Advanced - SSL

Using the SSL features with advanced plans.

Shared SSL (secure socket layer) is available free on all Advanced Plans.

SSL enables secure 128-bit encryption for collecting sensitive online information through your website (payment details, personal information).

Shared SSL

Depending on which Advanced Server you are on, you access the shared SSL webspace slightly differently ...

P1 Server	https://saffas1.com/~youraccount/
P2 Server	https://saffas2.com/~youraccount/
P3 Server	https://saffas3.com/~youraccount/
P4 Server	https://saffas4.com/~youraccount/
P5 Server	https://saffas5.com/~youraccount/

Example

P1 clients can access SSL as follows ...
https://saffas1.com/~youraccount/

So, where the normal website may be viewed as ...
http://www.change-domain.com/yourpages/

It can also be viewed securely as ...
https://saffas1.com/~youraccount/yourpages/

We recommend you do not use the secure link for all pages and instead reserve it for online forms or final shopping cart order stages.

In this case, instead of linking to your online form as ...
http://www.change-domain.com/forms/contact.html

You can link to it securely as ...
https://saffas1.com/~youraccount/forms/contact.html

Then, when the form has been submitted, you can redirect the visitor back to your main site pages or to another secure page.

SSL Images

When using images in an SSL page, make sure you call them correctly in the following ways (relative path or direct ssl path) ...

Correct
/images/image.gif
(OR)
https://saffas1.com/~youraccount/images/image.gif

Wrong
http://www.change-domain.com/images/image.gif

If you fail to heed this rule you will continuously get the "this page includes non-secure items" notice when moving between pages.

Dedicated SSL

For a more professional look and feel to your secure site pages, we can install a dedicated SSL certificate which would see your secure pages accessed as ...

https://www.change-domain.com

You can read more about this service here: Dedicated SSL

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