Problems with SSL and Security Badge

My website is hosted by YAHOO Webhosting. They do not allow ssl certificates to be attached to websites they host. Instead they have us create a subdirectory labeled “ssl” to put all of our secure pages into. This folder automatically redirects pages over to https

Is there anyway I can make this work with wordpress and s2Members?

If not, are there sites that host SSL WordPress pages that I can redirect to?

Thanks,
Ben

• This topic was modified 3 years, 11 months ago by  Benjamin Heath.
• This topic was modified 3 years, 11 months ago by  Benjamin Heath.
• This topic was modified 3 years, 11 months ago by  Benjamin Heath.
• This topic was modified 3 years, 11 months ago by  Benjamin Heath.

Thank-you for inquiry.

My website is hosted by YAHOO Webhosting. They do not allow ssl certificates to be attached to websites they host. Instead they have us create a subdirectory labeled “ssl” to put all of our secure pages into. This folder automatically redirects pages over to https

Is there anyway I can make this work with wordpress and s2Members?

I checked Yahoo’s documentation regarding using SSL certificates. It appears that Yahoo should be giving you a specific address that you should be able to send users to when you need to use SSL. Therefore, it looks like you will need to have some custom code on your page to redirect to the SSL-enabled page if they try to access the page through your normal domain name.

See: http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/smallbusiness/webhosting/ssl/ssl-03.html

Based on what you posted, Yahoo now has a way to use a directory to automatically use some special rules to redirect users if they are accessing a file within the /ssl/ directory of your website. This is only kind of a shortcut to help you automatically redirect some pages. With WordPress, you will need to redirect users to a your SSL-enabled site manually.

See: http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wp_redirect

Thanks. I am not advanced enough to plug code in manually. Is there a wordpress plugin for this?

Thanks. I am not advanced enough to plug code in manually. Is there a wordpress plugin for this?

This plugin may work for you:

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/quick-pagepost-redirect-plugin/

Thanks! I’ll try that.

This plugin along and “Wordpress https plugin” only seem to have the capability of redirecting a post or a page to another “existing” page somewhere else. I need to force a page from my wordpress blog to open from my folder “ssl” even though the page doesn’t exist there, right?

Do you have any other suggestions? Or am I missing something somewhere?

This plugin along and “Wordpress https plugin” only seem to have the capability of redirecting a post or a page to another “existing” page somewhere else. I need to force a page from my wordpress blog to open from my folder “ssl” even though the page doesn’t exist there, right?

Not exactly. Instead, you need to have your page redirect to your SSL-enabled yahoo subdomain page that you should be able to access via your Yahoo Control Panel. This is essentially a mirror of your current site, but with SSL enabled.

See: http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/smallbusiness/webhosting/ssl/ssl-03.html

This plugin along and “Wordpress https plugin” only seem to have the capability of redirecting a post or a page to another “existing” page somewhere else. I need to force a page from my wordpress blog to open from my folder “ssl” even though the page doesn’t exist there, right?

Not exactly. Instead, you need to have your page redirect to your SSL-enabled yahoo subdomain page that you should be able to access via your Yahoo Control Panel. This is essentially a mirror of your current site, but with SSL enabled.

See: http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/smallbusiness/webhosting/ssl/ssl-03.html