Topic: How To Force HTTP to HTTPS

[Lesmond]

For secure images, I have made this site to upload images, you will have to register to upload pictures, you can also upload images from a url 
link https://tinypix.top

Here is one from the site in bbcode ...

[Ken]

Thanks for that Les. 

[Skhilled (OP)]

So far, things seem to be working good in Chrome here. Maybe it takes a bit of time to fully kick in.

Btw, I've deleted FF and reinstalled it and still get the same issues. LOL

[Skhilled (OP)]

Ken, for some reason your avatar is not read as https so the forum is no longer seen as https. Not sure why yet...

[Mick]

Ken, for some reason your avatar is not read as https so the forum is no longer seen as https. Not sure why yet...

Steve, I mean to ask you this the other day actually. 

A couple of weeks ago I moved all my sites to a new host.  Is there a idiots guide anywhere with a start to finish, step by step to making a SMF site https enabled.  My host provides the SSL certs and they are all enabled as far as I can tell.  Though I only have two sites running SMF 2.0.14 atm  , the other two are on SMF 2.0.13

[Skhilled (OP)]

I haven't seen a guide for SMF yet but I've had to read up on it using various websites and hosting tutorials.  As far as SMF goes, 2.0.14 is specifically setup for SSL. I'm not sure if it will work with 2.0.13 or older so you may have to upgrade the other two sites. Actually, I've been meaning to do a short tutorial on what I've learned...which isn't a heck of a lot. LOL

But you can read about it here:

https://www.docskillz.com/docs/index.php?topic=1214.0

There's also a link to a site that has a SSL Checker that will help you find any problems. It may not help you fix the problems but will alert you to them. The other half of the equation is the quality of hosting and if they have configured it properly. If you have problems let me know and I'll try to help.

[Skhilled (OP)]

I forgot to mention that sometimes it may take a day for it fully work. I guess it goes through some sort of "propagation", I guess. And I take my answer back about it working on SMF 2.0.13 cause it was working on there...I forgot about that. LOL

Actually, it does work here but on some pages. The pages where Ken's avy is not showing I see it as secured.

[Ken]

I forgot to mention that sometimes it may take a day for it fully work. I guess it goes through some sort of "propagation", I guess. And I take my answer back about it working on SMF 2.0.13 cause it was working on there...I forgot about that. LOL

Actually, it does work here but on some pages. The pages where Ken's avy is not showing I see it as secured.

How can I fix that?
EDIT: removed the avatar, but it still shows the yellow triangle.

[Mick]

How can I fix that?
EDIT: removed the avatar, but it still shows the yellow triangle.

I'm seeing a green padlock (Firefox and Chrome) since you've removed it.  Unless you've fixed something else after you posted, it looks good.

Steve, thanks for the info, that's good info.  Have bookmarked for when I give it a go.  The redirect for the htaccess, is this something that can be done via cpanel, redirects, or does it have to be a manual edit to that file? 

Sorry for topic  hijack Ken.

[Skhilled (OP)]

It works for me now too, Ken. How did you upload it? Was it from another site?

Mick, if you do not already have an .htaccess a redirect will create one but will only add redirection code to it. You can easily create one using cPanel's File Manager or any file editing program and uploading it via FTP. If you already have one just add that code to it:

Even if you have a SSL installed, you and your visitors can still view the HTTP part of your site. To prevent this you can create a .htaccess file and put it in your root directory where your domain resides. You should add the following code to it:

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RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]
If you already have a .htaccess file you'll want to add ONLY the 2nd and 3rd lines directly after the first instance of:

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RewriteEngine On
This will force all pages of your site to use HTTPS instead of HTTP.

That being said, you'll want to make sure that any external images come from sites that are secured and any links are also secured.

[Ken]

np Mick... this is the kind of topic that may need to wander a bit to get a better understanding of out OP. 

It's showing a green lock for me now as well, maybe my browser just had a small load issue and needed more than one restart.

On the Avatars, this one from the Gallery gives me a green lock:
 

And this one that is uploaded gives the yellow triangle:

[Mick]

np Mick... this is the kind of topic that may need to wander a bit to get a better understanding of out OP. 

It's showing a green lock for me now as well, maybe my browser just had a small load issue and needed more than one restart.

On the Avatars, this one from the Gallery gives me a green lock:
 

And this one that is uploaded gives the yellow triangle:

Didn't they add the image proxy setting to SMF 2.0.14 to cure this problem with avatars?  Sure I read this somewhere.  That said, I'm not suggesting you upgrade to 2.0.14, at least not until 2.0.15 comes out.  Hopefully that one won't be so buggy.

[Ken]

np Mick... this is the kind of topic that may need to wander a bit to get a better understanding of out OP. 

It's showing a green lock for me now as well, maybe my browser just had a small load issue and needed more than one restart.

On the Avatars, this one from the Gallery gives me a green lock:
 

And this one that is uploaded gives the yellow triangle:

Didn't they add the image proxy setting to SMF 2.0.14 to cure this problem with avatars?  Sure I read this somewhere.  That said, I'm not suggesting you upgrade to 2.0.14, at least not until 2.0.15 comes out.  Hopefully that one won't be so buggy.

I think that Steve was going to update this site when 2.0.14 first came out, but held off because of some reported issues. Maybe he'll do it in the next week or two? 

[Skhilled (OP)]

np Mick... this is the kind of topic that may need to wander a bit to get a better understanding of out OP. 

It's showing a green lock for me now as well, maybe my browser just had a small load issue and needed more than one restart.

On the Avatars, this one from the Gallery gives me a green lock:
 

And this one that is uploaded gives the yellow triangle:

Didn't they add the image proxy setting to SMF 2.0.14 to cure this problem with avatars?  Sure I read this somewhere.  That said, I'm not suggesting you upgrade to 2.0.14, at least not until 2.0.15 comes out.  Hopefully that one won't be so buggy.

Hmmm, has to be a reason why one image from the gallery works and the other does not...

LOL, don't hold your breath on SMF not being buggy.

I think that Steve was going to update this site when 2.0.14 first came out, but held off because of some reported issues. Maybe he'll do it in the next week or two? 

Yes, I was but kind of expected it to be buggy. I can still upgrade it but would have no idea what to do about your mods. Many of them are outdated and may not work at all.

[Ken]

That's a very good reason to hold off... it might take a day or three to sort through all the broken mods and there's no compelling reason to make the update. (... that I know of)