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Adding an SSL Certificate and Site Seal to Your WebSite Tonight Site

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Last Updated: January 31, 2012 10:28 AM

You can add an SSL certificate to your WebSite Tonight® site to provide visitors a secure connection when they submit information, such as payment or contact details. After your SSL is issued, you can select which pages you want to secure and how you want to display the SSL site seal.

Pages using the SSL certificate will use HTTPS instead of HTTP in the address. HTTPS is the secured version of the HTTP protocol.

Add an SSL Certificate to Your WebSite Tonight

  1. Log in to your WebSite Tonight account.
  2. In the Tools and Resources area, click Hosting Settings.
  3. In the Account Summary section, next to SSL Status, click Purchase SSL Certificate.
  4. Follow the purchase process and any remaining instructions to request your SSL.
  5. If the SSL request is approved, you will receive an email letting you know it is installed.

When your certificate is signed and issued it is automatically associated with your WebSite Tonight account, and every page on your site will have SSL certification selected by default. If you don't want to secure every page, you can update the SSL settings in your WebSite Tonight account.

To Update SSL Settings for Your WebSite Tonight Account

  1. Log in to your WebSite Tonight account.
  2. From the Manage menu, click Organize Site.
  3. Click the thumbnail of the page you want to edit.
  4. Select or deselect the Make this page Secure checkbox.
  5. You can repeat these steps for any other pages in your website.

After you add an SSL certificate to your website, you can display a site seal image on your site to show visitors that your website is secure. The site seal is an easy way to show your visitors that information they send through your website, such as payment or contact information, is secure.

There are two ways you can add a Site Seal to your Web pages: You can use the Page Designer to let WebSite Tonight automatically insert the site seal, or you can retrieve the site seal code and manually insert it into the content blocks where you want it to display. If you're confident editing the HTML in content blocks, you might find this method useful to adjust how the site seal displays on your site.

Inserting a Site Seal with the Page Designer

WebSite Tonight automatically detects an SSL you purchased, letting you add it in the Page Designer.

To Add a Site Seal with the Page Designer

  1. Log in to your WebSite Tonight account.
  2. From the Design drop-down menu, click Launch Page Designer. Your website displays in the page designer.
  3. From the Page drop-down menu, select the page where you want to display the Site Seal.
  4. Click the block where you want to display the Site Seal. Blocks are outlined in blue.
  5. From the Insert tab, go to the Site Element menu, and then click Site Seal. The site seal displays in your content block.
  6. Re-publish your website to display the Site Seal on your Web page.

Adding Site Seal HTML to Content Blocks

Retrieve and copy the HTML for your Site Seal so you can paste it into content blocks where you want to display it.

To Add Site Seal HTML to Content Blocks

  1. Log in to your Account Manager.
  2. Click SSL Certificates.
  3. Go to the certificate you want to display on your website, and then click Launch. The SSL page displays.
  4. Go to the Filters list, select Certificates, and then click the domain where you want to add a site seal.
  5. Click Site Seal. The Manage Site Seal window displays.
  6. Select your color, and then click Save.
  7. In the HTML field, copy the HTML for your Site Seal. You can also edit the HTML if you paste it into a basic word-processing application, such as Microsoft® WordPad®.

    Note: Do not use Microsoft Word®, as you will carry over unseen formatting that can cause your Web page to display incorrectly.

  8. Log in to your WebSite Tonight account.
  9. From the Design drop-down menu, click Launch Page Designer. Your website displays in the page designer.
  10. From the Page drop-down menu, select the page where you want to display the Site Seal.
  11. Click the block where you want to display the Site Seal. Blocks are outlined in blue.
  12. Click HTML. The Edit HTML window displays.
  13. Paste the code in the Edit HTML window, and then click OK.
  14. Re-publish your website to display the Site Seal on your Web page.