zippy4 Posted December 19, 2002 Posted December 19, 2002 I new here....I have gone through the whole setup but saw nothing about SSL. Can it be added.....if so where/how? My webhost provided SSL.....can I use it or will I need my own certificate? Thanks for any help, Lisa
OSNewbie Posted December 19, 2002 Posted December 19, 2002 Lisa, does your host provide shared ssl? If so, you can use that. Also, what version are you trying to install?
zippy4 Posted December 20, 2002 Author Posted December 20, 2002 Hi Jason Yes it is shared.......I don't know the version though. If you couldn't tell I'm new at this!
zippy4 Posted December 20, 2002 Author Posted December 20, 2002 I've been searching the archives and have learned a few things but still don't know how to install ssl. I will have to use to servers(I think that's how I say that) http and https Can anyone inform on how to do this? Would it be easier to get one of those freebie ssl?
kagg Posted December 20, 2002 Posted December 20, 2002 Hello, If your site is on Linux server with Plesk control panel and the two directories in your website, then I think the following thread may help you: http://www.oscommerce.com/forums/viewtopic.php...28748&highlight Kagg
kagg Posted December 20, 2002 Posted December 20, 2002 You may read the following thread also: http://www.oscommerce.com/forums/viewtopic.php...t=25902&start=0 Kagg
addaction Posted December 20, 2002 Posted December 20, 2002 Hi Lisa, Yes it would be better to get your own SSL, either a "freebie" or purchase one for $49 per year. The latter are good certificate and are usually easier to implement than shared ones. Talking about the shared one, what type of control panel do you have? Also ask your host how to implement their shared SSL.
eureka Posted December 20, 2002 Posted December 20, 2002 I have shared SSL and found I still needed my own certificate. Until Dec.31 you can purchase your own certificate from www.ebizid.com for only US$25. I did this and it works well. (This is not and adverstisment just help on a cheap certificate!)
dreamscape Posted December 20, 2002 Posted December 20, 2002 you can get SSL certificates from FreeSSL for free as the name implies... The only thing necessary for evil to flourish is for good men to do nothing - Edmund Burke
OSNewbie Posted December 20, 2002 Posted December 20, 2002 As Kagg as posted above, we asked a similar question ealier. But what we did was, to firstly install your catalog and admin section into your normal "http" webspace and install this via the "install". Now, when you are promted for your "https" setting in the install, simply input your shared ssl url and tick the box below it. Next, what I did was configure the cart to how I wanted (products, prices, currency...etc) and then FTP that catalog into your shared ssl space. (You can download your complete catalog folder from FTP to, say, your desktop, then upload that) There is conflicting advice on how to intergrate shared ssl into your catalog, but I uploaded all the catalog files into my shared ssl space and it works fine. You will also have to manually FTP your product images into your shared ssl space if you make any changes in your catalog products. Hope that made sence
zippy4 Posted December 20, 2002 Author Posted December 20, 2002 Perhaps my problems is in the install...............I went through my control panel (CPanel) and the cart was auto installed. I was never asked for anything......Should I download it through OS itselfs?
addaction Posted December 20, 2002 Posted December 20, 2002 Lisa, Probably not. Cpanel does a correct install of OSC normally. Anton
zippy4 Posted December 20, 2002 Author Posted December 20, 2002 Confusion has set in!! I wonder why it hasn't asked me for anything........ I do notice something....when I'm in Admin. then click to go into the store it says it is a "demo" store. Am I even in the right area.....did I miss something? Lisa
addaction Posted December 20, 2002 Posted December 20, 2002 No, the standard install puts in the text demo store. You should see the same as the demo store on the OSCommerce site. You can edit the text yourself.
Guest Posted December 20, 2002 Posted December 20, 2002 I'm having a similar problem with shared SSL hosting. Our host says setting need to be www#.hostname.com/user_id/filename ? any suggestions? I did not have this when installing phpBB, or my current store script, so I'm lost.
OSNewbie Posted December 20, 2002 Posted December 20, 2002 Sorry, I have never tried OScommerce with Cpanel. I use Plesk myself and what I did was manually FTP the files into my webspace. Maybe this is a long way round but rather then do a CPanel install, try to manually FTP the files into your webspace? Or try going to: www.yourdomain.com/catalog/install/install.php after the Cpanel install, so see if you can configure.
zippy4 Posted December 20, 2002 Author Posted December 20, 2002 Hi Jason I typed in the addy you suggested and nothing comes up at all.
Guest Posted December 20, 2002 Posted December 20, 2002 Hi Jason I typed in the addy you suggested and nothing comes up at all. replace "yourdomain.com' with your domain name, ie; website address/folder ....
zippy4 Posted December 20, 2002 Author Posted December 20, 2002 Hi Wayne... I did replace it with the correct info...... Going to tool around in my store....maybe I'll stumble across something.
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