A ssl question

Hi, I am going to put SSl certificate on my site and I have asked my server. They have said" A certificate can be installed on a domain or a subdomain name." I have no idea, what would be the best. can anyone enlighten me. I only need my login pages protected.as i am using paypal.:smile: thanks

If your Zencart installation is located in the root directory, you want the SSL certified for the domain. If it's in a subdirectory like /shop, you'll need the certificate to point to that directory, but I think it would be a better idea to move Zencart to the root.

Thanks for your quick reply. my zen cart is in the root, so that has answered my question. I find this ssl stuff very daunting. I feel like i should pay someone to do it for me, as I am just about zen carted out with the problems i have had. Mind you we have overcome them to date, with lots of help from this forum, so thanks again.

You really don't have to do much. Your host will install the SSL, and then you'll change a couple of lines in the configure.php files. Zencart does the rest.

I installed a SSL certificate yesterday thru godaddy on my domain and site is in root directory. Now my admin area shows up fine with the SSL. My catalog home page comes up blank. I changed the configure .php in both the admin and catalog to TRUE for SSL. Any ideas why my catalog side is not showing up?

https://www.couponclicknsave.com

Thanks
girlgonzo

You have to change your config file more than just changing it to true. Starting at line 14 you will see this. Change the spot that is red.

// Define the webserver and path parameters
// HTTP_SERVER is your Main webserver: eg, http://www.yourdomain.com
// HTTPS_SERVER is your Secure webserver: eg, https://www.yourdomain.com
define('HTTP_SERVER', 'http://www.your website);
define('HTTPS_SERVER', 'https://your ssl server');

// Use secure webserver for checkout procedure?
define('ENABLE_SSL', 'true');