Do I need SSL cert. with PayPal?

[Tzig]

Hi,

I'm new using osCommerce and I would like to know if I only use PayPal and wire transfer as paying methods do I have to install a SSL certificate?

 

I also don't need to keep an evidence of my customers, therefore I would like to remove the create account or login page. Can someone tell me if this could be done and how, please? This is how my checkout page I want to look like: http://www.acmesystems.it/?id=61

 

Any reply would be appreciated. Thanks!

 

P.S.: I have very little php knowledge.

[Jack_mcs]

It is not required for paypal. You can skip the create account and login pages by installing either the Puchase Without Account or Fast Easy contributions. Although customers will still have to enter in their shipping information so what little you save on cost for the ssl ($20/year) and time for the checkout pages is hardly worth it in most cases.

 

Jack

[Tzig]

Thanks for the quick reply.

Now I am not using any SSL certificate but when I'm going to checkout I'm redirected to a secured page: https://store.emcelettronica.com/checkout_shipping.php

How can I do to remove the "s" from https?

 

And my hosting company has shared SSL certificates, what do I need to know from them in order to use it on my site? Do I have to move any file in my httpsdocs directory through ftp?

[jpweber]

Go to your catalog/includes/configure.php file. Set your SSL to false. Also, if you want, define your https_server to http:// something. But the main thing is set your SSL to false. Do this for catalog/admin/includes also.

 

But seriously, you gotta get SSL. I would be very leery of having no SSL if I was shopping at a site, and as a developer, if my admin wasn't SSL'd.

 

// Define the webserver and path parameters

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

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

define('HTTP_SERVER', 'http://www.thevisiondepot.com');

define('HTTPS_SERVER', 'http://www.thevisiondepot.com');

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

define('HTTP_COOKIE_DOMAIN', 'www.thevisiondepot.com');

define('HTTPS_COOKIE_DOMAIN', 'www.thevisiondepot.com');

define('HTTP_COOKIE_PATH', '/catalog/');

[Jack_mcs]

And my hosting company has shared SSL certificates, what do I need to know from them in order to use it on my site? Do I have to move any file in my httpsdocs directory through ftp?

You just need the url they use. Then enter that in the configure file above in place of the site name and set the ssl option to true. Also change the https_cookie setting to the new url.

 

Jack