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Joomla SSL https Setup

Secure Socket Layer (SSL) can be used for the entire Joomla site or parts of a Joomla site such as a shopping cart or user login.

Joomla can flip in and out of SSL mode.

Once it receives a command to go into SSL it will stay that way until getting a command to go back to http.

• The site can be set to be SSL all the time using "Force SSL" in Global Configuration.
• Switching to and from SSL mode is triggered by a menu item setting.
• The front end user Login module can be set to post to https instead of http.

There's a Joomla Plugin called SSL Redirect plugin by Yireo software that might simplify the setup if some parts of the site are SSL and some not.

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Use SSL all the time from the moment the visitor reaches the site - Joomla Force SSL.
Site > Global Configuration [Server]

By default "Force SSL" is set to "none", but can be set to "Entire Site" or "Administrator Only".

 

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Setting Default Menu Item to use SSL (makes whole site https if no other menu items are set to Off)
Menus -> Menu name with * -> Default Menu Item [ Parameters ]



This can be set for each menu item to allow switching in and out of SSL mode.

 

Off: the menu item will switch Joomla out of SSL mode.

Ignore: the menu item will have no affect and maintain the current state whether it be https or http.

On: the menu item will switch Joomla into SSL mode.

 

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Setting User Login to use SSL
Extensions -> Module Manager -> Login [ Parameters ]

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