The purpose of this tutorial is to explain What is an SSL Certificate, What does an SSL Certificate do, and just how easy it is to Find any Website's SSL Certificate Information.



What is an SSL Certificate?

An SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) Certificate is a digital certificate that creates a secure link between a website and a visitor's browser.


What does an SSL Certificate do?

It authenticates the identity of a website and encrypts information sent to the server. When an internet user sends any confidential information, the browser will access the digital certificate and establish a secure connection.


Why do you want/need an SSL Certificate?

  • Proves Domain Ownership

  • Boosts your Google ranking

  • Protects your visitors sensitive information, including personal data and payment information


HOW DO YOU VERIFY YOUR WEBSITE HAS AN SSL CERTIFICATE?

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Raquel14 Premium
Thank you for this very informative lesson. God bless you.
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cris1018 Premium
Thanks Raquel! What a great way to start my morning! Have a good one!
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Babou3 Premium
Thanks for this nice lesson!

Have a nice day!
Ingrid
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cris1018 Premium
Thanks, Ingrid!
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ShihTzuSteve Premium
Thank you for sharing, Cris. Important information comprehensively put across.
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cris1018 Premium
Thank you, Steve!
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MHead1 Premium
Hello Cris,
This information was very helpful. Although I have one question? After following these steps what if you get a message that says "Your connection to this site is not fully secure"? What do I do now?

Thank you.
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cris1018 Premium
Hmmmm. Hopefully others will see this and chime in, but...

1. Could have something to do with the browser you're using, and it's ability to verify the certificate.

2. Could mean there is "mixed content" on the website

In either case, here's a "check" you can use to see if the pages you're on are https:

Go to the website with Google Chrome
Press F12
Click on the "Network" tab
Press F5 to reload everything
Hover over any URL listed to check whether it uses http or https

Let me know what you find
P.S. Is this your site here at WA?
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MHead1 Premium
Yes it is my site on here.
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MHead1 Premium
I'm not sure but I do see under the Network tab that there are some images that use the http and not https. Those are the only ones I see on there that have that browser heading.
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cris1018 Premium
Ok... in the case that it's just for images, check out this post by Loes: Let me know if that helps!
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cris1018 Premium
So basically, try to save the images first to upload from your device rather than directly from the source. Some images will cause the "mixed content" issue.
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MHead1 Premium
Thanks
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Triblu Premium
Wow Cris, this came at a perfect time. A new member just posted a question about this and I shared your tutorial here in my comment to that member.

Excellent tutorial!
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cris1018 Premium
Yay! Great, Trish!
Thank you :-)
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