SSL Problem?

[christi]

We purchased an SSL certificate from GoDaddy and had it installed on for our domain on our server host. The link to the paypal pro form works and goes to the https page with the form but we get a message (in IE) that the page contains secure and unsecure items. We tried creating a page that had no header, navigation, etc. and still get the message.

The form works, just wondering what to do to get rid of the message.

[christi]

I think I need the code (plain) that is not the WP short code

[Jason Caldwell]

Thanks for the excellent question.

Please use: s2member_force_ssl = yes

With s2Member installed, you can add a Custom Meta Field ( s2member_force_ssl = yes ) to any Post/Page. s2Member will buffer output on those special Posts/Pages, converting everything over to https:// for you automatically, and forcing those specific Posts/Pages to be viewed over a secure SSL connection; so long as your server supports the https protocol. This way visitors will not see the famous "Secure/Insecure" warnings in Internet Explorer® browsers.

Additional information on this topic:

Not all themes/plugins are designed to behave properly with SSL enabled. For instance, some WordPress® themes/plugins embed links to images, scripts, and/or style sheets; all starting with http://, instead of https://, ( or just //: - which is better, because it's cross-protocol compatible ).

Using ( s2member_force_ssl = yes ) will usually resolve these conflicts.

However, you should be very careful when choosing a WordPress® theme/plugin to use with s2Member Pro. Otherwise, your visitors could see the famous "Secure/Insecure" warnings in Internet Explorer® browsers. A good web developer can fix this minor issue with ease, but novice site owners are advised to get help from a professional.

*Tip: All themes available at PriMoThemes.com include full support for SSL enabled Posts/Pages.

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How to add a Custom Meta Field to a Post/Page:

On your Post/Page editing form inside WordPress®, you will find a sub-panel titled: Custom Fields.

That's where you will enter:
s2member_force_ssl
with a value of: yes

[gregfielding]

Jason,
I tried using this custom field and I still get the SSL error. Do you also need to eliminate all links and images?

[klock]

I had a similar issue.. maybe the solution I came up will help..
First off, I used a plugin (WordPress HTTPS) that forces https on whatever pages/posts I specify (I guess I could've used the s2member one had I realized).. also, the plugin makes certain that references to css files, etc. are https.

Everything was fine in FireFox but I got the "page contains secure and insecure items" in IE. To figure out if there was anything else being referenced with http instead of https I looked at the IE Privacy Report (View -> Web Page Privacy Policy).. all images, css files, etc. were being referenced appropriately as https but at the very bottom there was an http reference.. in my case it was a DIVx plugin (I guess it tries to create a DIVx player to use instead of any default players found on the page).. I uninstalled it to see if that would fix it and it did... so that told me that the warning messages in IE were just local (my machine) and in general.. the page is fine.