SSL certificate for smf 2.0.14

[engrz]

im trying to buy ssl certificate for my forum, but my host said that my website goes offline for 48 hours until successful working of ssl. is there any way to buy/use ssl without down time of website?

[@rjen]

Strange comment.

When I actived SSL my forum was still on http and working, nothing goes offline. Only after I had confirmation that the Certificate was activated I changed my forum to https and activated the https redirect in the .htaccess file: no downtime...

[Dzonny]

Yeah, as far as I'm aware there shouldn't be downtime at all.

[a10]

Strange indeed. Got ssl some time ago, zero downtime (of course), and access using either http or https worked fine (later added .htaccess redirect to force https). No problems.

[engrz]

Strange indeed. Got ssl some time ago, zero downtime (of course), and access using either http or https worked fine (later added .htaccess redirect to force https). No problems.

so i dont care about their comments, may i process to buy ssl? and it doesent matter after buying ssl, users use it with http?

[a10]

...may be that... they refered to time before the certificate being 'active', so the site would not work immediatley using https. But without any .htaccess redirect, http should still work like nothing has happened (was the behaviour on my site).

IMO, ask the host why they need to \ want to kill non-ssl (http) for 48 hours.

Edit: took approx 1 hour to get the ssl active, and http worked all along. From host control panel:

When you enable SSL for the first time, it takes up to 90 minutes before the certificate is installed and working

[engrz]

I have sent them an email to ask, why they are going to kill http?

The other thing I want to ask, at this time my site also work with Https. Here is URL https://www.engrz.org

Do I still need to buy SSL?

[a10]

^^^certainly https already works, certificate from 9 august. Ask the host what's going on :O)
Related to cloudflare ? See attach. You may just need a .htaccess redirect and it's all done.

[engrz]

My host replied that the SSL is already installed, no need to buy another.

But in browser, when I access site it shows connection is not secure.

[d3vcho]

Do you have the image proxy enabled?

[a10]

My host replied that the SSL is already installed, no need to buy another

How come they didn't inform earlier :O)

But in browser, when I access site it shows connection is not secure.

Partly not secure, images. Need to set https paths (repair_settings.php) + "Enable Image Proxy" in forum server settings + .htaccess redirect. And a backup before starting :O)

[engrz]

Just enabled the image proxy. What to setup through repair_settings.php?

[shawnb61]

This guide may help you step thru the whole process:
https://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=555034.0

[engrz]

Thank you for the guidance, i just replaced the path with https:// as suggested in guide and also image proxy is enabled. but still showing unsecure, part of the domain is not secure.

[Dzonny]

You are pulling logo image from unsecure connection:

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http://www.engrz.org/gallery/1_17_07_16_7_17_22.png

[a10]

:O) yes, needs a little detective work at the end, to find the last hidden gremlins. Good luck, nearly there.

[engrz]

wow... The connection is finally secure.

Thank you for such a nice support.

[Dzonny]

Always a pleasure to help

I'm marking this topic as solved.

[engrz]

unable to post any topic or post reply. when replying to any topic, it redirects to blank post.

see attachment

[Dzonny]

Are you sure that you followed all written here:
https://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=555034.0
Please make sure that your paths are correct.