SSL Certificate - VSD

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I'm thinking of applying an ssl certificate to my site according to the instructions here:
https://www.coffeecup.com/help/articles … rtificate/
My question is...How do I know if my images and files use an absolute link? If they need to be changed to a
relative link, can I do that in VSD? and if so, how?

Thanks,
Sean
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Hi Sean,
An image with an absolute src will have the
src="http://mydomain.com/images/mycoolimage.jpg".
All you would need to do is add the s to the http.
src="https://mydomain.com/images/mycoolimage.jpg"
If the src's are relative your all set.
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Thanks for the response Eric...
If i am correct, every image on my site is absolute. That's a lot of manual changing.
Not sure I will continue with the ssl certificate.
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sean royal wrote:
Thanks for the response Eric...
If i am correct, every image on my site is absolute. That's a lot of manual changing.
Not sure I will continue with the ssl certificate.

Then your site will be shown as insecure and may even be blocked by some browsers sssl is not optional anymore
. Does vsd not have a find and replace facility? Which would make it easier
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If you have the Html Editor its a simple find and replace. Couple of clicks and your done.
I can't hear what I'm looking at.
It's easy to overlook something you're not looking for.

This is a site I built for my work.(RSD)
http://esmansgreenhouse.com
This is a site I built for use in my job.(HTML Editor)
https://pestlogbook.com
This is my personal site used for testing and as an easy way to share photos.(RLM imported to RSD)
https://ericrohloff.com

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