ssl 301 redirection help

singhavn · Aug 12, 2017

Hey,

I recently purchased a domain that has a backlink from forbes. The site earlier had ssl https and getting backlink from forbes to https://sitename.com

I set up 301 redirection from this domain to my site. Now sitename.com, www.sitename.com and http://sitename.com is redirecting to my site but https://sitename.com is not.

My question is do I have to buy a ssl for this domain so https://sitename.com also redirect or is there any other way to go?

Sephrata · Aug 12, 2017

I would set up the SSL. It's free from https://letsencrypt.org/

singhavn · Aug 12, 2017

Sephrata said:
I would set up the SSL. It's free from https://letsencrypt.org/

Will it solve the redirection problem. What do you need from me to do this?

Sephrata · Aug 12, 2017

It should solve the SSL issue. Who is your hosting provider?

singhavn · Aug 12, 2017

Sephrata said:
It should solve the SSL issue. Who is your hosting provider?

Hostgator

Sephrata · Aug 12, 2017

If you have your own server or VPS, you can setup LetsEncrypt. If you're on a shared plan, you need to buy a certificate.

It might be possible to use .htaccess to redirect the https (not sure if this would work) - https://stackoverflow.com/questions/12999910/https-to-http-redirect-using-htaccess

singhavn · Aug 12, 2017

Sephrata said:
If you have your own server or VPS, you can setup LetsEncrypt. If you're on a shared plan, you need to buy a certificate.

It might be possible to use .htaccess to redirect the https (not sure if this would work) - https://stackoverflow.com/questions/12999910/https-to-http-redirect-using-htaccess

No i am on shared. I think buying ssl is a must to redirect https

bartosimpsonio · Aug 14, 2017

singhavn said:
Will it solve the redirection problem. What do you need from me to do this?

First of all does https://sitename.com/ work on your browser?

singhavn · Aug 14, 2017

bartosimpsonio said:
First of all does https://sitename.com/ work on your browser?

It is showing hostgator 404. I didnt build any site on it. Just using this domain for redirection purpose.

T2tkid · Aug 14, 2017

You will need to buy an ssl before the redirect will go through. There is no way around it.

singhavn · Aug 14, 2017

T2tkid said:
You will need to buy an ssl before the redirect will go through. There is no way around it.

Yeah i thought so. That is how browser will verify the ssl and perform redirection

bartosimpsonio · Aug 14, 2017

singhavn said:
It is showing hostgator 404. I didnt build any site on it. Just using this domain for redirection purpose.

That's your problem right there. You need to configure the https on hostgator for the redirect to work. Even if you won't host a site there.

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