Templage Images not showing up on secure pages....

Hello, I have an SSL certificate and I believe I have done everything correct, but on the secure pages, such as when you click Log In, many images don't show up that DO show up on the regular pages (background, logo, buttons, etc.). In my configure pages I've got the correct http:// and https:// addresses listed, and have the ENABLE_SSL's set to "true". My images are all relative paths.

Any ideas? Here's the home page, and if you click the log in link you can see how it is on a secure page.

http://www.blackorchidcouture.com

That's because your site is throwing 403-Forbidden errors whenever you try to access images etc.
It seems like you've got something odd with your mixup of using "www" and not using "www" in your HTTP_SERVER and HTTPS_SERVER settings in your configure.php files. Or at least, that's where I'd start looking.

Consider and compare:
http://www.blackorchidcouture.com/catalog/includes/templates/BOC_template/images/logo.jpg
http://blackorchidcouture.com/catalog/includes/templates/BOC_template/images/logo.jpg
https://www.blackorchidcouture.com/catalog/includes/templates/BOC_template/images/logo.jpg
https://blackorchidcouture.com/catalog/includes/templates/BOC_template/images/logo.jpg

I recommend that you work out the problem that's breaking the "www." links though, since what you've got is rather non-standard. It seems like it might be a result of rewrite rules or other restrictions you've put into your own .htaccess file for some reason, or by one of the many addons you've installed.

I had enabled hot link protection a few weeks ago, and it turns out this is what was causing this new problem, as I've disabled it and my site is fine now. Is it suggested that hot link protection is enabled, and if so, is there a right way to do it so that images are able to be seen?

Thanks!

Only use hotlink protection if it works for you. Apparently in your case it doesn't.