Adding the SSL certificate

Hi there,

Hostgator confirmed that they added the SSL certificate to my site guitaringenuity.com. I read through the documentation and I understand that I now need to add a custom field to the specific pages that need to have the SSL.

I am using the Catalyst Theme (dynamik) and I am not clear where to add the this string: s2member_force_ssl = yes

Can you please point me into the right direction?

Thank you.

Ulrich.

Actually, I just installed the HTTPS/SSL wordpress plugin and it seems to work fine. So unless you guys see any problem with me using that plugin, I am good an don’t need further assistance on this issue. Thanks.

That plugin should work fine, but for future reference, the s2member_force_ssl goes into a Custom Field on the Post/Page with a value of yes. You should find the Custom Fields at the bottom of the Post/Page editing screen.

Thanks for this post… looking for comprehensive info or tutorials on the ssl… can you send me to the right page for a step by step?

I am a paid S2 member, just enabled PayPal PRO, trying to get a handle on this technical stuff… API, etc.
Is there a one stop area that addresses all of this?

Thanks..
Christine

also… Host Gator says I have to enable https in wordpress… or is that part of your S2Member set up?

And… Host Gator also says that once the ssl is installed to the domain, it changes the ip and could cause site to be down for a bit… but also said we could “flush”… doing this:
For windows, you would open the command prompt, and type ‘ipconfig /flushdns’

Can you comment on this too, since it’s related?

Thanks…
Christine

Hi Christine,

The setup and installation of SSL on your site is entirely outside the scope of the s2Member plugin. The SSL Certificate installation process is very specific to your web hosting environment and all assistance with that should be directed at your web hosting provider.

As for enabling SSL in WordPress, there is information about that on the WordPress Codex. s2Member itself provides a small feature for forcing SSL to be loaded on specific pages by creating a WordPress Custom Field at the bottom of any page/post (on the post editor screen) with a key name of s2member_force_ssl and a value of yes.

If you’re using PayPal Pro, then whatever pages you put the s2Member Pro-Form onto should also have that Custom Field that forces SSL to ensure that nobody accesses the page without SSL.