Ssl

[tobiaslee19]

Website URL

Tobiasfletcher.com
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Installing ssl certification

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[Greenreader9]

Please fill out the template, what do you need help with?

[tobiaslee19]

I did it said was installed but on my website it shows it’s not

[EdwardHamHam]

Your website loads fine on HTTPS for me.

[tobiaslee19]

Not showing secure in chrome on my android phone

[Frank419]

If you installed SSL, then you can use HTTPS but also the insecure HTTP. To make it always use HTTPS, please read

How to force all traffic to HTTPS

After you’ve enabled SSL for your website, you’ll probably want to redirect all traffic on your website to the https version of your site. There are multiple ways to do that. Let’s compare some commonly used ways. Using script configuration Some scripts (including Wordpress) have a setting which allows you to set your website URL. By changing this URL from http://example.com to https://example.com, the script will probably redirect visitors to the https version of your site. Even if your script…

[tobiaslee19]

Is there any easy way to do this? I am not experienced doing this

[Frank419]

Everyone starts out unexperienced. But experience doesn’t come from nowhere.

Currently you have 2 options:

1. Do it and have your issue solved.
2. Ask for a easier way and have your issue unsolved forever, because the easier way doesn’t exists.

I don’t know which is better, so please pick one.

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If you use WordPress, then there’ll also be some extra steps:

Migrating WordPress – Advanced Administration Handbook | Developer.WordPress.org

[tobiaslee19]

The .htaccess file says so not edit

[Frank419]

Yes, it says “DO NOT EDIT”, but it also provided you with the steps of creating your own rules.

Please read

How to set custom .htaccess rules

.htaccess rules are a powerful way to control how your website behaves. It can be used to set pretty URLs, define error pages, restrict access and more. There are plenty of guides available to teach you everything that can be done with .htaccess. This article can’t explain everything you can do with .htaccess rules, but it does explain how you can add them. Create the .htaccess file in your htdocs directory Every domain name on your account has a htdocs directory. Your first domain is attached…

[tobiaslee19]

I created the .htaccess file in the htdocs folder and still no change what am I missing?

[JxstErg1]

You’ll have to move the * where there is now a space between the dot and the closing parenthesis; this is why your rule won’t work.

[tobiaslee19]

Can you give me a example?

[JxstErg1]

The third line, from this:

*RewriteRule ^(. )$ https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]

should become this:

RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]

[tobiaslee19]

Thank you for your help