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You may not be able to access your website right after the installation of a SSL certificate. The reason is that with the setup of your certificate a new (dedicated) IP is configured for your domain on the server. Such changes to the DNS settings require up to 24 hours to correctly propagate to all [...]

In order for your WildCard SSL certificate to work correctly with your subdomains some server-side modifications will need to be applied. In order for your WildCard certificate to be configured correctly you should open a ticket with TMDHosting support team so that they may further assist you on the matter.

As per our server configuration the SSL server type is: Apache Mod-SSL

A SSL certificate cannot be reconfigured for another domain once issued. A new certificate will have to be purchases for each domain it is needed for.

A private SSL will be issued and authorized for your domain only. This means that you will avoid the warnings and pop-us when visitors try to access your website using secured connection. The encryption to your content will be trusted and therefore your visitors will be more confident of the security of their data. The [...]

The SSL certificate remains yours (authorized for your domain) until the certificate expiration date.

The ordinary private SSL can be installed only for one domain or subdomain. If you would like to have SSL for your primary domain and all its subdomains you should purchase the WildCard SSL.

If a an approval mail for the issuing of your TMDhosting SSL certificate has to be resent you should open a ticket with our Technical Support team as they will be able to further assist you on your request.

If you would like to have your .rsa and .csa files provided you will need to open a ticket with TMDHosting support team via your client area. Be aware that the certificate files may be provided to you however they cannot be used for the transfer of your SSL as the certificates we offer are [...]

The SSL certificate is not included with the price for your hosting account. You will have to purchase your SSL additionally via your client area > Order > Extra services > Security and SSL.

You cannot use the SSL configured for your primary domain for your addon domains. The reason is SSL certificates are issued/configured for a certain domain and cannot be applied to others.

You may not be able to access your website right after the installation of a SSL certificate. The reason is that with the setup of your certificate a new (dedicated) IP is configured for your domain on the server. Such changes to the DNS settings require up to 24 hours to correctly propagate to all [...]

If you are using TMDhosting Standard SSL certificate it is configured to work with both yourdomain.com and www.yourdomain.com.

The setup of an SSL certificate for your domain requires the configuration of a dedicated IP for your account. Such changes to your DNS settings require up to 24 hours to correctly propagate.

TMDHosting offers the following types of SSL certificates: 1)    256bit Alpha SSL  – A standard private SSL certificate installed per domain. 2)    Wildcard SSL certificate by Alpha SSL – Wildcard SSL is used for encryption of the data related to all your subdomains 3)    EV SSL You can check them here: http://www.tmdhosting.com/ssl-certificates.html

If you have purchased a SSL certificate via third-party company and you would like to have it installed on TMDhosting server you can request this service via your client area > Order > Extra services > Security and SSL > SSL Installation + Dedicated IP (does not include the certificate).

You can purchase a SSL certificate and it will be installed for you successfully no matter with whom your domain is registered with. Your domain, however, needs to be pointed correctly to TMDhosting server your account is hosted at.

You can see the prices of the certificates TMDhosting offers here: http://www.tmdhosting.com/ssl-certificates.html If you are already using our services you can review the SSL certificates also via your client area > Order > Extra Services > Security and SSL.

A private SSL will be issued and authorized for your domain only. This means that you will avoid the warnings and pop-us when visitors try to access your website using secured connection. The encryption to your content will be trusted and therefore your visitors will be more confident of the security of their data. The [...]

To force a the usage of secure connection for your website you should place the following rule in your website root directory .htaccess file: RewriteEngine On RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on RewriteRule .* https://yourdomain.com/%{REQUEST_URI} [R,L] or RewriteEngine On RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} 80 RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://www.example.com/$1 [R,L]

To configure your CubeCart website to work with your private SSL you should: 1)    Log into the admin side of your store. 2)    Click the General Settings link under the Store Config Section 3)    Scroll down to Directories & Folders section Root SECURE Public HTML Folder to store: the folder where your script is installed [...]

Unfortunately SSL certificates TMDHosting offer cannot be transferred to another hosts as they issued and approved for TMDhosting servers only.

To have a transfer of SSL certificate from your previous host you will have to request an installation of a 3rd party certificate via your client area > Order > Extra Services > Security and SSL > SSL Installation + Dedicated IP (does not include the certificate).

If a CSR has to be generated you can request that via opening a ticket with TMDHosting support staff via your client area.

The SSL certificated is issued for one year. After the expiration you should simply purchase another one and we shall gladly renew it for you.

To order a SSL certificate with TMDhosting you should access your client area > Order tab > Extra services > Security and SSL. You should choose the certificate you would like your website to use.

To configure your Joomla admin area to be accessed via secure connection (SSL) you should edit the following files: [Path to your Joomla]/administrator/index.php You should find the following line: define( ‘_VALID_MOS’, 1); and add the below code below it: //Redirect to https if accessed over http (except when running locally) if ($_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'] != “localhost”) { [...]

To configure your PrestaShop website to work with your SSL certificate you should simply login to your PrestaShop admin panel and open the Preferences page. There you will be able to find the Enable SSL option and select “Yes” radio button.

To configure your website to work with your SSL certificate you should login to your OpenCart admin area and open System tab > Settings. In the page that opens find Use SSL option and select “Yes” radio button.

To configure your TomatoCart website to work with your SSL certificate you should apply the below changes to your script configuration file (situated in the root  directory of your TomatoCart installation under configure.php ): define(‘HTTP_SERVER’, ‘http://www.yourdomain.com’); define(‘HTTPS_SERVER’, ‘https://www.yourdomain.com’); define(‘ENABLE_SSL’, true); define(‘HTTP_COOKIE_DOMAIN’, ‘www.yourdomain.com’); define(‘HTTPS_COOKIE_DOMAIN’, ‘www.yourdomain.com’);

To configure your Magento website to work with your SSL certificate you should simply login to your Magento admin panel. Open System tab > Configuration > Web. Under the Secure section you need to set Base URL field to: https://yourdomain.com You should make sure to leave the other fields untouched except enabling: Use Secure URLs [...]

To configure your osCommerce website to work with your SSL certificate you should edit the configuration file (located public_html/includes/configure.php) applying the below settings: define(‘HTTP_SERVER’, ‘http://yourdomain.com’); define(‘HTTPS_SERVER’, ‘https://yourdomain.com’); define(‘ENABLE_SSL’, true); // define(‘HTTP_COOKIE_DOMAIN’, ‘yourdomain.com’); define(‘HTTPS_COOKIE_DOMAIN’, ‘yourdomain.com’); define(‘HTTP_COOKIE_PATH’, ‘/’); define(‘HTTPS_COOKIE_PATH’, ‘/’); define(‘DIR_WS_HTTP_CATALOG’, ‘/’); define(‘DIR_WS_HTTPS_CATALOG’, ‘/’); Be aware that respectfully similar changes will have to applied to to the [...]

To configure your CreLoaded to use your SSL certificate you should apply the below changes to the  configuration files located. The below scenario is if your CreLoaded is installed in your domain web-root (public_html) public_html/includes/configure.php define(‘HTTP_SERVER’, ‘http://yourdomain.com’); define(‘HTTPS_SERVER’, ‘https://yoursdomain.com’);   define(‘ENABLE_SSL’, true);    define(‘HTTP_COOKIE_DOMAIN’, ‘yourdomain.com’); define(‘HTTPS_COOKIE_DOMAIN’, ‘yourdomain.com’); // for keeping cookie separately define(‘HTTP_COOKIE_PATH’, ‘/’); define(‘HTTPS_COOKIE_PATH’, [...]

To configure your ZenCart to use your SSL certificate you should apply the below changes to the  configuration files located. public_html/includes/configure.php public_html/admin/includes/configure.php Your settings should look like this: define(‘HTTP_SERVER’, ‘http://yourdomain.com’); define(‘HTTPS_SERVER’, ‘https://yourdomain.com’); define(‘ENABLE_SSL’, true); In the above case ZenCart is installed in the domain web-root (public_html).

To configure your CSCart to your with your SSL certificate you should: 1)    Login to your CSCart admin area 2)    Go to Administration > Settings 3)    Check the below boxes under General settings: – Enable secure connection in checkout – Enable secure connection in administrator area – Enable secure connection for authentication, profile and orders [...]

To configure VirtueMart to use HTTPS protocol/secure connection with your private SSL you should: 1)    Login to your VirtueMart website using your admin account credentials. 2)    Open your admin area via the Admin link in the menu on the left 3)    Open the Admin drop-down menu in your admin area top menu and select Configuration [...]

If you are using a private SSL certificate provided by TMDHosting you can use the seal you can find here. The seal is provided as an HTML code which you can configure per your needs and place anywhere within your website.

To fix this warning you should make sure that all content within your website are configured to use your SSL certificate. If your website is build with CMS script you should configure all your internal links to use HTTPS connection. In case your website is static you should make sure all your content (media, external [...]

All your website related files and content is stored in your domain web-root (with TMDHosting servers this is the public_html directory). For your files to be accessed using HTTPS you should upload them in your public_html directory.

To remove the pop-up warning window when using shared SSL for your SSL/TLS connection to use TMDHosting mailservice you can follow these instructions. 1)    You should setup your mail client to use the correct mail servers. With TMDhosting you will use the hostname of the TMDhosting server your account is hosted on (You can find [...]

If you are receiving this warning after the SSL certificate for the domain is correctly set up the reason is that your website contains both elements that are secured and non-secured. Non-secured elements may be: 1)    Content of your website that are configured with HTTP protocol URL’s 2)    Third-party content (URL’s) within your website that [...]

If you are receiving such an error  when accessing your website using secured connection the reasons may the following: 1)    You are using a using a Shared/Free SSL (self-assigned) 2)    Your website has a private SSL certificate that is missing CA (Certificate Authority) certificate or is using incorrect such. If the cause is the first [...]

As SSL certifcates are installed per domain/hostname if you would like to be able to access a number of subdomains using secure connection you will have to use Wildcard SSL. Wildcard SSL as derived from the name is configired for *.yourdomain.com meaning  for all subdomains you create for your account. If you have purchased an [...]

You will receive such an error if you are trying to access your cPanel/Webmail via secured connection. The reason is that cPanel/Webmail are configured to use the shared SSL installed for the server which is self-assigned. You can safely disregard this warning as there is no actual security threat. If you would like to access [...]

It is normal for your website loading time to increase when being accessed using HTTPS. The reason is that the connection is being encrypted/decrypted on both the client and server end.

The private SSL certficates provided by TMDHosting are approved by a CA (Certificate Authority) certficate that all new browsers trust as valid.

You can use TMDhosting shared  SSL by accessing your account/webroot and configuring your website URL’s as: https://serverhostname/~username/ Where serverhostname is the hostname of the shared server your account is hosted on and username is your cPanel/account username. You can find that information in the Welcome email sent on the registration of your account or via [...]

The shared SSL is installed globally on TMDHosting servers and is conifgured for the shared server hostname and can be used  by all clients. However as the certificate is self-assigned your browser will consider it as a security issue and will ask visitors  for an approval to visit a page using security protocols. The private [...]

It is pretty easy to backup your SMF forum. The process requires both the files and the database to be saved. The first part is the MySQL database. This can be done with the “Backup Database” option in the Administration Center of your SMF forum Admin > Forum Maintenance tab. Make sure you save both [...]

The regular Joomla distribution has a .htaccess file with rewrite rules which are required from the CMS SEF function to work with Apache mod_rewrite. However it will not provide the basic security rewrite rules you may want to add to your protect the script functions. In order to prevent large number of know hacks for [...]

You can accept credit card payments on your website hosted on our web servers, however we do not provide merchant account services, so you will need to contact a companies like PayPal, 2Checkout, Worldpay or Authorize.net to setup a merchant account on your website which will allow you to accept credit card payments online without [...]

There are two main reasons why it is best for you to use an SSL certificate: 1. To create the sense of trust and confidence among your Customers. 2. To offer protection of the sensitive data which is transmitted trough your order pages, such as contact and credit cards information.

The Alpha SSL Wildcard certificate is recommended for websites that need multiple subdomain protection. Such protection is usually needed by big corporate websites, which are divided into subdomains dedicated to different areas of the business. Wildcard Alpha SSL protects unlimited subdomains including www.domain.com. Here you can check out our SSL offers: http://www.tmdhosting.com/ssl-certificates.html

Our shared hosting packages offer highly secured connection with a shared SSL certificate. If you want to have a private SSL Certificate, you can easily order it through your Customer Area. Its benefit is that your visitors will avoid any security warnings and pop-ups, shown by their browsers. You can order a Private SSL certificate [...]

The Shared SSL certificate is issued for the server on which your domain and account are hosted. It’s a self signed certificate which is configured to be used from all users on the servers. However, due the fact it’s not matching the customers’ domain names, a popup warning shows up when this SSL is used. [...]

How to use the free shared SSL? In order to use the server’s shared SSL, please configure your scripts via this address: https://servername.com/~username * You can find your server name by logging in your Customer’s area and going to My Domains -> click on the green arrow in the right. Your server name is contained [...]

SSL stands for Secure Socket Layer. To put it simply, when an Internet Browser connects to a website using SSL, uploaded in the Internet, the transfer of data between the browser and the server is encrypted. It is encrypted so that no one, who is possibly intercepting the data transfer between the two, can read [...]

The SSL itself covers the entire account under the domain name it’s issued for. However, if your website contains remote resources, such as banners, adsense ads or links to other websites, which are not starting with https, Internet explorer and other browsers may show a warning which states that your website contains both secure and [...]

Once you order the Private SSL certificate and clarify some details with our tech team about its set-up, it would take up to 24 hours to have the SSL installed. When the installation is completed you will receive an e-mail and ticket confirmation that you have your private SSL certificate fully set up. If you [...]

You should edit the links to these pages to be pointed to: https://yourdomain.com This may involve modifications of your website files which on the other hand will require development work. If the website is dynamic php/MySQL based one, you should contact our technical support by posting a ticket. They will review the website and will [...]

First you need to order SSL + Dedicated IP installation through your Client area of your account –> Order Extras –> Product Addons. Then you need to submit a support ticket providing information about your private SSL. Thus, our techs can handle the transfer and set-up of the SSL for your site here with us.

Sure you can use your own SSL Certificate on your TMDHosting account even through it’s purchased at another company, . You need to order the service called “Dedicated IP + installation of your SSL certificate” through the Client area of your account –> Order Extras –> Product Addons. Upon your request, our technicians will trasnfer [...]

In order to upgrade from one Private SSL to another, you would need to purchase the new SSL. Then our support team will replace the old SSL with your new one. Your first SSL certificate remains your property and you would be able to use it for another online project of yours. Please note that [...]