Why am I getting 404 errors and no redirect to SSL for admin and store?

[sjmills93]

Zen Cart 1.3.8a
Dedicated IP address
Purchased SSL Certificate from GoDaddy
Hosted by HostPapa - they installed the certificate. Checked it via cPanel - its there

Following SSL instructions from "e-Start Your Web Store with Zen cart" book purchased from www.cucumbermedia.com

Issue: After editing the /includes/configure.php and /admin/includes/configure.php files, documentation says to test by browsing to following URLs:

Test Admin SSL
http://www.yourstore.com/store/admin and that the browser will redicte to SSL-secured site https://www.yourstore.com/admin/store/login.php

Test Customer Login SSL
Click on the customer log-in hyperlink and should redirect to secure page to enter login credentials

Test Customer Shopping Cart
Add product to Shopping cart, should redirect to SSL page

On all accounts I'm getting a Page Not Found 404 error.

Another test said to type https://www.yourstore.com to ensure that a page displays - this is the ONLY test that works!

My store is: www.judysboutique.ca (work in progress)

Have edited the configure files according to directions - double checked code - uploaded twice - download after upload to ensure edits in place - they are.

Any folks got suggestions as to why I'm getting 404 errors and no redirect to SSL for admin and store?

[kobra]

Try first deleting your configure.php file on the server then FTP your edited copy to the server

[canopy]

If the problem persists, post the contents of your includes/configure.php and admin/includes/configure.php files. Do NOT include the passwords when posting the contents.

[sjmills93]

Thanks for the suggestions and help.

I also emailed HostPapa and their response was basically a non-response! (i.e. they don't help developers code!)

However, in comparing HostPapa's install of Zen Cart and the base install instructions from Zen Cart I realized a small but significant difference:

• HostPapa - installs Zen Cart at root with no "/store/" folder or some other equivalent
• Zen Carts - install instructions make assumption that the install is underneath /store/.

This small difference makes a major difference in knowing what path to include in the configure files.

Once I realized the difference and re-edited the configure files for a root install, everything worked fine.

[sjmills93]

I'm noticing that now the SSL certificate is applied, the entire website seems to have slowed down.

As well, on one of the EZ pages where I have an image displayed (but not a /images/categories/ image), IE8 pops up a security warning message asking if I wanted ONLY the content displayed that is secure. If I answer YES to this, then the EZpage displays without the image. If I answer NO, I get the image.

The EZ page is not designated as SSL, although when I first set it up it was accidentially SSL, but then I went back to re-edit to "not SSL".

How to I fix this?