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External Links Blacklisted

Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2020 4:14 am
by aamfirdaus
Hi, Pablo and everyone.

I have an issue regarding web security. My website already has SSL certificate, and it is considered secure (with lock icon). However, https://quttera.com/ scanned my website, and they blacklisted 236 out of 246 external link in my website--most of them are due to it is listed as http:// instead of https://

I am sure I have generated the website with url https:// and I searched in the Global Placement, there is no page with url http://

Re: External Links Blacklisted

Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2020 6:52 am
by Pablo
WWB will not change your links, so they will be inserted "AS IS".
To be able to help you, I need to see what you have done.

Re: External Links Blacklisted

Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2020 4:28 pm
by BaconFries
When you installed the SSL certificate did you also use a .htaccess 301 redirect. What this will do is redirect all http to https if properly configured. It is possible that you are maybe linking to files externally that are within a iframe using http? Or linking to images that use the http? as this could explain the message.

Re: External Links Blacklisted

Posted: Fri Feb 07, 2020 3:23 am
by aamfirdaus
I put all images in the Images folder and it is placed in the server. Thus, it is not embedded from an external sources.

I think this is related to ht.access file. I tried to crsate one to redirect all pages to https, but eventually I cannot open the website pages except Home.

It could be that I wrote the wrong script in ht.access file.

Re: External Links Blacklisted

Posted: Fri Feb 07, 2020 7:05 am
by Pablo
I'm sorry, I cannot help you with the configuration of .htaccess, but maybe your web host can help you?

Re: External Links Blacklisted

Posted: Fri Feb 07, 2020 9:20 am
by aamfirdaus
It's all right, Pablo. Now that it narrows down the topic, I'm going to look for help from some friends who knows about it.

Thanks for your support, everyone :D

Re: External Links Blacklisted

Posted: Fri Feb 07, 2020 11:20 pm
by crispy68
@aamfirdaus,

Use the code below to add to your .htaccess file to have all http: links directed to https:

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RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]
I use this all the time on my websites and works great.