Error when enabling SSL for secure checkout

[ShopVille]

Hello Everyone,

I have a dedicated HTTPS/SSL and have successfully enabled it for the admin,
however when i set checkout ssl to "True" the links get damaged,

For ex. when sign in is clicked the page is being forwarded to:

https://www.***********.comindex.php...aba6c27298e6aa

Note missing / slash between .com & index.php

And chrome displays this error:

The server at www.***********.comindex.php can't be found, because the DNS lookup failed. DNS is the network service that translates a website's name to its Internet address. This error is most often caused by having no connection to the Internet or a misconfigured network. It can also be caused by an unresponsive DNS server or a firewall preventing Google Chrome from accessing the network.

iv'e since disabled ssl for checkout

Your help is much appreciated

Thanks

[kobra]

Post your /includes/configure.php file contents

[ShopVille]

Removed

[kobra]

Missing the slash

  define('DIR_WS_CATALOG', '/');
  define('DIR_WS_HTTPS_CATALOG', '');

Should be

  define('DIR_WS_CATALOG', '/');
  define('DIR_WS_HTTPS_CATALOG', '/');

Also you are www or not

  define('HTTP_SERVER', 'http://chequesplus.com');
  define('HTTPS_SERVER', 'https://www.chequesplus.com');

[ShopVille]

Thanks so much! works like a charm!

Also you are www or not

I don't know!

[kobra]

I don't know!

Check what variant your ssl certificate is issued to
Either to www or not and adjust your configures as required

[ShopVille]

I think it is without www but it works fine with www

[kobra]

Then edit the following in red

  define('HTTP_SERVER', 'http://www.chequesplus.com');
  define('HTTPS_SERVER', 'https://www.chequesplus.com');

[ShopVille]

Any benefit with www over non www?

[RodG]

Any benefit with www over non www?

Technically no, there is no benefit in using 'www'.

Practically, a lot of people (incorrectly) believe a website should have a 'www' and will attempt to add it even when it isn't required. For this reason most sites will set up 'www' as an ALIAS to pacify such people.

Basically it is the site owners prerogative as to whether they call their host 'www' or not. Personally, I think the only people that benefit from it are the keyboard manufacturers because they get to sell a new keyboard every time someone wears out their 'w' key. <g>

About the only time that calling a host 'www' actually makes sense is if your domain has more than one server, in which case
www.mydomain.com and www2.mydomain.com does make sense.. two different sites, same domain.

These are often confused as being sub-domains rather that host names though, and not many people actually use them in the way intended.

Cheers
Rod