Title: Migrating from https to localhost issue
Last modified: February 7, 2017

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# Migrating from https to localhost issue

 *  [raybeam](https://wordpress.org/support/users/raybeam/)
 * (@raybeam)
 * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/migrating-from-https-to-localhost-issue/)
 * I’m having an issue when downloading from a https: site to my localhost. I have
   enetered the details as usual:
 * //betterstartbradford.org.uk -> //localhost:8888/bsb
    /home/bsborguk/public_html-
   > /Applications/MAMP/htdocs/bsb
 * But what I get when I try to find the website is:
 * [https://localhost:8888/bsb/](https://localhost:8888/bsb/)
 * clearly pushing in the https part.
 * Any idea what I’m doing wrong/how to fix the issue?
 * Thanks

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 *  [Next Web LLC](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hitittome873/)
 * (@hitittome873)
 * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/migrating-from-https-to-localhost-issue/#post-8749115)
 * That’s how a browser works…when you only specify // it will determine based on
   how the page was originally loaded. So for links that are // and loaded in an
   https environment it will use https:// and for links that are // and loaded in
   an http environment it will use [http://](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/migrating-from-https-to-localhost-issue/?output_format=md).
 *  Thread Starter [raybeam](https://wordpress.org/support/users/raybeam/)
 * (@raybeam)
 * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/migrating-from-https-to-localhost-issue/#post-8751288)
 * That doesnt help me, explain how I can fix this issue?
 *  [Next Web LLC](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hitittome873/)
 * (@hitittome873)
 * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/migrating-from-https-to-localhost-issue/#post-8751366)
 * You’re expecting it to do something it is not programmed to do…you have to explicitly
   use http:// in your links if you want to force [http://](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/migrating-from-https-to-localhost-issue/?output_format=md).
   You can’t use the // syntax. Run another find and replace and change https://-
   > http://
    -  This reply was modified 9 years, 3 months ago by [Next Web LLC](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hitittome873/).
 *  Thread Starter [raybeam](https://wordpress.org/support/users/raybeam/)
 * (@raybeam)
 * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/migrating-from-https-to-localhost-issue/#post-8751371)
 * Thanks,
 * That’s something I can try!
 *  [Next Web LLC](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hitittome873/)
 * (@hitittome873)
 * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/migrating-from-https-to-localhost-issue/#post-8751373)
 * Yea…I said too much. Don’t run //->http:// cause then you might get http:http://
 *  Thread Starter [raybeam](https://wordpress.org/support/users/raybeam/)
 * (@raybeam)
 * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/migrating-from-https-to-localhost-issue/#post-8751686)
 * k,so… what is the solution?
 *  [Next Web LLC](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hitittome873/)
 * (@hitittome873)
 * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/migrating-from-https-to-localhost-issue/#post-8751782)
 * I edited my comment to be correct. [https://wordpress.org/support/topic/migrating-from-https-to-localhost-issue/#post-8751366](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/migrating-from-https-to-localhost-issue/#post-8751366)

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 * Last activity: [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/migrating-from-https-to-localhost-issue/#post-8751782)
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