Open Cart Instalation & SSL

[DavidWH]

I've installed Open Cart on our web server, and it seems to do everything we require.

I installed the cart in its own folder for testing purposes and pointed a subdomain to the folder.

Now I have had a play with the admin panel, I'm wanting to start on the live store.

I will need a SSL which I have obtained through my host, but need to choose a domain.

I'm in two minds whether to host the shop on a subdomain eg: shop.seymoursignandprint.co.uk or to have the shop hosted at seymoursignandprint.co.uk/shop/

If I was to go with the latter option, and select my SSL certificate for the seymoursignandprint.co.uk domain, it isn't going to mean all of the current site becomes encrypted, thus all of the links from google etc become dead?

 

[Cheapwebdesign]

Just 301 redirect the links, everything will be fine. Let me know if you need any help.

 

[andygambles]

Buy the domain for www.seymoursignandprint.co.uk and it will (well the ones we sell will others you will have to check) also secure seymoursignandprint.co.uk as well.

However it wont secure shop.seymoursignandprint.co.uk unless you purchase the SSL for that URL.

If you buy for shop.seymoursignandprint.co.uk you wont be able to change it later on unless you buy a new SSL (they are like domains you can't change them except in the first 30 day money back period).

If you buy a RapidSSL wildcard for *.seymoursignandprint.co.uk then this will cover

shop.seymoursignandprint.co.uk
www.seymoursignandprint.co.uk
seymoursignandprint.co.uk

You can just link to the pages as full links using https for the pages you want to actually have under SSL or use htaccess to redirect the required pages to https and the others to non http.

If you do it under a sub-domain you have the advantage of hosting it externally on another server or if you need to use alternative technology to the main site for example. But you then lose some of the weighting of your main domain. The choice is really up to you.

 

[DavidWH]

Cheers guys.

Got the SSL set up without a problem. Trouble is I can only have one SSL on my hosting package. I've another domain I planned on using for a separate store.

 

[jdbcomputing]

I suggest you have a read of this:

http://wiki.apache.org/httpd/NameBasedSSLVHosts

Generally speaking people stick to one SSL certification per IP address, but if you have access to Apache you may be able to change that. If not, you'll have to contact your host and ask, and there will probably be an additional charge.

 

[andygambles]

I suggest you have a read of this:

http://wiki.apache.org/httpd/NameBasedSSLVHosts

Generally speaking people stick to one SSL certification per IP address, but if you have access to Apache you may be able to change that. If not, you'll have to contact your host and ask, and there will probably be an additional charge.

You can get multiple SSL on a single IP using SNI however this is not yet fully supported by all the major browsers.

 

[antropy]

If I was to go with the latter option, and select my SSL certificate for the seymoursignandprint.co.uk domain, it isn't going to mean all of the current site becomes encrypted, thus all of the links from google etc become dead?

Is it true that Google doesn't index pages over https? I'm not sure that's the case?

 

[andygambles]

Is it true that Google doesn't index pages over https? I'm not sure that's the case?

Not true. Our website is 100% https and it is indexed fine.