Switching from http to https, SSL certificate

We are more and more asked to transfer the site to the HTTPS protocol, so we will tell you a little about this service.

We strongly recommend switching the site to the https protocol. Here's why it needs to be done:

• To increase trust from search engines

• For greater security of the site

• For more accurate conversion statistics. site transition to https

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It is critically important to switch to the new protocol for those sites where there is any information that can be intercepted (payment data, access data to a personal account. First of all, these are banks, online stores, ticket offices and online services - for them go to the list of mandatory recommendations.

However, regular sites should also move towards secure encryption.

In the meantime, there is no need to know about it. ”

WHAT ARE WE DOING

In the meantime, there is no need to know about it. ”

Setting up an HTTPS connection for your site

Let's prepare the site for switching to HTTPS:

• Let's change the references used in the project from absolute to relative.

• We will check and change the protocol for the content (video, pictures) downloaded from third-party resources, by which the project requests the content.

• Let's change the connection of external scripts from absolute to relative.

Install the SSL certificate

• Let's choose and get a certificate.

Features of certificates worth knowing about:

• Regular certificate (for one subdomain) - suitable for most projects.

• Wildcard (for multiple subdomains of the same domain) - required if your site has subdomains.

• With IDN support - for domains with Cyrillic spelling.

• Multi-domain certificate - required if your organization has several different domains.

• Let's install the received certificate for hosting.

• Let's check the availability of the site via the HTTPS protocol.

We will make important changes on the site

• Set the Host directive in the robots.txt file to HTTPS.

• Set up a 301 redirect from HTTP to HTTPS.

• Let's change the links in the sitemap.xml file.

We will notify search engines about the changes

• Let's add the HTTPS version of the site to the Google Search Console panel for webmasters.

• Let's change the address in the Yandex Webmaster panel and Google Search Console.

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