SSL not showing up

**jeddedia** · 8 Sep 2011, 08:22 PM

Hi! I've recently installed and set up our online store (https://richsgunshop.com/catalog/zencart/), and the SSL certificate is present and working properly there.

However when you click on any categories or products then the address bar reverts to "http://".

How can I make my site secured?

**jeddedia** · 8 Sep 2011, 09:27 PM

Problem fixed.

**DogTags** · 9 Sep 2011, 01:18 AM

How did you fix it?

Was it tweaking the config file?

**schoolboy** · 9 Sep 2011, 01:56 PM

Because SSL is "resource-hungry", zencart will invoke a SSL page only when it is needed - IE: only at times when the page will submit sensitive data.

At all other times, the site will revert to HTTP .

It is NOT a good idea to "force" HTTPS, because not only will this slow everything down, but the search engines will not spider or index SSL pages.

A site where every page is SSL will not be shown anywhere in search engine results.

**TECnews** · 14 Oct 2011, 03:28 AM

my zencart is having a similar problem - but it is not showing https:// or http://, just www.url.com any thoughts on how to fix this?

**RodG** · 14 Oct 2011, 05:27 AM

Originally Posted by TECnews

my zencart is having a similar problem - but it is not showing https:// or http://, just www.url.com any thoughts on how to fix this?

Nothing to fix. Why do you want/expect to see the "http*"? This is hidden with most modern browsers.

Whilst on the topic, I'm still at a loss to understand why people even use ''www' as a hostname when they only have a single host anyway.

Actually, I do understand it. It is 'mass ignorance'. ... but what would I know?

Cheers
Rod