Godaddy redirect of initial URL to SSL protected URL

[Frankd4]

I am using 1.5 CR2. I have Godaddy hosting and an SSL certificate for my site. I wish users who come to my homepage http://mysite.com to be automatically and transparently redirected to the secure URL https://mysite.com. I have tried forwarding the domain and have been told by Godaddy that I need to install a redirect script. The existing posts on this topic assume more knowledge than I have. I have looked at the htaccess file and have no idea how to modify this or where to place any redirect script that I locate.
1. Is there an easy fix?
2. Where do I find a redirect script that does what I want?
3. Where and how would I insert this script?
Thanks in advance for your help on this.

[quiquedcode]

Try this code in a ".htaccess" file (without quotes) in the root of your joomla website

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Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule (.*) https://www.mysite.com/$1 [R=301,L]

[Frankd4]

Thank you this is what I needed. However, as my beginning url http://mysite.com and the secure URL I am redirecting to: https://mysite.com are the same.  Thus this code results in a loop error. Is there a way I can stop the process after a single iteration? Clearly, I'm new at this and I sure appreciate your help.

[Frankd4]

This script solved my problem. This redirects all requests for accesss to my site to the HTTPS:// server.

I got this code from http://www.askapache.com/htaccess/ssl-e ... p-to-https

SSLOptions +StrictRequire
SSLRequireSSL
SSLRequire %{HTTP_HOST} eq "askapache.com"
ErrorDocument 403 https://askapache.com

[humvee]

Frankd4

Thanks for posting your resolution and glad it is working for you.

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Thanks

Andy