SSL, INTERNET EXPLORER, AND YOUR E-STORE

So having to deal with the issue for what feels like the billionth time I figured I would blog about it and share with the world this wonderful 'situation' known as Internet Explorer (for short, IE) and SSL certificates.

A month ago we launched Fierce Costumes (www.fiercecostumes.com) and shortly after, Fierce and Sexy (www.fierceandsexy.com). Both stores are running on the fantastic e-commerce platform, Magento.

We missed one tiny issue that ultimately may have costed us much business. Simply, am image used for an affiliate network 'TheFind' was referencing and non-ssl source, causing IE to through a warning explaining falsely to the world that the site was not secure.

So the lesson learned? First, TEST, TEST, TEST!!! In all know browsers if possible! Second, make sure to use proper source references. This problem would have been averted should the source URL use SSL, much like Google Analytics.

Anyway, at least we figured this out before becoming a MAJOR issue!

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