Can't seem to get secure pages to work....HELP!!

[majinfaisal]

This is my includes/configuration files...

 

// Define the webserver and path parameters

// * DIR_FS_* = Filesystem directories (local/physical)

// * DIR_WS_* = Webserver directories (virtual/URL)

define('HTTP_SERVER', 'http://localhost'); // eg, http://localhost - should not be empty for productive servers

define('HTTPS_SERVER', 'https://localhost'); // eg, https://localhost - should not be empty for productive servers

define('ENABLE_SSL',true); // secure webserver for checkout procedure?

define('HTTP_COOKIE_DOMAIN', 'localhost');

define('HTTPS_COOKIE_DOMAIN', 'localhost');

define('HTTP_COOKIE_PATH', '/');

define('HTTPS_COOKIE_PATH', '/');

define('DIR_WS_HTTP_CATALOG', '/');

define('DIR_WS_HTTPS_CATALOG', '/');

define('DIR_WS_IMAGES', '/images/');

define('DIR_WS_ICONS', DIR_WS_IMAGES . 'icons/');

define('DIR_WS_INCLUDES', 'includes/');

define('DIR_WS_BOXES', DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'boxes/');

define('DIR_WS_FUNCTIONS', DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'functions/');

define('DIR_WS_CLASSES', DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'classes/');

define('DIR_WS_MODULES', DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'modules/');

define('DIR_WS_LANGUAGES', DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'languages/');

 

define('DIR_WS_DOWNLOAD_PUBLIC', 'pub/');

define('DIR_FS_CATALOG', 'c:/easyphp1-8/www/');

define('DIR_FS_DOWNLOAD', DIR_FS_CATALOG . 'download/');

define('DIR_FS_DOWNLOAD_PUBLIC', DIR_FS_CATALOG . 'pub/');

 

With the Enable_SSL setting to true the checkout pages links consist of https:// but when i click on the link my browser just says connecting to localhost but doesnt move... (im using EASYPHP atm and the site is not yet online) i want to sort out the security issues before i put my site live. Any ideas whats going wrong here?

 

How do i force a page to run secure? so i see the lock etc.

 

I have installed OpenSSL win32 on my machine...but not really sure how to use it!

[majinfaisal]

i would greatly appreciate any thoughts in this...

[spax]

You can only enable SSL when you have a certificate to install, on a live server. For your local machine, you need to have define('ENABLE_SSL', false); and all the HTTPS definitions empty.

 

When you upload and go live, you can purchase an SSL Cert and enable it.

[majinfaisal]

Thanks for the simple and straight forward answer that i have been searching for!I was under the impression that i was atleast able to test the secure stuff locally but i guess not, ill look into SSL once i go live then, probably best to get free trials first of course for testing...thanks again.

[spax]

I have read that one of the Apache/MySql/PHP installers replicates an SSL environment, for testing purposes but I can't remember which one. Although setting up SSL isn't too complicated so I wouldn't be overconcerned about it until I needed it.