robseo

Definitely! I don’t think it had to do with images, but with the SSL settings needed to run a secure shopping cart page with a CDN.

When using cloudflare you’re given 3 options for using SSL. Those options are Flexible, Full & Strict.

Here’s the instruction from their page, when logged in…

What SSL setting should I use?

CloudFlare offers three SSL settings. Below is a description of each. We recommend enabling the Full SSL (Strict) setting.

Flexible SSL: There is an encrypted connection between your website visitors and CloudFlare, but not from CloudFlare to your server.

• You do not need an SSL certificate on your server
• Visitors will see the SSL lock icon in their browser

Full SSL: Encrypts the connection between your website visitors and CloudFlare, and from CloudFlare to your server. The difference between Full and Full (Strict) is that Full (Strict) checks for a valid certificate on your origin server, whereas Full checks for any certificate.

• You will need to have an SSL certificate on your server. However, CloudFlare will not attempt to validate the certificate (certificates may be self-signed)
• Visitors will see the SSL lock icon in their browser

Full SSL (strict): Encrypts the connection between your website visitors and CloudFlare, and from CloudFlare to your server.

• You will need to have a valid SSL certificate installed on your server, and the certificate must be signed by a trusted certificate authority and have not expired
• Visitors will see the SSL lock icon in their browser

I was on the flexible to begin with, which I found to have caused this issue.

After talking with everyone and their mother, I ended up doing a test on tools.pingdom.com which showed the checkout page was trying to get through cloudflare… so I decided to play around with the settings there.

I put my nameservers back to default (removed from cloudflare) and this solved the redirect issue I was having. After looking at the details above and this image: https://www.cloudflare.com/a/static/images/ssl/ssl.png, I tried the Full Strict SSL, reset nameservers to point to cloudflare and it works.

While https creates a slightly longer load time due to extra handshake requirements, the speed gained from using a CDN outweighs the speed lost from those extra handshakes, so, I put the whole site in https & now everything is working perfectly!

Thanks again Mike.

OMG!!!! WARNING TO ANYONE USING CLOUDFLARE, or ANY OTHER CDN… DO Not use the flexible SSL. I just switched to Strict SSL on cloudflare and surprise surprise, this whole day of banging my head on the desk was for a few clicks.

I know this falls under cloudflare setup, but happy to document this experience for anyone who may be looking to go down the road I’ve just been down.

Thanks again Mike!

Cheers,

Rob Kafka

Just got off with Bluehost and they don’t use ssl proxy. Also, I’ve deactivated all other plugins and the problem persists.

Where can I send a login so someone on your team can take a look and see what’s making this happen?

Thanks again!

Rob

I LOVE WOOCOMMERCE!

It’s a free shopping cart plugin with premium upgrades available.

If you can’t afford to wait for free support, be ready to pay for that “urgency” you “think” you have.

I have a few of the premium upgrades and have found Woo to be the best option when building a wordpress site with monetary transactions.

Way to go Mike! Keep up the great work!

This page https://www.myprsite.com/product/unlimited-press-releases/ is a variable subscription, with Really Simple SSL on, there is no button to add to cart.

While this page, a variable product, has the button, but won’t add due to Please choose product options message.

Thanks again for the help…

not sure where to go from here, feels like I’m walking in circles towards breaking the whole site.

Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!

I added the plugin Really Simple SSL

But when trying to add products to cart, it says.

“Please choose product options…”

While the options are selected.

Tried choosing non-default options and got the same thing.

I deactivated Really Simple SSL and was able to add products to cart, but then I got the checkout page stating no payment options are available.

Really, can I pay you?

This is killing me!

Thanks,

Rob

Ok. Thanks Mike.

How do I do that?

When I change the http to https on Settings > General it breaks the site.

Any help is greatly appreciated. I’ll be happy to pay to have this all sorted out. I’m a geek, but not well versed in converting to https.

Please advise.

FIXED – Found a plugin that was not compatible and breaking this. Better WordPress Minify is not compatible if you end up having the same issue I had.

Cheers,

Rob

I am also having this same issue…

All my slide fields are populated and no slider…

please see on Smooth.Reviews

any update for this… it’s happening on my site too…

https://www.petproplus.com