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Changing website from http to https

Discussion in 'Site & Server Administration' started by Jim4767, Dec 23, 2014.

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    With Google announcing a "slight" rankings increase for https webpages, I am considering changing my website's 300+ pages from http to https.

    Has anyone here been through that process? Is it pretty technical and elaborate? Or is it something a fairly low-tech guy like me can do? Any advice or personal experience with this will be appreciated. Thanks.
     
    Jim4767, Dec 23, 2014 IP
  2. sarahk

    sarahk iTamer Staff

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    I got the hosting company to do apply the certificate which they stuffed up and I ended up doing myself so I guess it's hard and easy - but there are lots of sites to help check it's right after you're done and and the support I got from the certificate company exceeded expectations (I got into a dispute with the hosting company where they wouldn't accept there was a problem, cert company agreed with me and provided the fix).

    Within your site it's pretty easy - you just need to find any absolute links and make a quick edit. How you do that depends on whether they're in code or the database and what (if any) CMS you use.
     
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  3. RoseHosting

    RoseHosting Well-Known Member

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    The process is pretty straight forward:

    1. Order an SSL Certificate for your domain.

    2. Install the SSL certificate.

    3. If you are using the Apache web server, redirect from http URLs to https by using this in your Apache configuration file or .htaccess file:

    RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
RewriteRule (.*) https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI}
    Code (markup):
    Also, you may need to edit your website files/scripts and change all paths to images, CSS, Javscript files etc. with relative paths.
     
    RoseHosting, Dec 24, 2014 IP
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  4. Jim4767

    Jim4767 Prominent Member

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    Thanks! Much appreciated.
     
    Jim4767, Dec 24, 2014 IP