SSL in Joomla 1.5 breaks my site

[djslue]

I have 2 websites, I'm in the process of moving my 1.5 one to a new 3.8 one. When I enable SSL on the 1.5 site it "Breaks" my site. The layout goes to all text and the site is a mess.



Anyone know how to fix it until I can get the new site complete?

Thanks
Steve

Here is an image of it.

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[djslue]

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[fcoulter]

It is likely an issue with your template, it uses images and stylesheets that are loaded over http, so your browser is blocking them.

You can solve this by editing your template so that https is used, probably the code loading the stylesheets will be in the head of the template index.php file.

Or switch to another template.

[djslue]

I would like to keep this template as I'm moving to a new site in a month or so. I'll check that template file.

Thanks for the info!

[djslue]

I found that index.php file Just wondering what exactly I should be looking for

[fcoulter]

css files, or anything with an http url.

[djslue]

So any css files and anything under the template?

[day]

Try adding the following somewhere at the top of .htaccess (after a backup):

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} !^443$
RewriteRule .* https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [QSA,R=301,L]
<IfModule !mod_ssl.c>
Redirect permanent / https://yoursite.com
</IfModule>

[djslue]

Backup the whole site or just that file?

[day]

Backup the whole site or just that file?

Just the .htaccess file.

[djslue]

Thanks, I'll try that

[Webdongle]

Your other site uses upper case for folders and files. If this site does also then that may cause a problem