SSL nightmare - Certificate is valid, but most browsers wont display site.

[Yikesfactor]

My SSL certificate is in. Firefox works fine. The host has forced all people to the https. The forum links are all https.

But most of the browsers just deliver a blank screen.

What have we missed?

Most users have been locked out since the certificate went live.

[Illori]

link?

[Yikesfactor]

https://writersanctum.com/

[Illori]

do you know exactly what the host did?

have you checked your server error log to see what it has?

[Yikesfactor]

do you know exactly what the host did?

have you checked your server error log to see what it has?

No clue what the host did.

The last thing I know they did was :

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} 80
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^writersanctum\.com$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.writersanctum\.com$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://www.writersanctum.com/$1 [R,L]

in the access file.

The error log has nothing for this domain at all.

[Illori]

what if you rename the .htacess file? does that resolve the issue?

[Yikesfactor]

what if you rename the .htacess file? does that resolve the issue?

Oddly, I got told to put it in there for another problem.

[Mick.]

This is what i have after i switched to https. No issues.

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RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on
RewriteRule ^ https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]


[vbgamer45]

I get a 500 error when I visit your site. Check your apache error log if you have cpanel you can do it there.

[Yikesfactor]

This is what i have after i switched to https. No issues.

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RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on
RewriteRule ^ https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]


Adding that was what started the whole problem. I took it out again when I heard people complaining. But taking it out didn't help either. Now the host has added in the different version. And I'm scared to take it out again in case it pisses them off.

I get a 500 error when I visit your site. Check your apache error log if you have cpanel you can do it there.

After the host crash, all I've got is a trial version of control panel, and a thing called Errors, which shows nothing for this domain. Where do i find Apache error log?

[Yikesfactor]

Would it be better if I just put the forum into maintenance mode, did a backup, deleted directories, re-upload again, and run the install from the https ?

[Yikesfactor]

Whats a 500 error?

[Sir Osis of Liver]

That's a server error.  Something's gone seriously wrong with your move to new domain.  The stuff we fixed got the forum running, but you're still experiencing multiple problems, and I still haven't been able to get ftp access, so ftp server is also affected.  I suspect the domain/subdomain setup may still be borked.

[Yikesfactor]

Seems most issues have been resolved now.


Before going to bed, I put a rocket up the host, and I guess this got them checking everything.


When I logged back in, they'd found an error message to do with a theme I thought had been deleted, and I found the board was trying to use it. *sigh*


Remove theme (again) and things are working now.


Thanks for the help everyone.


Opera seems to still have an issue, but the others are working ok now.

[GigaWatt]

Whats a 500 error?

Maybe I should have posted something, so that my sig is visible .

[Yikesfactor]

Whats a 500 error?

Maybe I should have posted something, so that my sig is visible .

Noted.