How to Switch Http to Https?

[JennyRose]

Hi everyone. Https is a must for every website nowadays.  i have a website http://www.lajerrio.com, For secure and better for Google. how to switch my site's http to https?

[jenkinhill]

Not really a VirtueMart question, as this should apply to every type of website.

I see that you already have an SSL certificate in place on your server, to install that is normally the first step.
Access your site using https:// and look at the generated code, checking for all occurences of http: links. Where they exist steps should be taken to ensure that https: is used instead, or browsers will issue warnings about mixed/insecure content.
Once that is fixed it is easy to force the site to use SSL. I do this through appropriate .htaccess code, rather than by the settings in Joomla and VM. I also prefer not to use the www. prefix, so if present in a request for the site this is removed.

The .htaccess code I use is:

# match any URL with www and rewrite it to https without the www
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(www\.)(.*) [NC]
RewriteRule (.*) https://%2%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]

# match urls that are non https (without the www)
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^(www\.)(.*) [NC]
RewriteRule (.*) https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]

[AH]

Totally agree with Jenkin

Do it in htaccess and ignore using joomla settigns

Here is what I am using

Rewrites everything to https
Then removes the www. - if present

#force https
RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} 80
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]

## remove www from urls
    RewriteCond %{HTTPS}s on(s)|
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.(.+)$ [NC]
    RewriteRule ^ http%2://%1%{REQUEST_URI} [R=301,L]