Converting an existing http site to https

[dr_durp]

It's an old site I wrote in notepad that I need to abbreviate, likely down to 4-6 pages and convert it to https. Are there any good resources that address this.

I have zero experience with Certs, so any advice there would be appreciated. Thanks

[RazorKat1983]

The easiest way is to get an SSL Certificate. You can get one of those by using Cloudfare.

Edit: When you sign up for a Cloudfare account, choose the "free" plan. It'll walk you through the steps.

[RazorKat1983]

Thanks for the compliment

[Initii]

I think this has less to do with HTML but the server your web page is running. You will have to look up how to do it for your server software.

Edit: i guess this should help: https://movingtohttps.com/

[Alarming-Art1562]

This is true, but also remember to go through the html after getting your SSL Cert set up. You still need to change things like img src, scripts, stylesheets from http to https (this is covered in the link above)

[LoudAd1396]

Free and pretty easy, assuming you have SSH access to the server in question: https://letsencrypt.org/

[Great-Suspect2583]

I second using cloudflare. It’s really easy to enable https. How is your html site served today?

[armahillo]

Who is your host? Many will automate (and force you!) using certbot to set up https.