{"id":15608,"date":"2020-01-11T12:15:57","date_gmt":"2020-01-11T17:15:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=15608"},"modified":"2020-01-11T12:15:57","modified_gmt":"2020-01-11T17:15:57","slug":"finally-figured-out-how-to-convert-to-ssl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=15608","title":{"rendered":"Finally Figured Out How to Convert to SSL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/https-300x242.jpg?resize=300%2C242\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"242\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-13885\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/https.jpg?resize=300%2C242&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/https.jpg?resize=150%2C121&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/https.jpg?resize=373%2C300&amp;ssl=1 373w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/https.jpg?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>I blogged before that I had purchased SSL certificates for this website and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bootedman.com\/\">bootedman.com<\/a> website, but I could not figure out how to get them to work to show these sites with the &#8220;https:\/\/&#8221; URL.<\/p>\n<p>For a while, I gave up.  But now that I have a bit more time since I retired, I&#8230;<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n&#8230;figured out what I need to do.<\/p>\n<p>The reason why I want to convert my web properties to use SSL is that most search engines will not index my website or blog any more with the non-secure &#8220;http:\/\/&#8221; URL format.<\/p>\n<p>To do this, I need to recode every single page of my website&#8217;s some 890+ HTML pages.  That will take a while.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a page of how it will look:  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bootedman.com\/cowboy\/tecovassquare.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tecovas Square Toe Boots<\/a>.  You will notice:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Change of color on background from black to dark blue<\/li>\n<li>Change of color of links<\/li>\n<li>Consistent use of font size, height, and style<\/li>\n<li>A navigation table at the bottom, instead of a long list of links<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>What do you think?  Leave a comment.  I can change colors, font, etc., but want to make these changes now before I spend more time on it.<\/p>\n<p>Here is an example of an unchanged (so far) page, so you can compare:  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bootedman.com\/cowboy\/tecovasalligator.html\">Tecovas Alligator Boots<\/a>.  The changes to the visitor should not be that obvious, but they will enable my website (and this blog) to work on a wider variety of devices than they do now.<\/p>\n<p>Life is short:  do what you need to do to keep up with the times.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I blogged before that I had purchased SSL certificates for this website and bootedman.com website, but I could not figure out how to get them to work to show these sites with the &#8220;https:\/\/&#8221; URL. 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