Since the end of 2014, Google has announced that web sites displaying their entire web site over HTTPS and using valid SSL certificates will receive a slight boost in their search engine rankings over other sites that may not be using SSL. As such, WHC strongly recommends to deploy this configuration once you have purchased and installed an SSL certificate.
To force SSL on all your domain, you will need to create a file called .htaccess inside your public_html folder. If this file already exists, you will need to update it. You may create and update your files using the File Manager in your cPanel or any other file management tool of your choice (such as FTP). Add the following lines to your .htaccess file:
RewriteEngine OnRewriteCond %{HTTPS} offRewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(?:www\.)?(.*)$ [NC]RewriteRule (.*) https://%1%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]If you are using "www" in your domain address, please use this code instead:
RewriteEngine OnRewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
RewriteRule .* https://www.yourdomain.com/%{REQUEST_URI} [R,L]You will need to replace "yourdomain.com" by your actual domain name.
Please note that certain web applications, such as the Site Builder, Wordpress, Drupal, and Joomla require an update to their settings in order to force SSL across your entire domain. Please refer to each application's documentation for details, or contact our support team for assistance.
