Brad Posted March 19, 2017 Group: Admin Topic Count: 13,332 Content Count: 97,090 Reputation: 10,859 Days Won: 469 Joined: 05/19/2000 Share Posted March 19, 2017 Hello, yesterday we moved to better secure the site with SSL for login and other options. Google is beginning to treat non-SSL sites differently and popping up warnings on their browser. Soon,I am going to have the whole site on SSL which means current linked images will not show after the change - since they're not secure. When this happens, don't panic, it will only be for images linked before change. Thanks, Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bull-Hornz Posted March 19, 2017 Group: Member Topic Count: 78 Content Count: 1,978 Reputation: 333 Days Won: 7 Joined: 04/19/2007 Share Posted March 19, 2017 Sounds good Brad. I am a little confused though, are you saying that any externally linked images will also need to be https? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted March 19, 2017 Group: Admin Topic Count: 13,332 Content Count: 97,090 Reputation: 10,859 Days Won: 469 Joined: 05/19/2000 Author Share Posted March 19, 2017 The way I understand how the board can handle this is that any currently linked external images will no longer show. That's probably not ideal, but ok. Future linked images through the "Insert other media/Insert image from URL" functionality will go through a process to save and link through the site so those images will work and be secure. I know you know your stuff, does that sound alright? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charsibb Posted March 19, 2017 Group: Member Topic Count: 653 Content Count: 31,049 Reputation: 2,487 Days Won: 172 Joined: 08/30/2011 Share Posted March 19, 2017 sounds like all the old "girls of xyz" pages will have to be rebuilt from scratch. Oh, the horror! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted March 19, 2017 Group: Admin Topic Count: 13,332 Content Count: 97,090 Reputation: 10,859 Days Won: 469 Joined: 05/19/2000 Author Share Posted March 19, 2017 2 minutes ago, charsibb said: sounds like all the old "girls of xyz" pages will have to be rebuilt from scratch. Oh, the horror! I thought about that and was kind of happy that I can rest easy Google isn't going to castrate our funding. On the other hand, threads "of that genre" need updating anyway! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bull-Hornz Posted March 21, 2017 Group: Member Topic Count: 78 Content Count: 1,978 Reputation: 333 Days Won: 7 Joined: 04/19/2007 Share Posted March 21, 2017 On 3/19/2017 at 4:15 PM, Brad said: The way I understand how the board can handle this is that any currently linked external images will no longer show. That's probably not ideal, but ok. Future linked images through the "Insert other media/Insert image from URL" functionality will go through a process to save and link through the site so those images will work and be secure. I know you know your stuff, does that sound alright? Yeah. I didn't think the current site made a local copy of external images but sounds like it should be fine :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeroBullChip Posted March 28, 2017 Group: Member Topic Count: 597 Content Count: 6,557 Reputation: 92 Days Won: 3 Joined: 12/23/2001 Share Posted March 28, 2017 Browsers like to complain when there is mixed security. A link on a page to an image will work, the embedded non-SSL will make browsers complain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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