For many years now, websites have needed SSL certificates for security, authentication, and search engine optimisation. We work with LetâÃÂÃÂs Encrypt to give you free SSL certificates for your websites, and theyâÃÂÃÂre available on any of our web hosting packages. HereâÃÂÃÂs how you get your SSL certificate up and running
First off, log into your Eco Web Hosting Control Panel and go to Manage Hosting Packages. Select the website you want and click CP Login to get into the Hosting Control Panel
Once youâÃÂÃÂre logged in, scroll down the page to the Security section and click the SSL/TLS option
YouâÃÂÃÂll have a few options, but the one you need is at the top of the page âÃÂàthe Free Wildcard SSL Certificate
Click âÃÂÃÂActivate Free SSLâÃÂàand itâÃÂÃÂll be activated on both your domain and any subdomains youâÃÂÃÂve already set up (such as shop.domain.com)
Once youâÃÂÃÂve activated your SSL certificate, it can take up to 30 minutes for our load balancers to refresh and for it to fully kick in
You can also make sure all connections run through HTTPS by enabling Force HTTPS. Scroll down on the page and click the âÃÂÃÂEnable Forced HTTPSâÃÂàbutton
This is
**not** recommended for WordPress sites. If youâÃÂÃÂre using WordPress, you would be better off downloading a plugin such as Really Simple SSL which will force all connections to HTTPS for you
Once your SSL certificate has kicked in, you should be able to access your site through HTTPS automatically. But remember, if you have any issues, please raise a support ticket and let us know how we can help.