Slow SSL when on

[proudpets]

Hi All
Having some slowness issues with my website. When SSL is on (currently its off) and I try to log in as my test user, it goes soooooo slow and the page doesn't render properly as if the stylesheet isn't found or something. Real odd. I changed the configure.php and have set it up ok on the server I'm sure... its dreamhost hosting it. Any ideas or something I may have missed?
Many Thanks!
Sheree

[Website Rob]

This sounds like a Host specific issue, might be best to ask you Hoster about it.

Could be there is a problem with your SSL setup or the Server you are on is just slow.

[proudpets]

Well thanks for the tip. Turns out I hadn't set a field in my configure.php file :
define('DIR_WS_HTTPS_CATALOG', 'https:///');
I was meant to set this field, which is why it couldn't find the stylesheet. Once I set this field correctly it all worked appearance wise and also it is now super fast again. Looks like it was slow trying to find files that weren't referenced properly. All it took was a quick email to DreamHost support, they were great. Thumbs up to them now they're supporting zencart!
Cheers
Sheree