Board Optimization - JD - Use SSL in Admincp only

This is a step-by-step guide on how to enable SSL within the Admincp ONLY, so you can use http:// troughout the whole board, but enable https:// usage when you're in the admincp.


Find in /includes/functions.php:

PHP Code:

$url = normalize_path($url); 


Add after (on a new line!):

PHP Code:

$url = (strpos($url, '/admincp') === true ? str_replace('http://', 'https://', $url) : $url); 


Find in/includes/adminfunctions.php:

PHP Code:

var AJAXBASEURL = \"" . VB_URL_BASE_PATH . "../\"; 


Replace with:

PHP Code:

var AJAXBASEURL = \"" . str_replace('http://', 'https://', VB_URL_BASE_PATH) . "../\"; 


Find in /admincp/index.php:

PHP Code:

$versionhost = REQ_PROTOCOL . '://version.vbulletin.com'; 


Replace with:

PHP Code:

$versionhost = '//version.vbulletin.com'; 


Find in /admincp/index.php:

PHP Code:

<form action="http://www.ph' . 'p.net 


Replace with:

PHP Code:

<form action="https://www.ph' . 'p.net 


Find in /admincp/index.php:

PHP Code:

<form action="http://www.mysql.com/ 


Replace with:

PHP Code:

<form action="https://www.mysql.com/ 


That's all, I hope you'll enjoy this little tweak as much as I do myself.

[Brakedirt]

Is there a way to do it for registration and login only?

[ekempter]

Originally Posted by Brakedirt

Is there a way to do it for registration and login only?

Skip this mod and turn on SSL for the entire site.

[Brakedirt]

Originally Posted by ekempter

Skip this mod and turn on SSL for the entire site.

When you use SSL on your forum, and somebody embeds an image from a non-ssl host, lots of browsers will give you a warning and say the website is unsafe ...
and then I need another addon....