Hey @amalsh
Which server are you using? If Apache, do you have .htaccess enabled? If so then how about using mod_rewrite?
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://%{HTTP_HOST}/$1 [R=301,L]
This will do this following:
- Turn on the rewriting engine
- Check if the request isn’t HTTPS and
- 301 redirect whatever the current page to the same page but HTTPS.
Hi @henrywright,
Thanks for replying… Actually I’ve already done this and modified the site URL as mentioned in the guide but got the issue mentioned previously! Have I missed something?
Thanks
Sorry, I didn’t read the article in full. I just noticed item 9 describes how to do the .htaccess part.
Do you have anything else in .htaccess that may be conflicting?
Don’t worry… I have the basic .htaccess file:
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /socialnetwork/
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /socialnetwork/index.php [L]
</IfModule>
That looks pretty standard to me. everything is sent to index.php as expected so I doubt the problem is with your .htaccess directives. The problem must be elsewhere
Like where? What could it be for example?
You should check your error logs to see if anything is written. Also, what status code are you getting?
I get this error when trying to open any page except homepage (example the login page):
Not Found
The requested URL /socialnetwork/wp_login/ was not found on this server.
In the error log I got for example:
[Wed May 20 00:22:24 2015] [error] [client ............] File does not exist: /var/www/favicon.ico, referer: https://......./socialnetwork/wp_login/
basic htaccess for a single install look’s like this:
(assuming your root site is hxxp://your-site.com)
# CONFIG SINGLE
#<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
#RewriteEngine On
#RewriteBase /
#RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
#RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
#RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
#RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
#</IfModule>
Don’t I need to mention the site folder? like if my website is http://your-site.com/wordpress, I put:
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /wordpress/
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /wordpress/index.php [L]
</IfModule>
Depends where wp is installed ! Usually at site root.
See your WP settings (settings > general) if unsure.
Remember also that BuddyPress does not work on installations where you give WordPress its own directory.
Getting Started
Yes I gave WordPress its own directory under the site root and Buddypress is working fine! My website is working fine from about a year an a half, the problem is in turning it into HTTPS which is not working :S
@amalsh
None of what you have here relates to redirecting HTTP to HTTPS. I’m assuming you know that?
@henrywright sure, turning a wordpress website into https requires as mentioned in most of the references:
1- adding:
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
RewriteRule (.*) https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [R=301,L]
to the htaccess file
2- Modifying site and wordpress addresses (in the general settings).
Talking about the htaccess file led us to what we were talking above (to assure that the basic htaccess file is right)…
So again, have I missed something?
What’s the entire contents of your .htaccess?
The entire content is as follows:
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
RewriteRule (.*) https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [R=301,L]
RewriteBase /socialnetwork/
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /socialnetwork/index.php [L]
</IfModule>
You are ensuring /socialnetwork/ is prepended to relative paths in the line RewriteBase /socialnetwork/. Why are you manually doing it again in line RewriteRule . /socialnetwork/index.php [L]?
Try removing just the socialnetwork part from the last line.
If I remove the socialnetwork part, all pages are redirected to the homepage!
Try moving RewriteBase /socialnetwork/ to the top, directly underneath RewriteEngine On
For example:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /socialnetwork/
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
RewriteRule (.*) https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [R=301,L]
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
Also, where exactly do you have this .htaccess file? In what directory?
I’ve already tried to change the location of the https lines in the htaccess file but nothing changed :S the file is in the wordpress directory i.e in the socialnetwork directory in my case.
Thanks
If any one faces the same issue, the problem is not in the .htaccess file (it’s correct)! The problem is in the apache configuration file, assure that you put AllowOverride all in the virtual host directive.
