Forum update this week - SSL

[Janet H]

This week you will see a small change in the address bar of your browser as we move to an all SSL platform. (more reading here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTPS)

For a long while now the forum login pages (where password info is passed) have been secure (httpS) but as noted by many, the rest of the site was not. We had delayed updating the entire site because there are thousands of links in posts to offsite images that are not https and those images might break (not display in posts). As those links recede in the rear-view mirror with the passage of time, we're hoping this will not be a major problem for forum readers. Look for the little lock icon in your browser address bar this week.

If you are an app user and run into trouble after the update, you may need to remove and reinstall the app.

[creativepart]

Finally!

When I owned forums I took this step in 2017. Andy decided to wait because he has a lot more forums. I only owned 9.

Next big step will be the huge software change to Xenforo. Again something we did in 2017. In fact the tech that did my conversion to XF now works for Andy. ( Hi, Michael)

This should be an easy change without a lot of issues. At least it “should” be....