New domain setup

[bkiser]

Website URL

briankiser.com

Error Message

This site can’t provide a secure connection

briankiser.com sent an invalid response.

ERR_SSL_PROTOCOL_ERROR

Other Information

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Hello. I am hoping you can help me get started. I have my nameservers at Squarespace set to:

ns1.infinityfree. com (space added intentionally)
ns2.infinityfree. com

I have a simple web site with an index.html file set up at Infinityfree, but I’m getting this message. Can someone walk me through the troubleshooting? I haven’t had a hosted site for many years, so I’m pretty rusty and I’m also new to both Squarespace and Infinityfree.

Thanks for any assistance.

[lovebug]

it looks like you have not yet installed a ssl certificate (required for https)

please click the link below for details

How to get Free SSL (HTTPS) on InfinityFree

If you’re using free hosting with your own domain or a subdomain, you’ll want to make your website work over HTTPS (SSL). Fortunately, InfinityFree provides all the tools you need to make it so. If you like videos better then text guides, scroll on down to the bottom of this guide. This guide uses the control panel functions and the Free SSL Certificates tool provided by InfinityFree to get SSL up and running on your site. Step 1: Set up the domain on your hosting account The first thing to do…

[bkiser]

Hey, thank you so much. I walked through the “how to” page, but the Create New Order button failed, giving me this error message:

SSL certificate error: The provider encountered an error verifying the DNS settings of your domain name. Please double check your nameserver settings and try again later.

Error detail: DNS problem: looking up TXT for _acme-challenge.briankiser.com: DNSSEC: DNSKEY Missing

I went back to Squarespace, and it looks fine as far as I can tell:

[Frank419]

You’ll have to disable DNSSEC from squarespace first, as our servers don’t support it, and will effectively prevent your domain from working at all.

[bkiser]

Thanks, Frank! I deleted that DNSSEC record from Squarespace. It didn’t work instantly, but I’m going to give it a bit and see if that solves my problem. I appreciate the help!

[bkiser]

Woot! I feel like I am definitely a couple of steps closer–thank you Frank and lovebug! I am now getting this message when I go to my site. I’m not using a template–I have an index.html file in my htdocs folder. Any idea what I might be missing now? I feel like I’m soooo close here.

[KangJL]

This?

How to remove Site Pro

Just for future reference. Site.Pro doesn’t delete the index.php, it simply renames it to spb_index.php. So all you really need to do is delete the Site.Pro index.php and rename spb_index.php back to index.php.

[bkiser]

But I don’t have a spb_index.php file? Just an index.php file.

[KangJL]

Just delete the existing index.php and upload your own

[bkiser]

Oh. I am not a php guy… the hosting site apparently created it and my site doesn’t use php. What should i put in it?

[KangJL]

@bkiser

What should i put in it?

Your own file(s)

@bkiser

the hosting site apparently created it

No, you activated Site.Pro in the first place

[bkiser]

Never mind! I just added an “.old” extension so the site would ignore it, and I’m good now. Thanks for your help as well!

[lovebug]