I have three domains, a main hosting one, with the other two domains pointing to pages on it. That host (which I am leaving due to cost) provides SSL service free and it works fine. I have moved the main site to infinityfree and redirected the main hosting site and one of the other domains without changing the nameservers. The other one-page site/domain I’ve changed the nameservers but have just reapplied the redirecting.
I have enacted SSL on the main page (raggedyedge.free.nf), which is categorized as a subdomain (which I can’t find a lot of information about). It seems to work okay for it and for the other domain redirected to it (littlestbigband.com). For bobfarleymusic.com, I tried using the method resulting in a .com or new page in infinityfree. I’m still waiting for any SSL activity to work with it after I went through the same process as I did with REM.
After reading a few hours of nameserver, DNS, and webhosting information, I’m still not clear on a best way to go forward to ensure that each domain gets SSL. My main hosting with Doteasy ends Dec. 31, so I’ll be dependent on infinityfree or whoever I turn to after that. If infinityfree, does anybody knowledgeable with all the main domain vs. sub domain and how each acts with SSL have advice? My goal is to have a main domain point to the main site, with two other domains pointing to pages on the main site. Or should I do separate sites for the two additional domains, and why?
Your question is not clear enough, but I’ll provide some information about SSL certificate installation and DNS data.
Infinityfree does provide free SSL certificates for 3 months, and you can renew those certificates after that too without any cost.
Talking about SSL certificate installation, it’s pretty simple in here to install. If you follow this link, you’ll be redirected to the SSL installation page. Login to your account - InfinityFree
Or you can follow the below article.
Main Domain vs. Subdomain:
In the context of SSL, both main domains and subdomains can have SSL certificates. Subdomains, like raggedyedge.free.nf, can also have SSL, but sometimes they might be covered by a wildcard SSL certificate that covers all subdomains.
DNS data (Domain Name System)
If you are concerned about DNS data and why you should do it, it depends on the task that you want to achieve. Imagine you want your website to be accessible via WWW, In that case, where those DNS come into play, you’ll basically have to create an A record to point your website’s IP address to a WWW subdomain. And without DNS data, you cannot access your site with the domain name. It’ll be something like this: 168.143.43.2.
For more details about DNS, please visit this website and read about it.
Hey Herbert, thanks for trying to understand my question. I garnered some helpful items. My problem is that I don’t understand enough about the process to know what questions to ask and how they affect my expectations. I will read and find out, or just let it go as it is. At least, it’s free.
I have three domains, currently registered with doteasy where one of them is hosted . The other two domains point to pages on the first one.
The first one is https://www.raggedyedgemusic.com
The second one is https://www.littlestbigband.com
The third is https://www.bobfarleymusic.com
If you try to open these, you may find that only the first one will open.
GOAL: I would like to have all the sites open correctly onto secure pages, without detouring through a “This Site is Not Secure” page, which is sometimes what happens when the “s” is removed from the “https.”
Currently my main domain is listed as a sub-domain, while my third domain is listed as a custom domain. (The second domain is currently only redirected.) I have no logical reason for their designations.
Can anyone who has experience with similar situations detail what methodology in InfinityFree would allow me to attain my goal? (I’m more interested in the answer than the proof, but if an explanation makes it easier to help a guitar player understand, that would be helpful, as well.) I appreciate the time everyone here is providing to me.
Oh, okay, now I get it. You want to use a secure connection. First of all, go to the SSL certificate installation section. In there, install certificates for all of your domains. After that, go to your htdocs folder and open the.htaccess file. Inside that file, paste the following code.
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
RewriteRule ^ https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]
This one is hosted with DotEasy, and does have HTTPS.
This one is also hosted with DotEasy, but does not have HTTPS. I don’t know why that is, but you’ll have to figure that out with DotEasy. They know much more about their redirect service than anyone here does.
This domain is hosted with us, but no SSL certificate is installed on it. Please follow these instructions to obtain and install an SSL certificate on your domain: