosmoforums.com/web-d...3256-redirect-url-rewrite-using-htaccess.html