Setting all links to https

[Jason Kerl]

I just secured my site with a SSL. How do I get everything in my cart to point to https instead of http?

[DrByte]

I just searched the FAQs section for "SSL" and got this article back: http://www.zen-cart.com/content.php?...alled-zen-cart

[kobra]

How do I get everything in my cart to point to https instead of http?

You do not want to do this as it adds time for page loading

ZenCart is smart enough to switch to ssl for sensitive pages

http://www.zen-cart.com/content.php?...alled-zen-cart

[schoolboy]

SSL serves TWO main purposes:

1. It IDENTIFIES your site as being "what it says it is"... So it helps prevent people setting up a site and pretending it is another site.

2. (Related to 1 above) It ENCRYPTS information that is being transmitted FROM the site TO the server (and some times the other way around) so that data during transmission is encoded. If it is intercepted during transmission, it is practically impossible to decipher.

And that's it, basically...

There is NO ADDED SECURITY against hacking, for example, or rogue scripts getting into the server.

Because the encryption of the data is resource-heavy, the page load times are slower - in some cases VERY slow, and this is not good in a world where the top eCommerce sites load their pages in a few micro-seconds.

The longer it takes to load your page, the less likely people will stick around to shop.

SO zencart "switches on" SSL only when needed, and switches it OFF when not needed. Clever huh?