HTTPS vs. HTTP Help Please! - Post ID...

User 477499 Photo


Registered User
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Hey everyone,

I was told by my host provider that I had to set up my Visual Site Designer to reference my files so that they reference https and not http. Is this true, if so, how do I do this within VSD (ver. 5.9.4) ?

I am referencing some images that I uploaded to my web host. These images are used to create PayPal Buy buttons but with a custom look instead of using PayPal's standard button. Anyway, I pasted the code into the HTML form within VSD, (I previously uploaded the images to an image folder on my web host, then created the button on PayPal using there form which references the images I want to use on my web host. Yeah, the buttons do work with my images that I uploaded BUTTTTT, when I click the "Add to Cart" button on my test webpage, it then takes me to PayPal, On the way to PayPal however, a Security Notice comes up saying there are unsecured items on the page. Those would be my images which reference my buttons I am sure.

How can I change in VSD the reference to https and not http?

I do have a SSL and a dedicated server in place with my host.

(To me this sounds like a host problelm and not a web site building problem but that is what my host provider said so I am following up on this.)

I have a website launch in three weeks and would really appreciate your input.

Thanks in advance for you help!
User 103173 Photo


VP of Software Development
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You actually do not have to do anything in VSD. Just access your Website over https and everything will work. All images added to VSD uses relative paths, so when your Website loads over https, everything will be fine.
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