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Awesome Donkey:
I didn't know where to post this, so I'll post it here for now.
For the fun of it, I've been testing this morning using the forums with its HTTPS address. For the most part, it's actually working pretty good, but I do notice a couple issues...
1. I can't set a HTTPS link for my avatar. I try to change my avatar's URL address from http://i.imgur.com/7u4jHqt.png to https://i.imgur.com/7u4jHqt.png (which is a valid link) causes the forum to reset to using no avatar at all. Reverting back to the HTTP link works. This is a known issue with SMF, which can be worked around: https://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=551556.0 and http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=541642.0
2. The mixed content warnings. This is the big one, but it can be worked around as well. For SMF 2.0 an image proxy can be used. Or you guys can wait for SMF 2.1, which will support this built-in (when this is released as stable, is anyone's guess).
If those two issues are worked around, you can actually force enable HTTPS as the default for the forums.
The main site? IMO, I've done some testing there and everything looks good. You guys *could* force enable HTTPS on the main site already!
bob:
--- Quote from: Awesome Donkey on May 09, 2017, 07:56:50 am ---I didn't know where to post this, so I'll post it here for now.
For the fun of it, I've been testing this morning using the forums with its HTTPS address. For the most part, it's actually working pretty good, but I do notice a couple issues...
1. I can't set a HTTPS link for my avatar. I try to change my avatar's URL address from http://i.imgur.com/7u4jHqt.png to https://i.imgur.com/7u4jHqt.png (which is a valid link) causes the forum to reset to using no avatar at all. Reverting back to the HTTP link works. This is a known issue with SMF, which can be worked around: https://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=551556.0 and http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=541642.0
2. The mixed content warnings. This is the big one, but it can be worked around as well. For SMF 2.0 an image proxy can be used. Or you guys can wait for SMF 2.1, which will support this built-in (when this is released as stable, is anyone's guess).
If those two issues are worked around, you can actually force enable HTTPS as the default for the forums.
The main site? IMO, I've done some testing there and everything looks good. You guys *could* force enable HTTPS on the main site already!
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Thanks for testing it. I'll probably do this soon. I noticed the mixed content stuff from the avatars, the image proxy seems like a reasonable solution.
Awesome Donkey:
Another 'issue" I've noticed in Mozilla Firefox and Microsoft Edge (Google Chrome and Vivaldi is fine) is when I changed my bookmarks to the front page and the forums to HTTPS, it changed the favicons to a more brighter/vibrant version of the MC logo. It's strange, as for a while now I've noticed the favicons would randomly change in both of those browsers, but would revert back to the 'normal' favicon (which it didn't after changing the links to HTTPS). Hopefully there isn't two clashing favicons there.
Normal (Chrome, Vivaldi):
Strange (Firefox, Edge):
Basically they're inconsistent, when they should be consistent (in my opinion). It only affects the favicons for bookmarks, not the favicon in the tab (which appears normal).
Strange, huh?
glynor:
For the record, I've been using HTTPS on Interact for more than a year. No substantial issues other than the mixed content issue (which Firefox doesn't make too much noise about so I ignore it).
Hendrik:
I switched all my bookmarks to HTTPS a while ago as well, and as glynor the only issue that comes up is mixed content occasionally - and Chrome also doesn't make much noise about that, other then forgoing the green lock in the address bar.
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