[wp-hackers] SSL loading unsecured content Headache

[Nikola Nikolov]

Congratulations on figuring it out. And thanks for sharing the article -
it's good to keep that in mind!


On Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 11:13 PM, James Tryon <james at easilyamusedinc.com>wrote:

> 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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