acompletenoob Posted July 9, 2003 Share Posted July 9, 2003 I have a site, and i'm selling goods online, therefore i'm looking to implement a secure environment for the customer, and also have the transaction complete online. Can someone advise me on the steps needed to have a secure site for the checkout, and the cheapest method in doing so. I am completely new, so things which might seem silly, please include, as i need this urgently set up. So please postback with step by steps in allowing online secure transaction. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
halbert Posted July 10, 2003 Share Posted July 10, 2003 You need to contact your hosting company and ask them to set you up with a security certificate. This generally means that you will have to pay them to set you up on a static IP address as well as pay for the certificate itself. Your host should be able to do this rather quickly and painlessly. Then you just need to change the config.php file so that you have SSL set to true and all should be fine. Good luck! -al Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acompletenoob Posted July 10, 2003 Author Share Posted July 10, 2003 If my hosting company did not support SSL, how would i accomplish it? Would i signup to another hosting company, which had SSL, but then how would i be able to transfer all the details between the servers? As in, i want to keep my original hosting company, which hosts the main site, but i want to host the secure bit on another server. Could i do it through POST method, but will this work from server to server? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
halbert Posted July 10, 2003 Share Posted July 10, 2003 Hmmm, your hosting company doesn't support SSL?? I am not that well-versed in the mechanics of splitting your site between two hosts, but I suppose it could be done as I think some people are using shared security certificates which in essence is the same thing. I have no idea how you'd do that though. -al Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 10, 2003 Share Posted July 10, 2003 Why would you want to stay with a Hosting company that does not support SSL? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
todd987 Posted July 10, 2003 Share Posted July 10, 2003 WHy can;t you just use paypals backend. Don't pay $150 for a Certif, my 2 cents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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