Re: Forum showing on local system but not on live site

Posted by GregChapman on Jun 24, 2024; 9:17am
URL: https://support.nabble.com/Forum-showing-on-local-system-but-not-on-live-site-tp7613758p7613777.html

ajac63 wrote

GregChapman wrote

... That's why for embedded forums there's no point in Nabble delivering nabble.com via https. (though I must admit these days it would help those who don't embed their forums.)

I don't understand this, it could be just me...  Surely if the embedding code began with https instead of http, then this would solve the problem.  I mean, Nabble is 'billed' as an embeddable forum, but as it is, it is not embeddable unless one goes through those 'hoops' you mention.

When you request a page be delivered via "https" you are asking the server to check the SSL certificate to confirm the entire content is coming from the server it purports to be coming from and hasn't been hijacked by someone. With a page with an embedded forum, it will choke when it attempts to deliver the bit being served from Nabble as it doesn't come from the original server. It defeats the objective if all a highjacker has to do is certify his stuff has come from his server. (Incidentally, when I wrote my notes on all this Nabble was not being served via https - that only started recently).

That's why the entire page needs to be delivered from your domain or a sub-domain of yours.