Question about SSL

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Hi,


I've set a page in my site to be https. This seems to work fine. The
question I have is, after browsing to this page - either from an
explicit link in the site or from the nav bar, all other pages browsed
to w/n the site show as https instead of http. Since most browsers are
configured to show some kind of warning or notice when browsing to
https, I'd prefer this not happen for the pages that don't need https.
Is this normal behavior and/or can it be corrected? The site is
test.berninafourcorners.com. The only page that SHOULD be https is the
class registration page- linked to from the Classes page. None of the
other pages need HTTPS. According to what I've read in the MS
knowledgebase, I think I've setup the page to use https correctly but
I'd appreciate any thoughts on how to correct.

Thanks
 
Hi Ron,

The problem is, the links are contained in a navigation bar - using the
FP Nav component. I could explicitly declare the links to the pages
using add page in nav view like I did for the class registration link
but, that seems like a kludgy way to do things... I guess that's one of
the downsides to using the FP nav component.
 
Easier to build your own navigation bar.
Open the page in Notepad, then remove any references to shared borders
or include pages that contain navigation. If using a DWT, detach the
DWT.
Remove the FP webbot comments around the navigation, then amend the
links to http://blah... Any graphic buttons will still use those
generated by FP.
Obviously, the resulting navigation on this page will have the same
look and feel as all other pages, but the navigation bar links will
not be updated as pages are added, removed or moved.
I prefer to maintain my own navigation in include pages.
 
PS - after editing in Notepad, run Tools->Recalculate Hyperlinks to
reset the meta data for the page.
 
Hi Ron,

I appreciate your advice on this. What I'm really trying to protect by
using SSL on the class registration page, is the form submission itself.
The client decided - after I'd built the page and site structure - she
wanted customers to submit credit card information when the registered
for classes. Is there anyway to protect just the form submission? I
tried making the results file an explicitly declared https but it kept
telling me it was an invalid URL. If not, I guess I can rebuild just
the menu for this page as you've suggested.
 
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