[wp-hackers] SSL loading unsecured content Headache

[James Tryon]

Thanks your your help everyone.

And its fixed thank to this wonderful blog post.
http://snippets.webaware.com.au/snippets/wordpress-is_ssl-doesnt-work-behind-some-load-balancers/
https://gist.github.com/webaware/4688802
 
Thank you for your time,
James Tryon, Creative Director

Easily Amused, Inc.
http://easilyamusedinc.com
P: (407) 278-5498 C: (407) 733-6473 T: easilyamused

On Oct 24, 2013, at 3:35 PM, Doug Stewart <zamoose at gmail.com> wrote:

> Nikola is right -- you'll need to trick WordPress into using https
> correctly.
> 
> 
> On Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 3:30 PM, Nikola Nikolov <nikolov.tmw at gmail.com>wrote:
> 
>> Hi James,
>> 
>> Have you tried using a plugin like
>> http://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-https/ or
>> http://wordpress.org/plugins/ssl-insecure-content-fixer/ for instance?
>> 
>> By the way - the link to the screenshot seems broken - so I can't really
>> see what's still getting http instead.
>> 
>> Nikola
>> 
>> 
>> On Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 10:24 PM, James Tryon <james at easilyamusedinc.com
>>> wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi Everyone,
>>> 
>>> Not sure if I should be posting this here or not.
>>> I'm also looking for help in the linode forums.
>>> 
>>> We are currently running 6 servers, but I think only 4 of them are set up
>>> as a cluster.
>>> The Cluster is running as our hosting environment for our clients.
>>> We are only hosting WordPress Sites. It's a Gentoo Base System release
>> 2.1.
>>> 
>>> When ever I try to get SSL to work I get endless redirects or none of the
>>> css or JavaScript will load securely.
>>> I have the sites url set to https in the settings file and checked the
>>> database, all https:
>>> When you look at the page source most of the links are http:// still.
>>> 
>>> Now things get weird. I changed wp_home and wp_siteurl to
>> https://test.comand reloaded the login page.
>>> This only Worked b/c i was on the login page. If you tryed to go to a
>>> different link, It would take you to test.com.
>>> Then I looked at the page source. Check out this screenshot:
>>> https://www.dropbox.com/s/b367bnc7nttiz ... .28.53.png
>>> Some links are http others are https and all set from the same value in
>>> the config file....
>>> 
>>> This is what is there now.
>>> define('WP_HOME', 'https://skopospublishing.com');
>>> define('WP_SITEURL', 'https://skopospublishing.com');
>>> 
>>> I have spent almost 20 hours chasing rabbits. I get the same problems
>> with
>>> the default theme and no plugins.
>>> The Contractor that has been working on the server swears its WordPress.
>>> I think it has something to do with the server configuration and how he
>> is
>>> serving the SSL's
>>> 
>>> Same problem on https://studentlaunchpad.com/
>>> 
>>> He also told he that "it's behind a proxy/SSL accelerator, home and
>>> siteurl contents are set up, and what we saw testing url generation"
>>> 
>>> I'm not sure what he means. I do know that no matter what I change the
>>> site urls in the config or database, or what I change in the .htaccess
>> files
>>> Something else is serving http:// in from of all the links...
>>> 
>>> I'm lost and looking for more insight. I'm happy to provide more
>>> information please let me know what you need.
>>> If this is the wrong place for this type of question, please advise where
>>> to ask.
>>> 
>>> - James Tryon
>>> 
>>> Thank you for your time,
>>> James Tryon, Creative Director
>>> 
>>> Easily Amused, Inc.
>>> http://easilyamusedinc.com
>>> P: (407) 278-5498 C: (407) 733-6473 T: easilyamused
>>> 
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