Items fail to add to cart in https ssl

[Stevejl321]

Regardless what option I use in configuration for items to be added to cart, while in https, items fail to add to cart after clicking on "ADD TO CART". I've had various experts investigate the issue and we came to the conclusion that it's a Virtuemart bug which needs to be researched and solved by the developers.

[AH]

http://forum.virtuemart.net/index.php?topic=79799.0

Virtuemart bug which needs to be researched and solved by the developers.

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[GJC Web Design]

Just to add - I manage several completely https VM2 sites and all run flawlessly.. not tested VM3 on https yet

[rage76]

I am on latest J3.6 / VM3.0.18

As soon as I enable SSL, the "Continue Shopping / Show Cart" fancybox stop showing and the add to cart stops working.

Please suggest the correct way to enable SSL on entire site without breaking it.

[GJC Web Design]

have u checked your JS console and network tabs of firebug to discover why?

[Jumbo!]

Can you share your site link?

[rage76]

Hello Jumbo

Here is my site link:

www.techsolute.com

I shall be grateful for your support.

[Studio 42]

I tested using https://www.techsolute.com/
And it work.
Simply use .htacces to force redirection to https and all should work. You don't need to force it in your Joomla back-end

[rage76]

Hello Studio42

This is what I added to .htaccess

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} OFF
RewriteRule (.*) https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI}

Plus, I changed the "live site url" to https:// in configuration.php & in Joomla global config, enabled "Force SSL"

Please correct me where I am wrong or what I need to change.

best wishes

[Studio 42]

Plus, I changed the "live site url" to https:// in configuration.php & in Joomla global config, enabled "Force SSL"

This is not needed, only the http to https rule in .htaccess

[rage76]

OK, I tried what you suggested and it seems to be working !! You are awesome Studio 42.

I hope this doesn't cause any other problems. Plus, Google product ads require HTTPS. I hope this would be acceptable to them!!

One more question, why are the URLs showing https://techsolute.com/.... instead of https://www.techsolute.com/....

[Studio 42]

Because you dont forced WWW in .htaccess, you can eg using :
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^techsolute.com [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://www.techsolute.com/$1 [L,R=301,NC]

[Milbo]

No one needs www anylonger, since years. I would also redirect any www to your domain. www is just a subdomain and has no technical background. In the 90s, there was the idea to indicate with www, that a http server runs in on that domain.

ofc besides other conspiracy theories

[rage76]

Hello again Studio 42

how do I keep the back end (admin) without SSL? Or is it advisable to have SSL enabled for admin too?

Also, should I "enable SSL for sensitive areas" option in Virtuemart? 

[GJC Web Design]

just use ssl every where with the htaccess snippet

"enable SSL for sensitive areas"  is not needed