You can buy a certificate from any company you choose. It does not have to be the same company as your registrar or host.
When you buy a certificate, you must pick an exact domain name.
You must note whether you pick the domain with www or not. (e.g. webstarthelp.com or www.webstarthelp.com)
There are four steps to get SSL on your site:
Purchase an SSL certificate (this is when you choose the exact domain name)
Submit your certificate to your hosting company so that they can sign it (known as CSR - Certificate Signing Request)
You will receive an RSA key from your host, and you must submit this information to the certificate company
You will receive a complete certificate which you must install to your account (your host can help with the installation)
Now that I have Private SSL, how do I make my site secure?
You need to use the https address.
- Ok, how?
Enter your domain name exactly as it appears on the certifcate, then click Submit.
(e.g. webstarthelp.com or www.webstarthelp.com)
**NOTE: If you already have the .htaccess file, you may want to add the code to the existing file.**
1. Open Notepad
2. Copy and paste this text into the file.
3. Save the file as htaccess.txt
4. Upload this new file with FTP to the public_html folder (or other root folder).
5. Rename the uploaded file as .htaccess
**NOTE: Your host must support mod_rewrite for this code to work.**
