SSL Feature Requested for Website

[pintwin173]

Seems these days search engines like to see secured sites

I've read garrettroyce's post of Jan 13, 2021 (thx garrett! ) but I'm not savvy on such things so I've got a few dumb questions:

1 - Do I simply make a request for Secure Socket Layer and you handle the details? (BTW: Can't search "SSL" in the Forums, string is too short?)
2 - Do I enter the "SSL Certificates" page, invoke "Enable SSL", select the proper options ("automatic cert"(?), "best cert"(?) "Force SSL with https redirect"(?)...) add any personal details, and hand off to you?
3 - Should I make a backup of my site & SQL databases before any of this is done?
4 - Do I have to modify any code on my website as a result? (i.e.: what might break?)
4 - Something else I should be aware of?

Just want to make sure my site doesn't get foo

As always, thanks for any assistance you can provide, it's always appreciated!

Pintwin173

 

[pintwin173]

Bump.

 

[ctyrd]

Bump.

If it helps, I'v tried every option in the SSL Certificates manager and nothing broke. I ended up using Let's Encrypt cert. Always had certificate warnings for pop, smtp, ftp, etc when added to cert. Used my domain for common name and ticked the wild card option (ctyrd.org, *.ctyrd.org). then I could use pop, smtp, ftp, etc without certificate warnings with correct port.

The certificate Key Size (bits), and Certificate Type, I just used the default. Your needs may be different. If different types of cert are tried, in a short time browser or mail client cert cache may need cleared. Filezilla will warn if new cert is used. I found it useful for correcting errors.

 

[pintwin173]

Thanks for your input, ctyrd, it's appreciated! I'll take another look at the SSL Certificates page

 

[pintwin173]

Well, went into SSL Certs, selected Let's Encrypt, used the Wildcard option, kept Cert details as default, and saved the settings...
...and after clearing my browser history and visiting my website (unsolicited.elementfx.com) I got this:


I believe my site isn't risky (although I might be a bit insecure ;-) so I continued and saw the formatting on my Wordpress page wasn't showing up:



And most of the non-text information on my web pages was not being displayed:



Is this due to some action required by X10Hosting to approve/invoke the Cert? As I wrote in the OP, I'm a newbie at this SSL stuff. If I disable SSL then everything works fine.

Any assistance would be helpful, thanks in advance.

Pintwin173

 

[ctyrd]

Is this due to some action required by X10Hosting to approve/invoke the Cert? As I wrote in the OP, I'm a newbie at this SSL stuff. If I disable SSL then everything works fine.

SSL Certificate is working as expected. SSL or not there are html source errors.

The index file in your public_html has a url meta tag in the source head.

<meta HTTP-EQUIV="REFRESH" content="5; url=http://www.unsolicited.elementfx.com/blog" />

In the directory /blog index file source I see no link to css style.

 

[pintwin173]

ctyrd:

SSL Cert is OK, PEBKAC is the issue with me

Modified htaccess to specify https links
Removed "http:/" from my web pages to force links to use the current protocol.
There is a css for the WP landing page, changing it to relative solved it.

Still got some link & css issues but believe it's how I've tied my Wordpress page into my (non-Wordpress) website.

Many thanks for your help with this, ctyrd, and best wishes!

Pintwin173

 

[pabaurre89]

Why do I get this notice when I update my website http://www.murillete.x10.mx/index.html
Thank you
Porque me sale este aviso cuando actualizo mi web http://www.murillete.x10.mx/index.html
Gracias