Insecure Website

[bmcdon]

Sorry for all my questions. I'm still struggling with the new website. I basically used an Xara template and just changed a few words for testing prior to publishing. However, it comes up with 'Not secure \ http://www.bluegumpublishing.com/index.htm' I contacted my web host service and they ran a test and said https needs to be forced and gave the following information:

Forcing the use of HTTPS:// on your site will ensure that visitors to your site are always using https://www.bluegumpublishing.com and aren't able to access an insecure http://www.bluegumpublishing.com URL. This is recommended since if a visitor does access your site as http://www.bluegumpublishing.com everything will be marked as "Not Secure".

Below code is for forcing HTTPs on an Apache webserver. If you are using another webserver such as lighttpd, nginx, etc you will need to contact your web hosting provider for assistance.

Add the following code to the .htaccess file in your webhosting account:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} bluegumpublishing\.com [NC]
RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} 80
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://www.bluegumpublishing.com/$1 [R,L]

Once this change is made your site will no longer be accessible on the insecure "http://www.bluegumpublishing.com" URLs and all visitors will be redirected to "https://www.bluegumpublishing.com" instead.

Can anyone help with this?

Cheers

[bmcdon]

A followup - someone did the above but didn't work.

Any suggestions?

[Boy]

When I click the link, I get a secure connection. Perhaps try Ctrl+F5 to clear your browser's cache?

[handrawn]

FYI it's not showing secure in either ffox or edge for me still http not https

[bmcdon]

Thanks for trying it and getting back to me - much appreciated.

Unfortunately, even with clearing the browser's cache on several devices and trying on a number of different browsers I'm still getting an unsecure connection.

[Boy]

Apologies. I posted too quickly. The redirect to https is indeed not working.

[bmcdon]

That’s okay - appreciate you looking at it.

This is a report my web hosting service sent - https://www.whynopadlock.com/results...6-94111a1661f2
They were not able to solve it so not sure what next step should be as have SSL.

[Acorn]

Sorry for all my questions. I'm still struggling with the new website. I basically used an Xara template and just changed a few words for testing prior to publishing. However, it comes up with 'Not secure \ http://www.bluegumpublishing.com/index.htm' I contacted my web host service and they ran a test and said https needs to be forced and gave the following information:

Forcing the use of HTTPS:// on your site will ensure that visitors to your site are always using https://www.bluegumpublishing.com and aren't able to access an insecure http://www.bluegumpublishing.com URL. This is recommended since if a visitor does access your site as http://www.bluegumpublishing.com everything will be marked as "Not Secure".

Below code is for forcing HTTPs on an Apache webserver. If you are using another webserver such as lighttpd, nginx, etc you will need to contact your web hosting provider for assistance.

Add the following code to the .htaccess file in your webhosting account:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} bluegumpublishing\.com [NC]
RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} 80
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://www.bluegumpublishing.com/$1 [R,L]

Once this change is made your site will no longer be accessible on the insecure "http://www.bluegumpublishing.com" URLs and all visitors will be redirected to "https://www.bluegumpublishing.com" instead.

Can anyone help with this?

Cheers

Eyeballing the .htaccess detail after RewriteEngine On directive, it look like there is a typo, with an errant backslash. I would try:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^bluegumpublishing.com [NC]
RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} 80
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://www.bluegumpublishing.com/$1 [R=301,L]

Also ensure RewriteEngine On is only listed the once.

A copy of your actual .htaccess file would help.

Acorn

[bmcdon]

Thanks again Acorn - you are of immense help for many! The website host has made the changes you suggested plus a few other minor ones and all now working - really pleased!

[Acorn]

Thanks again Acorn - you are of immense help for many! The website host has made the changes you suggested plus a few other minor ones and all now working - really pleased!

Dr Bob, that's great. Now you can focus on getting the content up to speed.

• Home page - has a box shadow still.
• All pages - drop the Made with Xara plug. Us the footer to link to something useful (BMcD Consulting site)
• All pages - make the NavBar sticky (like BMcD Consulting site).
• All pages - Splash images - really important to use Guides to ensure all top off at the same exact position. A single pixel out is still noticeable.
• Default font size - I would increase the font size so it balances with H1 & H2 sizes; there is too much of a drop.
• Lorem Ispum - try to put real text and images in as quick as you can. You will otherwise forget. Apply your own Balanced Scorecard approach to the task as it is strategic and measurable.
• Book - the ISBN 9780645044621 isn't listing. Your other purchase links all go to the BMcD Consulting site. This will kill any interest immediately. I assume the PayPal link is sandboxed.
• Site - consider making the site a vertical Supersite.

Acorn