{"id":8736,"date":"2017-03-13T15:59:23","date_gmt":"2017-03-13T19:59:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/referencement-pme.ca\/tutorial-how-to-switch-your-website-to-https\/"},"modified":"2025-08-05T16:52:46","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T20:52:46","slug":"tutorial-how-to-switch-your-website-to-https","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/referencement-pme.ca\/en\/tutorial-how-to-switch-your-website-to-https\/","title":{"rendered":"Tutorial: How to Switch Your Website to HTTPS&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote class=\"alignleft\"><p>Google has been communicating clearly for 3 years now about the transition to Https, it would favor sites that follow this &#8220;new standard&#8221; in organic results&#8230;  <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>But first of all, what is this &#8220;https&#8221;?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It is a <strong>secure protocol for encrypting the site&#8217;s data<\/strong> that travels to the server. It prevents the recovery by a third party, of data that passes through via wifi for example <\/p>\n<p>More of an incentive than a tangible reality, we have seen for a few months that half of the sites on the front page have migrated&#8230; What is sure is that it will <a href=\"https:\/\/security.googleblog.com\/2016\/09\/moving-towards-more-secure-web.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mention in the results<\/a> the unsecured sites.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6038\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6038\" class=\"wp-image-6038 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/referencement-pme.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/non-s%C3%A9curis%C3%A9-300x146.png\" alt=\"Unsecured site\" width=\"300\" height=\"146\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-6038\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Unsecured sites will be marked with red<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been thinking about <strong>making a standardized migration offer<\/strong> for a long time, but I had to rationalize the different operations that I ensure the total security of this work considering the impact on the positions in the S.E.R.P.<\/p>\n<p>In reality, if I was late in going, it&#8217;s because as a good <a href=\"https:\/\/referencement-pme.ca\/en\/\">SEO webmaster<\/a> , prudence commanded me not to play the &#8220;sorcerer&#8217;s apprentice&#8221;, a reproach that I sometimes make to my clients when they are going to play in the sensitive files or <a href=\"https:\/\/referencement-pme.ca\/en\/setting-up-wordpress-for-seo\/\">configurations<\/a> of their site. I needed a little experience before claiming to offer it to you 100% risk-free. <\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s now done, I&#8217;ve migrated my site and God knows I won&#8217;t take any risks with my <a href=\"https:\/\/referencement-pme.ca\/en\/backlinks-and-inbound-links\/\">visibility on the Web<\/a> .<\/p>\n<p>Anyway.<\/p>\n<p>In a while, &#8211; but maybe much sooner \ud83d\ude42 &#8211; every website<strong> will be secured<\/strong> by SSL\/TLS certificate and that&#8217;s a very good thing. If you don&#8217;t make the <em>move<\/em> to Https now, you&#8217;re falling behind. <\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6029\" style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6029\" class=\"wp-image-6029 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/referencement-pme.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/https.jpg\" alt=\"Migrate to https\" width=\"605\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/referencement-pme.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/https.jpg 605w, https:\/\/referencement-pme.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/https-300x172.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 605px) 100vw, 605px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-6029\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">See the little green padlock at the top<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>4 reasons to migrate your website to Https:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>SSL\/TLS security<\/strong> protects your website data and visitors. It encrypts data transferred over the web, such as form submissions and credit card transactions. <\/li>\n<li><strong>SEO,<\/strong> Google regularly communicates on the <em>push<\/em> that this would bring to the positioning (not proven I have already said it).<\/li>\n<li><strong>E-commerce<\/strong> \u2014If you transact on your website, installing the certificate is no longer a negotiable option. E-commerce and membership sites. <\/li>\n<li><strong>Affordable<\/strong> \u2014 In the past, security certificates were very expensive, but hosting providers faced with competition have put themselves within the reach of landlords and made it convenient and affordable. (Shop around anyway) <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>But here&#8217;s the deal&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Even if we have understood that &#8220;it&#8217;s just a game of redirecting&#8221; from the &#8220;old version&#8221; to the new one, it is legitimate to wonder where to <strong>start. <\/strong>And how to do it without endangering or even ruining the SEO work done&#8230; In particular hard-won positions.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6052 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/referencement-pme.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/hebergement-securise-1.png\" alt=\"https\" width=\"652\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/referencement-pme.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/hebergement-securise-1.png 652w, https:\/\/referencement-pme.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/hebergement-securise-1-300x138.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 652px) 100vw, 652px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>It is indeed a new site!<\/h2>\n<p>As the URL changes from <strong>http<\/strong>:\/\/mon-chouette-site-web.com to <strong>https:<\/strong>mon-chouette-site-web.com the web portal is identified by search engines as a new entity.<\/p>\n<p>The proof is that when the certificate is installed and the work is poorly done, the two versions are displayed online in unhealthy competition, especially since their content is perfectly identical.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, the https version will only be under the Google<em> console<\/em> and <em>analytic<\/em> watch when you have declared and validated this new property.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s why <strong>I&#8217;m offering you this tutorial on how to securely migrate your site to https<\/strong>, using a streamlined method, from purchasing the certificate from your hosting provider to indexing the new site by Google.<\/p>\n<h2>A tutorial for a tricky migration<\/h2>\n<p>Most owners don&#8217;t know how to approach the migration and in what order to operate and are scared (with good reason), because the implications of a failed migration can be costly and the risk of losing acquired positions is very real.<\/p>\n<h3>Prerequisites<\/h3>\n<p>Have on hand<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Your FTP and cPanel access codes to your site, check that you have access to both before you begin.<br \/>\nI take this opportunity to remind you that it is not a good idea to change the password of the cPanel, on the contrary it is better to have a nice long list of complex signs to decipher.<\/li>\n<li>Your<strong> Google account codes<\/strong> in order to validate your work at the end of the operation.<\/li>\n<li>Software to access your <a href=\"https:\/\/filezilla-project.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FileZilla<\/a>, Fetch or other server<\/li>\n<li>And <a href=\"https:\/\/interconnectit.com\/products\/search-and-replace-for-wordpress-databases\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Search and Replace DB<\/a> software (but there are others)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Under WordPress<\/strong> many extensions that avoid the use of this software ( <a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wordpress.org\/plugins\/better-search-replace\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">better search and replace<\/a>) . If you make your <strong>backups<\/strong> with the &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/fr-ca.wordpress.org\/plugins\/updraftplus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">updraft plus<\/a>&#8221; plugin, an advanced tools module will provide the same service more simply. <\/p>\n<h3>A back-up, or nothing<\/h3>\n<p>Start by making a complete backup (even if you can make do with the database) of the site via cPanel to ensure a return in case of  <em>crash.<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>Purchase of the security certificate<\/h2>\n<p>Certificates can be bought from hosting providers, there are all kinds of them and at any price.<\/p>\n<p>This is the easiest step, you just need your bank card&#8230; The easiest way is<strong> to acquire this certificate from your hosting provider<\/strong>, they will set it up and activate it for you in a few hours, sometimes less than 30 minutes.<br \/>\nI recommend that you buy it yourself, so you will only have one invoice, only one service provider for these two independent products each year.<\/p>\n<p>If you can buy this for 3 years, it will be less trouble, the certificate must be revalidated every year and requires reinstallation<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, from now on, the <strong>security certificate<\/strong> is the 3rd component of your online existence<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>NDD<\/li>\n<li>Accommodation<\/li>\n<li>SSL\/TLS<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>When I see my customers confusing the renewal of their Domain Name with that of their hosting, this advice should be taken seriously. Bundle services, pay only one bill per year. <\/p>\n<h1>Setting up an HSL manually<\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/referencement-pme.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/certificat-securis%C3%A9.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6031\" src=\"https:\/\/referencement-pme.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/certificat-securis%C3%A9-1024x110.jpg\" alt=\"Secure certificate\" width=\"595\" height=\"64\"\/><\/a>If you acquire it from an independent service provider, you must go through the cPanel and go to the SECURITY \u00bb SSL\/TLS tab to make the certificate signing request (CSR)<\/p>\n<h3>Panel\/SECURITY<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Go to SSL\/TLS\/Certificate Signing Requests (CSR)<a href=\"http:\/\/referencement-pme.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/ssl-tls.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-6033 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/referencement-pme.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/ssl-tls-300x104.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"104\" srcset=\"https:\/\/referencement-pme.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/ssl-tls-300x104.jpg 300w, https:\/\/referencement-pme.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/ssl-tls-768x267.jpg 768w, https:\/\/referencement-pme.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/ssl-tls.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Fill in the form and validate by pressing the Generated button<\/li>\n<li>This will generate the certificate signing (CSR)<\/li>\n<li>Use this certificate to buy your SSL<\/li>\n<li>Your SSL provider will provide you with a private <em>key<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Go and install it in the section (Install and manage SSL for your site (HTTPS))<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Whichever you choose, your <strong>certificate is now active.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You can check this by typing your darling URL with an S in front of the usual HTTP in a browser and see that it shows up. remove the s and you will see that &#8220;the old version is still there too) It is now a question of the cohabitation of your two sites not lasting too long. <\/p>\n<h2>Redirect search results to your site under Https<\/h2>\n<p>This operation will allow Internet users to land on your new site when they type a search result naturally indexed to the usual addresses.<\/p>\n<h3>Edit the file. HTAncis <\/h3>\n<p>You will add the <strong>redirect code in the htaccess of the site,<\/strong> this code allows you to guide all the URLs to their corresponding one in the new site. So there&#8217;s no need to write a tedious and cumbersome 301 file identifying each page address, articles and other types of content such as images. <\/p>\n<h4>Method 1: Stick to the top of the Htaccess<\/h4>\n<p># Redirect to HTTPS<\/p>\n<p>RewriteEngine On<\/p>\n<p>RewriteCond % {HTTPS} off<\/p>\n<p>RewriteRule (.*) https:\/\/%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [R, L]<\/p>\n<h4>Or method 2: Stick to the top of the Htaccess<\/h4>\n<p># Redirect to HTTPS<\/p>\n<p>RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} ^$80 [OR]<\/p>\n<p>RewriteCond %{HTTPS} =off<\/p>\n<p>RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https:\/\/mon-chouette-site-web.com\/$1 [R=301, L]<\/p>\n<h2>If it does not use the www, redirect to the correct version<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Always write in the htaccess:  <\/strong><\/p>\n<p># Redirect to the version without www<\/p>\n<p>RewriteEngine on<\/p>\n<p>RewriteCond % {HTTP_HOST} ^www\\. my-owl-website\\. com [NC]  <\/p>\n<p>RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https:\/\/mon-chouette-site-web.com\/$1  [L,R=301]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Of course, replace my-nice-website\\ with your NDD<\/p>\n<p>To prevent your site from being a forest of redirects<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Replace internal site URLs and hyperlinks<\/h2>\n<p>Now that your certificate is active and the redirects are done. You have to <strong>replace the internal addresses <\/strong>of the site, and the hyperlinks that participate in the mesh of your pages. This is even if redirects are active and people can browse your new baby.  <\/p>\n<h3>Update all URLs from Http to Https.<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>You will use the <a href=\"https:\/\/interconnectit.com\/products\/search-and-replace-for-wordpress-databases\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Search and Replace DB<\/a><br \/>\nutility software, its role is to fetch all the files in the database to replace them with the new ones with the S.<\/li>\n<li>Download the script and unzip it to your computer;<\/li>\n<li>Then install it on the server at the root of your site via your FTP client software FileZilla<\/li>\n<li>Launch the app by typing in your browser&#8217;s address bar http:\/\/mon-chouette-site-web.com\/Search-Replace-DB-master<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Be careful, type the URL without the S in Https and without a slash\/at the end.<\/strong><br \/>\nThe software in the browser offers several fields:<\/p>\n<ol start=\"5\">\n<li>Fill in both fields (The root URL without and with the S)<\/li>\n<li>First click on the button on <strong><em>dry run<\/em><\/strong> to do a test and be sure that it works correctly;<\/li>\n<li>If the test is OK, click on <strong><em>live run<\/em><\/strong>, in a few seconds the S will be added in 100% of your database;<\/li>\n<li>Finally, click on the <em>delete<\/em> me button to remove the script from the server.\n<div id=\"attachment_6050\" style=\"width: 760px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6050\" class=\"wp-image-6050 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/referencement-pme.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/search-replace.jpg\" alt=\"search and replace\" width=\"750\" height=\"487\" srcset=\"https:\/\/referencement-pme.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/search-replace.jpg 750w, https:\/\/referencement-pme.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/search-replace-300x195.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-6050\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Search and Replace DB<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>The Updraft Plus tool can replace this software<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6054\" src=\"https:\/\/referencement-pme.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/search-replace-1.jpg\" alt=\"Seeks and replaces Updraft plus\" width=\"808\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/referencement-pme.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/search-replace-1.jpg 808w, https:\/\/referencement-pme.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/search-replace-1-300x163.jpg 300w, https:\/\/referencement-pme.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/search-replace-1-768x416.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 808px) 100vw, 808px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Verify migration<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/referencement-pme.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/verification.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-6035 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/referencement-pme.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/verification-300x87.jpg\" alt=\"Verification https installation\" width=\"300\" height=\"87\" srcset=\"https:\/\/referencement-pme.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/verification-300x87.jpg 300w, https:\/\/referencement-pme.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/verification.jpg 629w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The instructions are good for all CMSs, if you are <a href=\"https:\/\/referencement-pme.ca\/en\/wordpress-seo\/wordpress-recommended-by-matt-cutts\/\">on WordPress<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Go to the WordPress admin to check the permalink settings of the site.<\/p>\n<p>Menus: General Settings\/Settings &gt; : both fields indicate the modification of the internal URLs and <strong>it is not you who changed these fields. <\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>We can also see it in Settings\/permalinks (all the roots have changed)<\/p>\n<h2>If necessary, force SSL access for the admin<\/h2>\n<p>Normally, this should already be the case thanks to the redirects set up earlier, but you can insert this code into the  <strong>wp-config.php, add the codes<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Force HTTPS in administration<\/p>\n<p>define (&#8220;FORCE_SSL_ADMIN&#8221;, true);<\/p>\n<p>Thus, it will be impossible to access the WordPress dashboard in non-secure mode and all logins will be in HTTPS.<\/p>\n<h2>Update the robots.txt file<\/h2>\n<p>If you have put your sitemap.xml&#8217;s address in your robots.txt (a useless practice, but very common among Webmasters) you will see that the file is also up to date.<\/p>\n<p>Bravo not-worst job<\/p>\n<h2>Test your SSL\/TLS certificate<\/h2>\n<p>Do yourself a favor, test the installation of your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssllabs.com\/ssltest\/\">Server Test SSL<\/a> certificate<u>.<\/u> <\/p>\n<p>If the test is not successful, take your copy step by step or reinstall your backup and call an <strong>HTTPS migration specialist<\/strong> <a href=\"tel:4388750503\">438 875 0503<\/a> for example<\/p>\n<p>Hep hep hep, that&#8217;s not all<\/p>\n<h2>Update Google tools and validate https versions<\/h2>\n<p>Now head to your <strong> Google Webmaster tool account. (<\/strong> <em>Google Search Console<\/em>) <\/p>\n<p>Click on the gear at the top right of Google Search Console, select &#8220;Change of address&#8221; and let yourself be guided.  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/webmasters\/tools\/home?hl=fr\">Google Search Console<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Add both versions of your website with www and without.<\/p>\n<p>And adjust the basic settings in the process<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Select your preferred version (select the version you usually prefer [with www or without]<\/li>\n<li>Select the country that is your target<\/li>\n<li>Share access to the tool with your webmaster<\/li>\n<li>Post your new sitemap.xml<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Update Google Analytics<\/h3>\n<p>Mention to Google Analytics that your site now uses Https,<\/p>\n<p>menu Admin &gt; Property &gt; Setting the property and select https:\/\/ for<strong>the <\/strong>Default URL field. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/analytics\/\">Google Analytics<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Check that Analytics is linked to Search Console, Adwords, and Adsense if applicable<\/p>\n<h2>Other items to update<\/h2>\n<p>The address will have to be put in https:\/\/ wherever it is in http:\/\/<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Youtube account: change the associated domain name [screenshot below]<\/li>\n<li>Mailchimp campaigns [or other marketing tool]: change the url;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/referencement-pme.ca\/en\/what-are-the-links-between-social-networks-and-seo\/\">Social networks<\/a>: Facebook page, Twitter account, Linkedin, Pinterest, Google+,<\/li>\n<li>Email signature links, mail footer links,<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Update as many inbound links as possible<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>All of your <em>backlinks<\/em> were direct links. The implemented redirect will lead the links to the right pages to their HTTPS equivalent, but these links will no longer be direct site A points to site B (your current site) which redirects to C (secure site) <\/p>\n<p>In theory, you should contact the webmasters so that they update the link, not simple and time-consuming&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Do your best, without stress.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google has been communicating clearly for 3 years now about the transition to Https, it would favor sites that follow this &#8220;new standard&#8221; in organic results&#8230; But first of all, what is this &#8220;https&#8221;? It is a secure protocol for encrypting the site&#8217;s data that travels to the server. 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