[Solved] Bought a SSL for a subdomain by mistake - can I get it to work with prestashop 1.4?

[50cent]

Hey all,

Our site is hosted on a shared server, and I just got a shared SSL cert for it.
Our site is http://www.happylaptops.co.uk which is where prestashop is installed.

However, I have somehow purchased the SSL cert for http://secure.happylaptops.co.uk.'>http://secure.happylaptops.co.uk.

There is a virtual host set up that points http://secure.happylaptops.co.uk to the root folder where prestashop is.


Is there any way to get prestashop to work with this subdomain SSL that I have bought?

My webhosts refuse to change the cert over to the main url for me.

Thanks in advance guys

[Roberto125]

Good evening 50cent,

please make a test here: https://www.networking4all.com/en/support/tools/site+check/

and tell us what you see.

From which Certificate Authority do you have this SSL certificate ? From VeriSign, GlobalSign, Thawte, GeoTrust ?

Best regards,

[50cent]

Hi, thanks for your reply.

I tested using your site for http://secure.happylaptops.co.uk where our SSL is installed and this was returned:

* - SSL Certificate is not expired
* - Site is listed in the certificate
* - Organisation details are listed
* - Encryption strength is at least 1024-bit
* - Signature Algorithm is strong
* - Accepting low encryption cipher suites
* - No connection upgrade to 128-bit for old browsers
* - No Extended Validation on company details
* - No Debian weak key present
* - Known security issues present for this Certificate Authority

The SSL is from commodo.

So it does seem to be working for the above subdomain, but there isn't a SSL for the root http://www.happylaptops.co.uk and my hosting provider tell me they can't switch the SSL cert over.

Do you think I can get this to work with Prestashop, does the fact the SSL is for the subdomain mean i won't be able to get it to work with prestashop?

Thanks again

[50cent]

UPDATE:

I have added 'secure' as a subdomain of our site from within prestashop: admin>tools>subdomain

And now it almost works!

When you go to checkout the site automatically redirects you to https://secure.happylaptops.co.uk and the SSL is working.

However...

It seems either cookies / session info is not available since items in the shopping cart disappear and you can't log into your account on the front end.

So now, I need to know how to rectify this problem?

So see the error, go to http://www.happylaptops.co.uk add something to the basket then click 'view' or 'checkout' and you will see the item vanishes from the basket.

Can anyone help?

Many thanks

[50cent]

I'm going to start a new thread and close this one since the problem has now changed somewhat.
Cheers

[Roberto125]

Hello 50cent,

could you please tell me what are your subdomains?

The Certificate Authorities we offer are:

-GlobalSign
-VeriSign
-Thawte
-GeoTrust
-RapidSSL

https://www.networking4all.com/en/ssl+certificates/

[Roberto125]

To know more about Networking4all and the SSL technology in general:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRoenMHx6LQ&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBgbnl9aNPk

Other videos:
https://www.networking4all.com/en/home/
https://www.networking4all.com/en/ssl+certificates/
https://www.networking4all.com/en/domain+names/
https://www.networking4all.com/en/hosting/
https://www.networking4all.com/en/resellers/