Setting up SSL protection for your shop
The set up procedure varies, depending on whether you have your own certificate, or are using the shared one of your hosting server. The process requires you to change the following files by hand:
includes/ configure.php
admin/ includes/ configure.php
It is important to note that in case you are using word processing software, additional symbols will be added to your files, causing malfunction of your shop. To avoid this, please use simple text editors, such as Notepad.
Using a certificate for the specific domain name (your own private SSL certificate)
For the new configuration settings to be applied, you need to change either listed files. To do that, please find the files, listed above, and open them with a simple text editor. Locate the following lines of code:
// Define the webserver and path parameters
define('HTTP_SERVER', 'http://www.yourdomain.com');
define('HTTPS_SERVER', 'https://(www.)yourdomain.com');
define('ENABLE_SSL', false); // secure webserver for checkout procedure? |
Set your domain name in the appropriate slots, and replace false in the last row with true. Again, whether you place www. in front of your domain name depends on the certificate you have purchased. SSL certificate can be purchased for "yourdomain.com" or for "www.yourdomain.com"
Using a shared SSL certificate
Again, you need to open the files with a text editor. Change
includes/configure.php and
admin/includes/configure.php
to:
// Define the webserver and path parameters
define('HTTP_SERVER', 'http://www.YOUR_SHOP.com');
define('HTTPS_SERVER', 'https://server.IP.address.here/~YOUR_USERNAME');
define('ENABLE_SSL', true); // secure webserver for checkout procedure? |
Disabling SSL usage
Locate the files
includes/configure.php
admin/includes/configure.php
and in the code segment
// Define the webserver and path parameters
define('HTTP_SERVER', 'http://www.YOUR_SHOP.com');
define('HTTPS_SERVER', 'https://www.YOUR_SHOP.com');
define('ENABLE_SSL', true); // secure webserver for checkout procedure? |
change the word true to false. That would be enough to turn the encryption off for your store.