SSL setup

[gus58]

Anyone know how to set up an ssl area on a website? I'm trying to set up a secure auction website and am looking at using for the registered ssl, any suggestions welcome

[crypto7]

The only difference between an ssl page and clear page is the ssl wrapper.
Setting up SSL will depend on the web server in use.
You will need and SSL Certificate. This can be self signed, free, but means clients cant verify your certificate and will get ssl warnings; not good for production use. In most cases you need to create an SSL Signing request (CSR). This is done from the web server you are using for your site. The importent thing is to get the host name right as that is the first check for the certificate. You then send the signing request to a CA that will sign it for you (for a fee). The reply from the signing request is then imported into your web server... make sure the port 443 (standard port) is setup to deal with the ssl requests and it should work.

Note: Once the ssl is in place the webpage creation etc is the same as before.

If you are using a web hosting service, you will need to find out how they can support you. If you are doing it on your own server, search for the how to for that web server.

[toor]

You can start off by telling us what control panel the host is using, cpanel or plesk or something else?