WHY AND HOW YOU SHOULD USE HTTPS
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WHY AND HOW YOU SHOULD USE HTTPS
So my first question will be âwhy would I want to redirect my sites traffic to https from http?â
Short answer: This is for a very simple reasonâ security.
Other reasons include improved user experience and SEO (Search Engine Optimization), which basically ensure your site ranks high on search engines, ie does your site show up as one of the first sites on Google?
Focussing on security, we know the web is full of dangers. A redirect (more specifically, an http redirect) ensures your visitors can always access your site more safely.
HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) refers to the rules that guide the movement of files across the web. These files usually are images, video, text, and so on.
There are various ways to perform these redirects. Your choice would depend on what CMS (content management system) your site is based on. In English, this means what tool you used in creating and managing the content on you your website. In effect, redirecting from a WordPress site would be different from a Joomla site.
 Http to https Redirection
In WP, there are many ways of effecting a redirect. Exploiting an SSL plugin from WordPress would be one. Search for SSL plugin on your WP dashboard under âAdd Newâ plugins. Install the plugin, and activate it. A button for that will be visible.
Next go to WordPress main âsettingsâ menu. Click on âHTTPS Redirectionâ.
Two choices will be available. Choose one or both of them
Enable automatic redirection to HTTPS
Force resources to use HTTPS URL
Voila, whenever a request is made for your url, the http version will be visited. With these tools, all your http URLs will be replace with https. With this https. To be able to use this tool, you should have an SSL (Secure Socket Layer) certificate installed. Your site host can help do the installation.
Joomla http to https Redirecting
This is only a few short steps:
Login into your admin panel.
Click on your configuration button
Go to the general section and locate your server panel. There youâll change âForce SSLâ to âAll Siteâ. You are good to go once you save it.
Linux and cPanel Http to Https Redirecting
Add the code below to your .htaccess file and the redirects will be automatic
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %HTTPS off
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://%
HTTP_HOST%
REQUEST_URI [L,R=301]
Windows and Plesk Http to Https Redirection
If you site is windows based the code below will effect the redirects automatically for you. In your web configuration file add the following code:
<? xml version=â1.0â encoding=âUTF-8â?>
<configuration>
<system.webServer>
<rewrite>
<rules>
<Rule name = âhttp to httpsâ stopProcessing = âtrueâ>
<Match url = â(.*)â/>
<conditions>
<Add input = âHTTPSâ pattern = â^OFF$â />
<Action type = âRedirectâ url = âhttps://HTTP_HOST/R: 1â redirectType = âTemporaryâ />
</conditions>
</rule>
</rules>
<rewrite>
</system.webServer>
</configuration>
Depending on your CMS you can do your http to https redirects with these instructions.
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