Using host-provided secure login

  • Resolved wperic

    (@wperic)


    8 years ago

    My WP sites are hosted at Omnis.com. They provide a shared secure (https) option. When I try to go to

    https://ericbeversluis.secure.omnis.com

    I get this error message:

    “Safari can’t open the page “https://www.ericbeversuis.com” because Safari can’t establish a secure connection to the server “www.ericbeversluis.com””

    The people at Omnis tell me, “This is due to an issue with how WordPress functions.
    When WordPress detects that you have a secured site (HTTPS) it will redirect to the basic URL.
    To have your site SSL secured, you will need to purchase a private SSL certificate.”

    Is this correct or is there some way to tell WP to use this secure site? I really only want to be able to use it for wp-admin, for now, anyway.

    Thanks.

    • This topic was modified 8 years ago by wperic. Reason: Autocomplete messed up 'omnis.com'
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  • Moderator Steven Stern (sterndata)

    (@sterndata)

    Volunteer Forum Moderator

    8 years ago

    >> When WordPress detects that you have a secured site (HTTPS) it will redirect to the basic URL. <<

    I call BS on that.

    Make sure you set your site to use an HTTPS url. If you can no longer login, edit wp-config.php and set the https:// address there:

    https://codex.ww.wp.xz.cn/Editing_wp-config.php#WP_SITEURL

    Thread Starter wperic

    (@wperic)

    8 years ago

    I’m doing something wrong. I changed the WordPress address and the Site Address on the General Settings Page to

    https://www.ericbeversluis.com

    Got same error message.

    Tried adding
    define( ‘WP_SITEURL’, ‘https://www.ericbeversluis.com&#8217; );
    to wp-config.php. Still nothing.

    Tried substituting
    define( ‘WP_SITEURL’, ‘https://ericbeversluis.secure.omnis.com&#8217; ); to wp-config.php. Still nothing.

    Removed the line from wp-config.php. Now I can’t get in to my website with either
    http://www.ericbeversluis.com
    or
    https://www.ericbeversluis.com
    or
    https://ericbeversluis.secure.omnis.com.

    Thanks.

    Moderator Steven Stern (sterndata)

    (@sterndata)

    Volunteer Forum Moderator

    8 years ago

    Do you actually have an SSL certificate installed?

    The SSL checker reports :No SSL certificates were found on http://www.ericbeversluis.com. Make sure that the name resolves to the correct server and that the SSL port (default is 443) is open on your server’s firewall.

    Thread Starter wperic

    (@wperic)

    8 years ago

    The certificate would be at wherever https://ericbeversluis.secure.omnis.com goes to, which is then supposed to access the material at ericbeversluis.com, which they host. I’m waiting on DNS to determine if their system even works on non-WP sites.

    **I just confirmed that it all works as it’s supposed to for non-WP site.

    Meantime, I assume I have to go into the code somewhere to change my WordPress address and Site Address back to http.

    Can you tell me where I would do that?

    • This reply was modified 8 years ago by wperic. Reason: update
    Thread Starter wperic

    (@wperic)

    8 years ago

    I tried entering the ff in wp-config.php:

    define(‘WP_HOME’,’http://ericbeversluis.com&#8217;);
    define(‘WP_SITEURL’,’http://ericbeversluis.com&#8217;);

    Used Opera rather than Safari in case there was something in Safari cache. But Opera said “This site can’t provide a secure connection
    http://www.ericbeversluis.com sent an invalid response.”

    Moderator Steven Stern (sterndata)

    (@sterndata)

    Volunteer Forum Moderator

    8 years ago

    Your SSL certificate is installed improperly.

    Thread Starter wperic

    (@wperic)

    8 years ago

    OK, but it’s not my certificate, it’s Omnis’s certificate that I’m supposedly piggy-backing on somehow. As I said, it works for non-WP sites.

    My original question was whether there was a way to make it work for WP. I tried what you suggested and now I can’t access my site.

    So now my question is, how do I modify the site code so I can get the site back up?

    Thread Starter wperic

    (@wperic)

    8 years ago

    I tried this setting also in wp-config.php (added ‘www’)

    define(‘WP_HOME’,’http://www.ericbeversluis.com’);
    define(‘WP_SITEURL’,’http://www.ericbeversluis.com’);

    Thread Starter wperic

    (@wperic)

    8 years ago

    My site is back up. Don’t know what did it. Opened Firefox and the site opened OK. Still wouldn’t open in Safari or Opera till I deleted history. I guess somehow History was forcing to https://www.ericbeversluis.com even when I typed in http://www.ericbeversluis.com.

    Or else something had to work through the system at Omnis.

    Thanks for suggestions. I’ll see if I can get my own cert and go that way. I’m assuming the answer to whether there is a way to make the Omnis system work with WP is “No.”

    Moderator Steven Stern (sterndata)

    (@sterndata)

    Volunteer Forum Moderator

    8 years ago

    Probably not. The certificate must be issued for the domain used by WP.

    Thread Starter wperic

    (@wperic)

    8 years ago

    OK. Thanks.

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