HTTP to HTTPS : Fix connection “Not Secure” warning in Google Chrome. A complete guide to installing a free SSL certificate !
What you’ll learn ?
- Understand why SSL is important.
- Understand how SSL works.
- Migrate an HTTP WordPress website to HTTPS
- Use AutoSSL if it is enabled on the host.
- Setup redirects so Google will know the site has moved, and visitors will automatically be redirected to the secure HTTPS webpage.
- Secure the WordPress dashboard, so those that login always have a secure connection.
- Check that SSL is working on all pages on a website.
- Find and fix mixed content.
Requirements :
- You should have, or intend to have a WordPress website hosted on a web host using cPanel. Most hosting platforms do use cPanel..
- You need access to your cPanel and WordPress dashboard.
- Your web host should support server name indication (SNI) for Full (Strict) SSL. Ask them if in doubt, but most good hosts will. Without SNI, you can still implement the Flexible SSL described in this course and get the https lock.
Description :
Does your website show the connection as “Not Secure” in Google Chrome or other web browsers?
Every day in the news we hear about new online hacking scandals. People are aware of the need for increased security when going online, and maybe even shopping online. Trust is everything. If you run a website, then you need to act now.
Visitors to your website need to know they can trust you and your website.
Visitors can easily check by looking up at the address bar of their browser. If a web page is secure, they will see the comforting Padlock icon. Google Chrome goes one step further and adds the word “Secure” next to the padlock, just to reinforce the fact.
If a web page is not secure, there is no padlock, and Google Chrome may even state “Not Secure“.
How would that kill the trust your visitors have for your site?
The industry standard for establishing a secure and encrypted link to a website is called SSL (Secure Sockets Layer). This encryption ensures that all data moving between a web browser and a website server is private. You can tell if a website uses a secure connection because the URL begins with HTTPS://. The “s” in that prefix stands for secure, so https is the secure version of http.
To create this type of security, you need to have at least one certificate. These are issued by certificate authorities, and used to cost a lot of money. In fact, some still do. However, in this course, I will show you where you can get a free certificate and how to install it so that your site is secure. In the process, we will also add our site to Cloudflare, a content delivery network that speeds up and helps protect your website from hackers and spammers.
Who this course is for ?
- WordPress website owners that want to move their HTTP site to the secure HTTPS
- Anyone interested in learning more about SSL and why HTTPS is important going forward.
Created by Andrew Williams
Last updated 3/2019
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Size: 504.19 MB
Price: 95 $
Last updated 3/2019
English
English [Auto-generated]
Size: 504.19 MB
Price: 95 $
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