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problem with post edit button and tools when always using https://

RB rb22
rb22
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Member since Apr 2010
39 posts
Jul 14, 2015 · 4:30 pm · Edited

Hi I have a problem. I recently changed my .htaccess file to ensure that the site is always using https://  (sll)

 Basically every hit to the server is redirect to https:// if it’s not already https://

that works fine and the forum generally works OK but when I click a button such as edit a user topic post, I get this message from firefox:

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The information you have entered on this page will be sent over an insecure connection and could be read by a third party.

Are you sure you want to send this information?

 

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If I accept, the forum redirects to the https:// url (probably thanx to the .htaccess) but it doesn’t redirect to an edit screen. It just goes back to the page on which the button was clicked.

…

 

The problem is that the url being built and put into the rendered forum page is http:// instead of https://

the function sp_build_url seems to relevant but I don’t see where the http or https protocol is set.

 ./forum/content/forms/sp-form-post-edit.php
 ./sp-api/sp-api-permalinks.php

 

This is the relvevant markup where the button is clicked.

 

<form class=”spButtonForm” action=”http://link-to-post/forum/21900″ method=”post” name=”usereditpost21900″>
<input name=”postedit” value=”21900″ type=”hidden”>
<a class=”spButton spRight” id=”spPostIndexEdit21900″ title=”Edit this post” rel=”nofollow” href=”javascript:document.usereditpost21900.submit();”><img class=”spIcon” src=”https://versatilephd.com/wp-content/sp-resources/forum-themes/css-only/images/sp_EditPost.png” alt=””>
Edit</a>
</form>

 

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Do  you have an tips on how I can fix this?

7 Answers

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IK Ike
Ike
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Member since Mar 2014
2,086 posts
Jul 14, 2015 · 5:02 pm

Hey rb22.

A lot of people use SSL with SP just fine, but I must admit it’s not an area I have much experience in!

Have you checked Forum > Integration > Page and Permalink to make sure the permalink includes https? If not try resetting it.

Also check Forum > Components > Login and Registration to make sure they contain https.

RB rb22
rb22
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Member since Apr 2010
39 posts
Jul 14, 2015 · 5:17 pm

I think I found the solution.
I changed the value for sfpermalink to https://
UPDATE .`sfoptions` SET `option_value` = ‘https://the.url.com/the.forum.slug/’ WHERE `sfoptions`.`option_name` = ‘sfpermalink’;
Seems to work now.

YS Yellow Swordfish
Yellow Swordfish
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Member since Nov 2008
16,437 posts
Jul 14, 2015 · 5:27 pm

Simple:Press supports the WordPress methods for using https an we let WordPress determine the scheme that is being used as we are just a WP plugin. I don’t think that includes using the htaccess file..

https://make.wordpress.org/support/user-manual/web-publishing/https-for-wordpress/

RB rb22
rb22
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Member since Apr 2010
39 posts
Jul 14, 2015 · 5:31 pm

Thanks Ike.

I think you solution would have worked too. In forums –> wp Integration permalinks, there is an update button and I suppose when you click it, sp gets the value from site_url value in the wp_options table.

I had previously updated that to https://.

when I click on update, it remains correct.