SSL help needed

[cnpanther]

I have read all the threads and still cannot get my SSL for Godaddy working.
I have been working on this for days and still cannot figure it out. Also I cannot get my overrides to work.
If someone cold help it would be greatly appreciated.

Here is a link to my site http://kandrleather.com/store/

Thanks

[schoolboy]

Has your SSL certificate been installed on the server? You need to ask your host to do this if you can't do it yourself.

You don't make it very clear what your problem is, so I make some assumptiopns.

If you bought your cert from GoDaddy, you would have had to provide a Certificate Signing Request (CSR) to Go Daddy. Usually, you would ask your host to generate a CSR after providing the host with all the details relating to your business:- including: Business Name, Physical Address, Contact Person, Contact Email, Website URL***, etc, etc.

*** Remember, for a SSL cert, www.mywebsite.com is different from mywebsite.com (no www in the second one).

When the CSR is ready, your host will e-mail it back to you as a piece of code.

With GoDaddy, you simply "copy" and "paste" this code into an appropriate field (after you've logged in with GoDaddy).

GoDaddy then verifies the CSR against things like your web address, business name, etc and usually sends you an e-mail asking you to ACCEPT or DENY the issuing of a SSL Cert.

If you ACCEPT and send this back as an e-mail reply to GoDaddy, the SSL cert will be issued, and (in most cases) e-mailed back to you by GoDaddy as a ZIP file.

You then need to INSTALL this cert file on your server. I usually ask my host to do it and forward the zip file on to them.

When the cert is installed on your server, your website will be SSL enabled.

You host will confirm that your certificate has been installed, and only then do you make changes to your two CONFIG.PHP files, setting SSL to "true" in the catalog config.php and catalog/admin config.php. (you may need to change permissions from 444 to 644 in order to edit the config files.)

Remember... if you registered your cert without WWW, then you will need to change other settings in config.php to reflect this. (This will also depend on how you set up zencart in the first place.)

You can now configure a sidebox to display the cert and SSL info. SEE MINE ON www.sa-shop.co.uk . (This sidebox is in the downloads section - although I made my own sidebox).

[cnpanther]

I have done all of that. I have the SSL and all. I copy and pasted the info in the right directories already.

[schoolboy]

When you say you copied and pasted in the right directories, do you mean that you INSTALLED the certificate on your server? Copy and paste is not the same as INSTALLING a SSL Certificate.

[cnpanther]

Thanks


I have installed it. I have changed the config.php file but cannot upload it. Where do I change the permissions?

It tough being new

[schoolboy]

Remember... there are TWO configure.php files.

One governs the front end (your shop)

The other governs the back end (your admin console).

These two files are SIMILAR, but have some important DIFFERENCES. You must make sure you do not confuse the ADMIN configure.php with the CATALOGUE configure.php.

You can edit these files in two ways.

1. Via FTP, using your FTP program to call a copy to a good text editor on your local drive.

2. Via a browser-based control panel, like C-PANEL.

I tend to use the C-PANEL option, because my server seems to prefer C-Panel for changing permissions.

Either way - make sure you edit these files with a text editor that does NO formatting whatsoever!

The location of the two configure.php files are:

public_html/includes/configure.php (this is for your front end)

public_html/admin/includes/configure.php (this is for your admin area)

When you open these files to edit, it will be quite clear what alterations are needed.

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To change permissions...

In FTP, you generally "highlight" the file on your server by clicking it once. Then, "right-click" the mouse. Then choose "properties". Then change the settings from to at least 644. You may need 755. Remember to set them back to 444 (or 644) once you have edited the file.

If you get a security warning at the top of your webshop screen - even with 644, take the permission levels to 444.


In C-Panel, find an highlight the file. Depending on your version of C-Panel, locate the "change permissions" link. You will need to consult your c-panel documentation if necessary.


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I'm a bit confused though... when you SET UP zencart, you would have had to set different permissions on a lot of directories during set-up. How did you do this if you are unsure of how to change chmods?

[cnpanther]

Ok I have edited the confige files but I still cannot get it to work.
I don't think my Override files are working.

[Merlinpa1969]

There are no over rides for the config files

and If you have to have 2 complete sets of files to be able to operate a site under ssl,
thats just nuts.......

[schoolboy]

Observe what Merlin says...

The PATH to the configure.php files are:-

public_html/includes/configure.php (this is for your front end)

public_html/admin/includes/configure.php (this is for your admin area)

(This assumes your root directory is called "public_html").

DO NOT put edited versions of configure.php anywhere else - there is no over-ride here... these files are the doorway to your website and specify where everything is located.

IF your certificate is properly installed and IF you have edited and saved correctly the configure.php files, then your SSL will work.

[cnpanther]

Thanks for your help so far school.

Here is the error I am getting.

Warning: main(includes/templates/template_default/sideboxes/tpl_godaddyplus.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/content/k/r/l/krleather/html/store/includes/modules/sideboxes/gloss_black/godaddyplus.php on line 23

Warning: main(includes/templates/template_default/sideboxes/tpl_godaddyplus.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/content/k/r/l/krleather/html/store/includes/modules/sideboxes/gloss_black/godaddyplus.php on line 23

Fatal error: main(): Failed opening required 'includes/templates/template_default/sideboxes/tpl_godaddyplus.php' (include_path='.:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/content/k/r/l/krleather/html/store/includes/modules/sideboxes/gloss_black/godaddyplus.php on line 23


Not sure????