funky ssl install q

[jbcx]

OK so I'm working on my first SquirrelCart install (for a nonprofit), so far so good. I want to include support for SSL. The hosting server uses a shared cert. They expect you to store secure stuff in an "ssl" folder and they use that in a url to trigger a redirect to the secure version ... for example http://www.zippitydoodah.org/ssl/foo.html is redirected to https://ugly.domain.name.com/@zippitydoodah.org/ssl/foo.html (and no they don't sell private certs which I think is way lame and I'm trying to get these folks to switch hosting plans but meanwhile I'm not bitter lol).

OK. So how do I split this up? I could do the whole install in an ssl folder but then all the store transactions would look like (see above). Telling it that the secure root is https://ugly.domain.name.com/@zippitydoodah.org/ doesn't work -- the server rejects it. So it seems I'd have to move certain pieces of squirrelcart into an ssl folder I create within squirrelcart .. but then I have to figure out which pieces .. and reproduce that every upgrade.

Anyone run into something like this? Suggestions? :confused: tia

[BMK Media]

OK so I'm working on my first SquirrelCart install (for a nonprofit), so far so good. I want to include support for SSL. The hosting server uses a shared cert. They expect you to store secure stuff in an "ssl" folder and they use that in a url to trigger a redirect to the secure version ... for example http://www.zippitydoodah.org/ssl/foo.html is redirected to https://ugly.domain.name.com/@zippitydoodah.org/ssl/foo.html (and no they don't sell private certs which I think is way lame and I'm trying to get these folks to switch hosting plans but meanwhile I'm not bitter lol).

OK. So how do I split this up? I could do the whole install in an ssl folder but then all the store transactions would look like (see above). Telling it that the secure root is https://ugly.domain.name.com/@zippitydoodah.org/ doesn't work -- the server rejects it. So it seems I'd have to move certain pieces of squirrelcart into an ssl folder I create within squirrelcart .. but then I have to figure out which pieces .. and reproduce that every upgrade.

Anyone run into something like this? Suggestions? :confused: tia

A long time ago I ran into a host like that. What I did was write a bat file to literally clone the site to each folder because I didnt want to examine the SSL-required fles and split it. It worked well, until I started making minute alterations in the SSL areas.

If you want to entice your clients to switch, we offer discounts off our e-commerce plan for educational and non-profit organizations... and we fully support squirrelcart, with 4 sites running it to date. We also sell private certs and can renew clients domains for $8/yr.