The HTTPS in front of the website’s URL and the padlock icon gives the visitor assurance that their information is secure.
FREE SSL is now provided by arrangement between cPanel Inc. and our hosting company MelbourneIT/NetRegistry.
Provide more security on your website.
Take advantage of the free SSL certificate that’s now available with your website on our Sydney Linux host. You may need your web designer to help.
WordPress websites:
To force all web traffic to use HTTPS:
In the Dashboard : Settings : General : URL : Change http to https.
Non WordPress Linux websites:
In ordinary HTML websites, forcing visitors to use HTTPS can be through an .htaccess file in your website’s main folder.
Insert the following lines of code in the .htaccess file.
If you have existing code in your .htacess, add this above where there are already rules with a similar starting prefix.
RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} 80
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://www.example.com/$1 [R,L]
Replace example.com with your actual domain name.
To force only a specific domain or sub domain to use HTTPS, use the following lines of code in the .htaccess file in your website’s root folder:
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^example\.com [NC]
RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} 80
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://www.example.com/$1 [R,L]
Replace example.com with your actual domain name.
To force SSL only on a specific folder insert the code below into an .htaccess file placed in that specific folder:
RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} 80
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} folder
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://www.example.com/folder/$1 [R,L]
Replace example.com/folder with your actual domain name and folder you want to force the SSL on.