Secure Site Redirect Problems

I have created a site meptec.org that seems to work fine on all PC’s and Mac’s in the http mode, however when I have it redirected to our https mode people are experiencing bad navigation issues with locking up, moving slow, screens going blank, etc. I know this could be old browser issues, but if it works fine in the http why does it not translate to the secure site correctly. Since I don’t know code I had someone write a small string for my redirect. I was told to place in HTML Markup - Before HTML, then on my Index page change it from index.html to index.php. Here’s the code that I used:

<?php if(!($_SERVER['HTTPS'])) { header ("Location: https://www.meptec.org"); } ?>

When I upload it everything seems to work fine on my end
but they were receiving calls that it was not working on PC’s from across the country. Could it be the PHP programming changed the site when all the other pages are HTML? I am lost here. If anyone could help it would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks, Clark


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Clark,

Putting a whole site into using using https:// rather than http:// will mean everything will be encrypted and will load securely. SSL will slow down page load times, even to a crawl on a slow connection, even causing blank pages waiting for images to download.

You should only use https on the pages that matter and keep those pages lightweight.

David

On 24 Apr 2008, at 16:05, Clark Brown wrote:

I have created a site meptec.org that seems to work fine on all PC’s and Mac’s in the http mode, however when I have it redirected to our https mode people are experiencing bad navigation issues with locking up, moving slow, screens going blank, etc. I know this could be old browser issues, but if it works fine in the http why does it not translate to the secure site correctly. Since I don’t know code I had someone write a small string for my redirect. I was told to place in HTML Markup - Before HTML, then on my Index page change it from index.html to index.php. Here’s the code that I used:

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If you have a mixture of elements being served from HTTP and HTTPS in
the same page, that can cause problems up to and including entirely
blank pages.

Pay particular care in Freeway to put the entire site that is running
“secure” within its own Freeway document. Otherwise, and particularly
if you are securing one folder in a larger document, Freeway will
often (and outside of your control entirely) pull individual
resources from the non-secure areas of the site, with the result that
you start getting these errors.

Freeway does this to avoid duplicating resources, and to save on
overall file size.

Walter

On Apr 24, 2008, at 11:05 AM, Clark Brown wrote:

I have created a site meptec.org that seems to work fine on all
PC’s and Mac’s in the http mode, however when I have it redirected
to our https mode people are experiencing bad navigation issues
with locking up, moving slow, screens going blank, etc. I know this
could be old browser issues, but if it works fine in the http why
does it not translate to the secure site correctly. Since I don’t
know code I had someone write a small string for my redirect. I was
told to place in HTML Markup - Before HTML, then on my Index page
change it from index.html to index.php. Here’s the code that I used:

<?php if(!($_SERVER['HTTPS'])) { header ("Location: https://www.meptec.org"); } ?>

When I upload it everything seems to work fine on my end
but they were receiving calls that it was not working on PC’s from
across the country. Could it be the PHP programming changed the
site when all the other pages are HTML? I am lost here. If anyone
could help it would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks, Clark


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I have pages that are forms that require credit card security.
There are approximately 7 or so. If I place the code I showed you on those pages and in the Inspector changed it to .php
will it make just those pages secure or do I have to have new code for those pages?

Thanks, Clark


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In my servers, if I want to make a page secure, I not only have to
make sure it is requested using https://, but I also have to put the
files that create those pages in an entirely different folder on the
server. This is because there is a different instance of Apache
serving those pages (and their associated resources). Your mileage
may vary, as they say in the commercials, and the best people to ask
about this are the help desk at your hosting provider.

Walter

On Apr 24, 2008, at 12:02 PM, Clark Brown wrote:

I have pages that are forms that require credit card security.
There are approximately 7 or so. If I place the code I showed you
on those pages and in the Inspector changed it to .php
will it make just those pages secure or do I have to have new code
for those pages?

Thanks, Clark


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