So I’ve setup/installed my magento website hosted on (MT) using the one click installer. So far, so good for a few weeks.
My client wants to add SSL encyrption to every page of the website, so I import a goddady SSL certificate into (MT).
I try to setup things in magento to automatically use https by change the “base_url” field to “https://www.amberforever.com”, which then stops the website working completely (I have to delete the fields in mySQL and the cache folders to restore).
I also have tried adding a rewritee to the .htaccess:
RewriteEngine On RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} 80 RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://amberforever.com/$1 [R,L]
But this then makes the website time out with an error:
Redirect Loop
Redirection limit for this URL exceeded. Unable to load the requested page. This may be caused by cookies that are blocked.
you don’t need to have encryption on every page, it doesn’t make sense. it will only significantly reduce the performance of your website. the only part that requires encryption is checkout section.
Yea, i know it is entirely uneccessary, and slows down browisng somewhat, but the client is insistent on it given that it (supposedly) increases conversions.
Regardless, Im still having problems getting the SSL working on any part of the site. I’ve tried changing my URLs to those that you suggest, however then the site becomes inaccessible (have to delete the values in SQL and delete the cache over ftp).
I’m sorry if it sounds stupid, but are you absolutely positive that you installed SSL correctly? There are a few articles at MT how to do this (http://kb.mediatemple.net/categories/Browse+by+Category/SSL/) in case you didn’t read it yet. I’d test first to see if the SSL is working correctly and then move to the Magento part.
We’ve installed Godaddy SSL’s for a few of our clients. They do take a little longer to install because of the intermediate cert, but they seem to work just as well as the more popular RapidSSL Cert we offer. If you are looking for a very affordable and easy to install SSL Certificate, I recommend a RapidSSL. For the larger stores, with more transactions, I definitely recommend looking into a full validation EV cert.
I’m having the same problem. I serve with MT and have a Godaddy SSL. I am getting the Redirect Loop error randomly though, sometimes on non-secure pages but always on secure pages. Depending on the browser it takes me back to the home page or give me a Redirect Loop error. Could this be a Media Temple problem? Help! Please!
you don’t need to have encryption on every page, it doesn’t make sense. it will only significantly reduce the performance of your website. the only part that requires encryption is checkout section.
“Request exceeded the limit of 10 internal redirects due to probable configuration error. Use ‘LimitInternalRecursion’ to increase the limit if necessary. Use ‘LogLevel debug’ to get a backtrace.”
