2017-01-26, 12:42 PM
2017-01-26, 01:07 PM
So have you already bought/installed an SSL certificate? Once you have, you just need to redirect traffic to it via htaccess, change your Board URL to include https:// and enable the secure cookies flag.
2017-01-26, 01:12 PM
thats all?
i dont need to install ssl anywhere?
i dont need to install ssl anywhere?
2017-01-26, 01:21 PM
Your SSL should be installed on your server, not on MyBB.
2017-01-26, 01:28 PM
What is your server situation?
You can use lets encrypt to get a free certificate. But you have to renew it every 90 days. Its quite simple to install as there is a script to install it for you. All you do is just run the script. This is what i am using and i just add the renew command to my update commands that i run often.
apache/ubuntu configuration
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/t...untu-14-04
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/t...untu-16-04
nginx/ubuntu configuration
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/t...untu-14-04
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/t...untu-16-04
After this all you have to do is change the baord URL from http -> https.
You can use lets encrypt to get a free certificate. But you have to renew it every 90 days. Its quite simple to install as there is a script to install it for you. All you do is just run the script. This is what i am using and i just add the renew command to my update commands that i run often.
apache/ubuntu configuration
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/t...untu-14-04
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/t...untu-16-04
nginx/ubuntu configuration
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/t...untu-14-04
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/t...untu-16-04
After this all you have to do is change the baord URL from http -> https.
2017-01-26, 01:34 PM
(2017-01-26, 01:12 PM)cycom Wrote: [ -> ]thats all?
i dont need to install ssl anywhere?
Well, yes, you need to install an SSL certificate somewhere, hence my first question being "so have you already bought/installed an SSL certificate? Once you have..." - it wasn't clear from your original post whether you had or not.
2017-01-26, 05:24 PM
I am not OP but I'm wondering how switching to https will affect SEO if it all? I'm using a myBB SEO plugin right now and wonder how it'll work out.
Doesn't help that I'm a newb at both https and SEO ha. Much appreciate any help.
Doesn't help that I'm a newb at both https and SEO ha. Much appreciate any help.
2017-01-26, 08:56 PM
You might take a small hit initially but as long as you have 301 redirects from http:// to https:// URLs, Google will find everything again without too much issue. Google uses SSLs as a slight ranking factor, so any short term loss should level out back to where it was, perhaps even with improvements over time.
2017-01-26, 10:16 PM
(2017-01-26, 08:56 PM)Matt Wrote: [ -> ]You might take a small hit initially but as long as you have 301 redirects from http:// to https:// URLs, Google will find everything again without too much issue. Google uses SSLs as a slight ranking factor, so any short term loss should level out back to where it was, perhaps even with improvements over time.
Huh, good to know!