Hi all, I have been ask to change a couple of http url to https url's. Is this difficult and how is this done? What about the certificate?
The first thing you will need to do is make sure you have a dedicated IP address for this site. If you have no other SSL sites on the server and the SSL port is not being used you can use that port. If you are on a shared server you will need to get a dedicated IP. You will then need to get a certificate; you can either buy one or create a self-signed certificate. A self-signed certificate will generate a warning every time someone uses SSL on your site. If you need to force SSL on certain pages you can use a .htaccess redirect if you are using apache or redirect in your code. How this is done depends on your server configuration i.e. apache/cpanel, apache/plesk, plain apache, etc.