{"id":24279,"date":"2022-02-02T14:28:26","date_gmt":"2022-02-02T14:28:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/1-grid.com\/knowledge\/joomla-enabling-https\/"},"modified":"2023-08-31T08:02:45","modified_gmt":"2023-08-31T08:02:45","slug":"joomla-enabling-https","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/1grid.co.za\/knowledge\/joomla-enabling-https\/","title":{"rendered":"Joomla: Enabling HTTPS"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\">This article provides you with information on how to enable HTTP on your Joomla website.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong>Why Use TLS?<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\">Google (and most other search engines) now treat sites using https with preference[1]. Furthermore many browsers flag any website with a form (such as a login or contact form) that isn&#8217;t using https[2]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong>How do I setup TLS?<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\">For setting up the certificate, the simplest way is to get your host to do it for you.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\">The correct certificate to buy depends on the security protections required on your website. If you don&#8217;t know then probably the cheapest and easiest option is to use Let&#8217;s Encrypt &#8211; it&#8217;s free and depending on your host can be often be configured straight from your cPanel or Plesk hosting dashboard.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\">If you&#8217;ve bought a Dedicated IP and SSL certificate, simply ask your host to help and they will get it signed and install it in the correct location for you.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\"><strong>How do I redirect all my traffic to https in Joomla<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\">In Global Configuration there is a &#8220;Force HTTPS&#8221; option which allows you to force HTTPS either in the \u00a0Administrator area only or for the entire site.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"fr-fic fr-dib fr-bordered fr-shadow\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; border: none; max-width: 100%; height: 408.601px; width: 611px;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/cdn.freshdesk.com\/data\/helpdesk\/attachments\/production\/33040327299\/original\/VkmC7BEc2sMaeCq-2C8-sP1b6Z-YYlAF_A.png?1588769346\" alt=\"Image Showing the Force HTTPS option in the Joomla 3.x default backend template\" width=\"800\" data-file-height=\"1012\" data-attachment=\"[object Object]\" data-id=\"33040327299\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\"><strong>In .htaccess<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; direction: ltr; line-height: 1.6em; background: #f8f8f8; unicode-bidi: embed; color: #222222; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.2px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\">\n<pre style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Consolas, 'Liberation Mono', Menlo, Courier, monospace; font-size: 13px; white-space: pre-wrap; margin: 15px 0px; padding: 6px 10px; direction: ltr; border: 1px solid #dddddd; border-radius: 3px; line-height: 19px; overflow-x: auto; background-color: #f8f8f8; overflow-wrap: normal; tab-size: 4;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #008000;\">RewriteEngine<\/span> <span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #008000; font-weight: bold;\">on<\/span>\n<span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #008000;\">RewriteCond<\/span> %{SERVER_PORT} !^443$\n<span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #008000;\">RewriteRule<\/span> .* https:\/\/%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [QSA,R=301,L]\n<span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #008000; font-weight: bold;\">&lt;IfModule<\/span> <span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #ba2121;\">!mod_ssl.c<\/span><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #008000; font-weight: bold;\">&gt;<\/span>\n<span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #008000;\">Redirect<\/span> permanent \/ https:\/\/www.yourdomainname.com\n<span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #008000; font-weight: bold;\">&lt;\/IfModule&gt;<\/span><\/span><\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<h4 style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1em 0px 0.5em; padding: 0px; direction: ltr; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; color: #222222; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; line-height: 1.325em; font-size: 1.125em; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\">More complex .htaccess Examples<\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; direction: ltr; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-size: 15.2px; line-height: 1.4em; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\">As an example, to switch from HTTP to HTTPS on any page that has &#8216;abc\/def&#8217; or &#8216;ghi&#8217; in the URL, add something like this:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; direction: ltr; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-size: 15.2px; line-height: 1.4em; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\">Code:<\/span><\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; direction: ltr; line-height: 1.6em; background: #f8f8f8; unicode-bidi: embed; color: #222222; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.2px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\">\n<pre style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Consolas, 'Liberation Mono', Menlo, Courier, monospace; font-size: 13px; white-space: pre-wrap; margin: 15px 0px; padding: 6px 10px; direction: ltr; border: 1px solid #dddddd; border-radius: 3px; line-height: 19px; overflow-x: auto; background-color: #f8f8f8; overflow-wrap: normal; tab-size: 4;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #008000;\">RewriteCond<\/span> %{HTTPS} <span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #008000; font-weight: bold;\">off<\/span>\n<span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #008000;\">RewriteRule<\/span> ^(abc\/def|ghi)(.*)\/?$ https:\/\/%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [R=301,NC,L]<\/span><\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; direction: ltr; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-size: 15.2px; line-height: 1.4em; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\">&#8230; and to switch from HTTPS back to HTTP on any page that has &#8216;home&#8217; or &#8216;help&#8217; in the URL, do something like this:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; direction: ltr; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-size: 15.2px; line-height: 1.4em; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\">Code:<\/span><\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; direction: ltr; line-height: 1.6em; background: #f8f8f8; unicode-bidi: embed; color: #222222; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.2px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\">\n<pre style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Consolas, 'Liberation Mono', Menlo, Courier, monospace; font-size: 13px; white-space: pre-wrap; margin: 15px 0px; padding: 6px 10px; direction: ltr; border: 1px solid #dddddd; border-radius: 3px; line-height: 19px; overflow-x: auto; background-color: #f8f8f8; overflow-wrap: normal; tab-size: 4;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #008000;\">RewriteCond<\/span> %{HTTPS} <span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #008000; font-weight: bold;\">on<\/span>\n<span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #008000;\">RewriteRule<\/span> ^(home|help)(.*)\/?$ http:\/\/%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [R=301,NC,L]<\/span><\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; direction: ltr; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-size: 15.2px; line-height: 1.4em; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\">If you want to force SSL on a specific folder you can insert the code below into a .htaccess file placed in that specific folder:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; direction: ltr; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-size: 15.2px; line-height: 1.4em; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\">Code:<\/span><\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; direction: ltr; line-height: 1.6em; background: #f8f8f8; unicode-bidi: embed; color: #222222; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.2px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\">\n<pre style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Consolas, 'Liberation Mono', Menlo, Courier, monospace; font-size: 13px; white-space: pre-wrap; margin: 15px 0px; padding: 6px 10px; direction: ltr; border: 1px solid #dddddd; border-radius: 3px; line-height: 19px; overflow-x: auto; background-color: #f8f8f8; overflow-wrap: normal; tab-size: 4;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #008000;\">RewriteEngine<\/span> <span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #008000; font-weight: bold;\">On<\/span> \n<span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #008000;\">RewriteCond<\/span> %{REQUEST_URI} folder \n<span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #008000;\">RewriteRule<\/span> ^(.*)$ https:\/\/www.example.com\/folder\/$1 [R,L]<\/span><\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; direction: ltr; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-size: 15.2px; line-height: 1.4em; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\">Make sure you change the folder reference to the actual folder name. Then be sure to replace <a href=\"http:\/\/www.example.com\/folder\" rel=\"noreferrer\">www.example.com\/folder<\/a> with your actual domain name and folder you want to force the SSL on.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; direction: ltr; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-size: 15.2px; line-height: 1.4em; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; direction: ltr; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-size: 15.2px; line-height: 1.4em; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This article provides you with information on how to enable HTTP on your Joomla website. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Why Use TLS? 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