SSL Support for Pro forms

Hello there,

My impression is that the PayPal Pro form are being submitted in a non-secure mode (using http rather than https). Am I wrong about this?

Is there a way to configure these forms to use SSL?

Note – I am currently using the PayPal Sandbox.

TIA

You can force the page to load securely, please read here: Pre Sale FAQs » Do I need an SSL certificate to use PayPal® Pro or Authorize.Net®?

You only need that if you’re using PayPal Pro or Authorize.Net, though. Express Checkout doesn’t require it, since the checkout happens over at PayPal’s site.

About the Sandbox, it’s better if you avoid it and test with live 1 cent transactions. The Sandbox sometimes has its own problems that don’t even exist in the live transactions.

I hope that helps. :)

Hi Cristian,

I went to the Custom Fields box in the WordPress editor and tried to add the field as specified. However, the dropdown list for the field name does not include a line item called s2Membe_force_ssl. So it is impossible to add the field as you specified above…

What am I doing wrong here?

Thanks for your help,

Moty

Please ignore, I figured it out :-)

Hello there,

So I have everything setup and SSL cert installed. I used s2member_force_ssl = yes on the 3 pages with pro from I have in my site. From your documentation I read:

Once you’re live, you can add the Custom Field s2member_force_ssl = yes to any Post/Page, using the Custom Fields box in your WordPress® editor. s2Member® will buffer output on those special Posts/Pages, converting everything over to https:// for you automatically, and forcing those specific Posts/Pages to be viewed over a secure SSL connection

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When I tested my subscription pages that have the s2member_force_ssl = yes, I observe the following:

1. Indeed, the URL changes to have the https prefix as expected – GOOD

2. Contrary to the documentation, the three pages still contain plenty of http-based URL, which make them partially insecure. As a result, the “lock” icon is not displayed in FireFox, Chrome and IE, and explorer pops up the “Only secure content is displayed” message…

What do I need to do in order for s2Member to convert all URLs to use https? The experience I am having right now is not going to encourage my future users to subscribe….

Thanks for your help,

Moty

Hi Moty,

It’s possible that your theme is loading things in an insecure manner. Can you try reverting your theme to a 2011 and see if that fixes your issue?

If it does, you may want to use a different theme template for your signup page, or create another.