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[Ksenia]

FYI: I found an official announcement about the subj in Google's blog:
http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.ru/2015/02/finding-more-mobile-friendly-search.html

[PhilJ]

This ought to be a sticky thread... (thanks Paul!)

We've moved to HTTPS without much fuss, in fact Google picked up on the homepage almost immediately.

To redirect to HTTPS, add to .htaccess (before any URL re-writing rules)

RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} !^443
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://%{HTTP_HOST}/$1 [R=301,L]

For the XML sitemap generator module, edit modules/XML_Sitemap/func.php and replace all 5 instances of $http_location with $https_location

If you use a CDN, there's an alternative - https://www.keycdn.com - which doesn't charge extra for HTTPS.

Useful Firefox addon here.

[cflsystems]

Originally Posted by PhilJ

For the XML sitemap generator module, edit modules/XML_Sitemap/func.php and replace all 5 instances of $http_location with $https_location

Alternatively instead in init.php find

$http_location = 'http://' ....
$https_location = 'https://' ......

and below add

$http_location = $https_location;

Or change the 'http://' above to 'https://'
Or take both out leaving the '//' only....

[ambal]

> This ought to be a sticky thread...

Done!

[Vacman]

Seemed to for fine for me.... however...

I have two sub domains that sit in my public_html folder and are unrelated to my XCart system.

Is there a way to exclude the forced https for those domains?

[totaltec]

Originally Posted by Vacman

Is there a way to exclude the forced https for those domains?

I don't see how they would be included. What method of forced https are you using? Is it actually affecting the subdomains?

[Vacman]

Using the suggested method in Post #12.

[bigredseo]

Taking the example from post #12, you can add the following;

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^subdomain\.domain\.com
RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} !^443
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://%{HTTP_HOST}/$1 [R=301,L]

Basically, this is saying "rewrite on the conditition" that the url "is not" subdomain.domain.com

The "!^subdomain" is the "is not subdomain" part.

Give that a shot and you should be set.

[Vacman]

Do I need to add those sub domain names to this? I ask, because as is, the code didn't change anything.

I should mention that if I remove post#12, the sub-domain in question works just fine.

[elmirage001]

Originally Posted by Vacman

Do I need to add those sub domain names to this? I ask, because as is, the code didn't change anything.

I should mention that if I remove post#12, the domain works just fine.

Hi Carl, Just an FYI, Jon is putting together some information for CDSEO Pro users which will be posted or linked to most likely withing the next few days.

Paul