how to make my website load https by default

[tswebdvelpr]

Hi guys,

Can anyone tell me how to force my website to load httpS even if they type in www.qlsvideoprogram.com I would like the website to always load the secure (https) URL.

This website (www.qlsvideoprogram.com) is hosted here at futurequest.

Any help is greatly appreciated

Best regards,

Tony States

[Kevin]

You can put this code into your .htaccess file in the root of the site:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} 80
RewriteRule (.*) https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [R=301,L]

This will tell any browser that hits your site on port 80 (http) to use https instead and that the redirection is permanent (301) vs temporary (302).

Note that if you already have rewrites don't turn RewriteEngine On multiple times.

[tswebdvelpr]

Thank you very much for the speedy response Kevin,

I added your code into a new .htaccess file and it is working perfect!!!



Best regards,

Tony States

[Stefanimoma]

Originally Posted by Kevin

You can put this code into your .htaccess file in the root of the site:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} 80
RewriteRule (.*) https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [R=301,L]

This will tell any browser that hits your site on port 80 (http) to use https instead and that the redirection is permanent (301) vs temporary (302).



Note that if you already have rewrites don't turn RewriteEngine On multiple times.

Hey! I'm struggling with the same problem but adding the code you provided didn't help me. Nothing has changed, it's still loading http and FireFox is alerting about insecure forms. What might be the reason? Which permissions should .htaccess file have?

[tswebdvelpr]

Hi Stef,
I had a similar problem with my forms too! it is very difficult but you must determine what is insecure --- there are links to some code somewhere that is not a secure link, I found mine and sent an email to the form company and told them about it and they actually fixed the insecure links. When I added the code into my .htaccess file I actually did not even have one created so my file was brand new, maybe that is why mine is working and yours is not.
Best of luck, Tony States

[Kevin]

Originally Posted by Stefanimoma

Hey! I'm struggling with the same problem but adding the code you provided didn't help me. Nothing has changed, it's still loading http and FireFox is alerting about insecure forms. What might be the reason? Which permissions should .htaccess file have?

What site is it?

BTW, it can't be a permissions problem. If apache sees that there is a .htaccess file that it can't read it will refuse to serve out anything from the directory.