Re: Https Request Please

Posted by GregChapman on
URL: https://support.nabble.com/Https-Protocol-Request-tp7600969p7603154.html

Gary Lewis wrote

are you saying that old internal links will still work?

All relative links will continue to work. The address of the page requested hasn't changed. The difference with https is that the browser requests that the page is sent to it in encrypted form.

As far as I am aware all Nabble's internal links are relative. It is not good practice to use absolute addresses for internal links as they force the browser to check a domain name server to obtain the IP address to use to hunt down where the file is located, which generates additional internet traffic and slows down display of the page requested.

And, what about the hundreds of links I've shared elsewhere, like Facebook?  They'll 404?

They will work because the address will be correct, but without the "https" the request for the page does not require that it is transmitted to the browser in encrypted form, so they won't show the "padlock" symbol that indicates that the page was delivered in encrypted form. However, in many cases the server receiving an "http" request will be set to serve all requests in encrypted form and the receiving browser will show it with an "https" in the address bar and a padlock symbol. You will probably find that Weebly does that.