Solve This Common SSL Errors -What Is Wrong with Your Website?

Have you ever opened a site and faced that currant warning-your connection is not private, or SSL certificate error? It is not a unique case. Such frequent mistakes of SSL puzzle even the experts of sites ownership. Don’t panic though, we will simplify it and teach you how to fix it in a manner that makes sense.

Ok, what is this SSL then and why do we need it?

SSL is an abbreviation of secure sockets layer. It is also the technology that ensures that visitors of your websites remain safe. Once you have SSL certs in use correctly on your site, it may be noticed that individuals look at a small padlock in the browser address bar. Such padlock indicates that the site is safe. However, in case of an issue with SSL, that lock is gone and users may be blocked or run away in fear of warnings.

So here is the big question…

Why do such SSL errors occur?

It is one of the several usual causes. The majority of them are just minor errors or technical flaws. In other cases, your certificate had expired. In some cases, the domain name does not correspond with the one that is in the SSL certificate. At other moments, you have installed the certificate incorrectly or even forgot to transfer the entire web site to HTTPS.

Sounds complicated? There is no need it should.

So let us take a few typical scenarios and see how to correct them.

1. Your connection is not private, what does it imply?

When a visitor including you visits your site and encounters a message like this, then it implies that the browser is not relying on the SSL certificate you obtained. That is perhaps because it is outdated or provided by an unknown company.

What then is the solution to this?

First of all, ensure that the SSL certificate is not expired. You can do it clicking padlock icon in your web browser and viewing details of the certificate. Provided it is expired, you will have to renew it with your hosting company or SSL generator. With the majority of providers, it involves clicking a couple of times in the control panel.

2. Have you forgotten to redirect HTTP to HTTPS?

Chances are that you may have installed SSL correctly, but still people end up going to the unsecure version (HTTP) of your site. This is because you have not instructed your web site to utilize HTTPS as a default format.

The best way to fix this is to add a redirect in your sites access file or settings panel where when any one goes to your HTTP version, he/she is automatically directed to the HTTPS version.

3. Do you see “Mixed Content” alerts?

This is the one which makes a fool out of many. Your SSL is valid, and you are having an error message with it stating, this site is not fully secure.

Why?

Due to the fact that some of the content on your page gets loading through HTTP (such as images, videos or scripts), whereas the rest of it is HTTPS. This is referred to as mixed content- and browsers dislike them.

And what are you to do?

You should ensure that all your resources on-load, including images, videos, CSS files or JavaScript script get loaded over HTTPS as well. Manually you can update your URLs in your HTML or you can use a plugin on WordPress.

4. Are you having trouble with your domain name?

In some instances, the SSL certificate is issued to one form of your domain whereby people are accessing another form- for example, people are accessing example.com (without www), or are accessing www.example.com based on the certificate issued. In case the recipient certificate does not support all the versions, the browser will issue an error.

The fix?

Once you purchase in or renew, your SSL certificate should be a multi-domain or wildcard SSL in case you are having varying subdomains or, in case considering https and non-hyphen version. Also, introduce correct redirection, all traffic should come to one secure version of your domain.

Conclusion

SSL is no longer a techie thing and it goes beyond protecting your users, enhanced search ranking, and trust. Majority of users will not remain in a site that will generate a security alert warning and the search engines such as Google will not rank such insecure sites highly.

That is why next time when you encounter any of these SSL problems do not be panicked.

Here are some typical SSL problems and solutions and after solving them, your site will be more professional, safe, and faster. The most brilliant part is? There is also no need to be a tech master to do it.

Don t know where to start? Please tell me which your SSL error is and I will assist you in sorting the same out- step by step.

Let us fix it down, the right way.