How do I force visitors of my site to always use HTTPS?

An SSL certificate is included in the Beginner plan and higher and will be issued and activated for domains using one.com's name servers. This means that besides HTTP, HTTPS will also work for your site with us.

In this guide, we show you how to automatically redirect HTTP to HTTPS, ensuring that your website visitors always use HTTPS.

• Step 1 - Go to File Manager in the Control Panel
• Step 2 - Create an .htaccess file
• Step 3 - Edit the .htaccess file
• Step 4 - Paste in the configuration
• Step 5 - Done!

Step 1 - Go to File Manager in the Control Panel

1. Log in to the one.com Control Panel.
2. On the Files & Security tile, click File Manager.

Step 2 - Create an .htaccess file

1. Click the small down arrow next to the blue button and select New other file.
2. Name the file .htaccess, beginning with a dot. 

• What is .htaccess?

Note: If you already have an existing .htaccess file on your web space, you don't need to create a new file. Instead you can edit the existing file.

Step 3 - Edit the .htaccess file

Select the .htaccess file and click Edit at the top of the screen to open the text editor. 

Step 4 - Paste in the configuration

Paste the configuration below in the text editor, and click Save at the top of the screen.

#Rewrite everything to https
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]

Step 5 - Done!

All done! Open your site in a browser and click on the security lock to confirm the connection is secure.

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• Using one.com File Manager
• What is .htaccess?