Problems to use SSL - https Topic is solved

[LAMF]

Hi,
According to the new Google (and others) directive to use SSL on all page using a input-field = forms etc.
Otherwise you get the annoying Not Secure warning to the left of the url field of the browser.
In order to get rid of this you have to have SSL enabled on the web server and have a valid SSL certificate enabled.
Now that I have all this I should, as far as I know, be able to enable the Force HTTPS and Entire site under the Global ettings in Joomla.
I have cleared the browsers cache and also the cache in Joomla and disabled SEF. Still no success when I enable the Force HTTPS on entire site.
I only get an annoying 404 Error not found.
So how should I be abled to ue SSL so I don't have to worry about the sites validity as a secure site?
Any help would be tremendously welcome.
/Micke

[Webdongle]

Make sure you have renamed htaccess.txt to .htaccess ?

[LAMF]

Sure, done before.

[LAMF]

Just out of pure curiosity, how do others here think about using SSL or not on their web pges?
I mean if you don't your site is sort of blacklisted as an unsecure site.
Many visitors would consider this as a no good and unprofessional site, simply a non-secure site.
So what I think is tht I definitely shoud change all my sites to SSL, https running, only problem is that I can't get it up and running if i enable it on my site.

[gws]

IMO https is a must.
Try deleting your ssl certificate and then reinstalling it.

[toivo]

Make sure all the URLs at the website, in content, modules and menus, are relative. Check also how your template loads CSS and javascript files from external providers.

You can view the HTML source code of the web pages and search for 'http://' to get an idea of the number of absolute insecure links.

For example the home page of the first site in your signature has seven insecure links, most of which are likely to be automatically presented as 'https://' once you get your SSL certificate installed properly. Can't comment on the second, non-Joomla site in your signature.

If you are handy with phpMyAdmin or a similar MySQL Client, you can search the content and modules tables for links starting with 'http://' and get a list of items to review.

[Webdongle]

viewtopic.php?f=714&t=793531

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[sozzled]

... you get the annoying Not Secure warning to the left of the url field of the browser.

Normally, when this happens, it means that you're trying to use the SSL settings in the J! Global Configuration (or you're trying to set SSL in the .htaccess file to achieve the same thing) and you don't have a valid SSL certificate for the domain/sub-domain. That's what it means. See https://wplook.com/website-not-secure/ for more information.

If you see something like this in the browser this is a "mixed content" warning. It means something different. That's when @toivo's advice comes into play.

[AMurray]

Normally your web host can install SSL certificates for you. I use Lets Encrypt on my host and that has a one-click install through cPanel, and it's done in minutes - no fuss.

[LAMF]

It is solved, my host is using lets encypt free certificate so all I had to do after some minor issues were solved on the server was to generate the certificate and enable https in joomla and voila, now it works just fine.