The browsers that I use regularly, particularly Google Chrome and Firefox have been becoming more and more noisy about web pages that use the http protocol. \u00a0This is the long established but insecure protocol that sends pages from server to client unencrypted. \u00a0The more more modern and in some ways more secure https is preferred. \u00a0So it became time to upgrade my website and its WordPress blog to enable https.<\/p>\n
The first step was easy – my host was able to automatically generate an SSL certificate which is installed on the web server and which allows communications to be signed and transmitted securely encrypted. \u00a0That was done with a click of a button. \u00a0Thanks WebSiteSource.<\/p>\n
Next, as I worked through this HowTo<\/a>, was a recommendation to install a plugin called ReallySimple SSL<\/a>. \u00a0Sounded good to me but for some reason I started hitting a reasonably well know WordPress problem. \u00a0I started getting blank screens in the admin area of my WordPress blog. \u00a0Fortunately there were a few guides, including this one<\/a>, which helped work out which Theme or Plugin was responsible. \u00a0A bit of FTP work, following the youtube instruction was all that was necessary. Now Really Simple SSL is playing nicely with all the other elements of my site and I have a lovely little green padlock in Firefox.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The browsers that I use regularly, particularly Google Chrome and Firefox have been becoming more and more noisy about web pages that use the http protocol. \u00a0This is the long established but insecure protocol that sends pages from server to … Continue reading ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/willblake.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/GreenPadlock.jpg\")
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