USING SSL - Creating Links to Secure Pages

LINKING TO YOUR SECURE ORDER FORMS
When you link to any web pages stored in a directory protected by SSL, or any other site, the link must start with https:// (note the "s" after http)

Any links that take someone out of the secure area must start with http:// instead.  The https:// tells the system to open the site at the given address using SSL (Secure Socket Layer).  Any visitors to the site who are not using a secure connection, whether it's due to not adding the https:// or that have totally disabled secure connections, will get an error that reads...

HTTP/1.0 403 Access Forbidden (Secure
Channel Required - This Virtual Directory
requires a browser that supports the
configured encryption options.)

If you wish to look at your pages directly then you must also use the https:// in the url: line of your browser.

IF YOU ARE USING A SHARED SECURE SERVER DIRECTORY
Your Shared Secure Server account has many of the same settings as your regular web account on our server.  Like your standard web hosting account, the default document on the secure server is "index.html".   Any other web documents can use the .htm or .html extensions. You may name a single secure document index.html as a default page for your secure site if you wish to have one.

Depending upon the secure hosting plan which you have signed up for, you will either upload your web pages to your secure account via FTP or Microsoft® FrontPage®.  In your secure directory you may place any documents or forms that you feel require an added degree of security. Order forms or sales forms are very good candidates for this.

Further information can be found on the following pages in our FAQ:
What is a secured server (SSL)?
What SSL options does ACME support?