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In this video I walk you through activating and making the most of your new SSL certificate on your website. There’s more to it than just flicking a switch.
Update March 21, 2017
The latest version of Chrome requires a different way of accessing the code. Right-click on the page and select "Inspect" from the drop-down list. Click on the "Console" tab and you'll see the mixed content issues.
Go to Site Rubix Site Manager and click on the SitePlus+ button. This turns on the SSL (Secure Socket Layer) but you haven’t finished yet.
It takes a little while to propagate but in a few minutes when you type https://yourwesbite.com you’ll be able to see your site.
If you have links to external websites that are not secure then you may have a “mixed content” issue. Also, your images and other media uploads may not be secure.
When you visit your website you may notice an (i) information symbol instead of the green padlock.
I found a great little plugin to use to fix that “SSL Insecure Content Fixer”. Install the plugin and activate it.
Now go to the plugin’s settings. Start at the top and use trial and error to check which option fixes the mixed content. Use the lowest setting that works for your site and save the changes.
I’ve had to use the setting “Capture” for my website. According to the plugin’s documentation the higher settings have the “most impact on memory usage and biggest potential to break things”. So please be careful.
If you site breaks as a result then please deactivate SSL. Contact Site Support and tell them everything you’ve done Submit a Support Ticket to SiteRubix Hosting Technical Support
When you’ve got your little green padlock working on all pages go to Google Search Console & Bing and verify the HTTPS version for both with and without www.
As always, I'm here to help you,
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Do the without www version and www version share the same meta tag? What do I have to do to verify the www version?
https://yourdomain.com and
https://www.yourdomain.com (whatever your domain name actually is)
I did manage to "fix" all my 4 websites with the plugin you suggested.
However, I had quite a run with two websites going down right to the "capture" setting.
The culprits btw were my own images of me.
Questions:
Can I reuse my images once again after now everything is alright and I also have submitted all my websites in Google Analytics and Google Webmaster Console?
And, should I go back to those 2 websites, I mentioned, to the "Simple" setting once again or just leave it altogether?
I also discovered that in Analytics one of my websites has been gone altogether and I had to re-submit it again. Is this "normal" can this happen and why will it happen in the first place?
I know, lol lots of questions but right now I am so happy that I can see the green padlock on all my websites. :
Thanks again for the help, so appreciated. :)
Great and easy to understand tutorial and video. I have updated all my website the long way round, going through my text in WP editor that was showing http not https.
ONE question I have updated to Google Console and Bing but I believe Kyle mentioned, here at WA we hosting we don't use www. for our websites.
Am I correct in saying this Marion ??
Thank you,
John
By the way is your computer OK still?
All is absolutely fine now, thank you. I have got Macafee checking my computer every few weeks, they go through everything and clean it up if necessary.
They have also installed protection, where it shows green ticks for safe websites, if I click on a website or page Macafee gives me a large warning page with a red cross.
John