Confirmation email(s) not being recieved, SSL

Hi,

Thanks for getting back to me. I'm gonna take it one at a time. Thanks for linking to the SSL plugin.

[strike]For the confirmation emails, I've narrowed it down to something from with the mailer. When I set it to use the PHP Mail Function, it gives this error:

Could not instantiate mail function.

I'm doing a few searches on other joomla forums, but I figured you may also know how to rectify this?[/strike]

Never mind the above couple of lines, got it fixed, changed it to 'Sendmail' instead of the PHP Mailer.

It depend on the hosting you are using. If PHP Mail Function doesn't work, please try to use Send Mail or SMTP Server option (usually Send Mail option should work) .

Tuan

Yeah, thanks for your help

So, I've installed that plugin and enabled HTTPS and now I get this (from my browser) when I register for an event:

You have asked Firefox to connect
securely to beta.plainenglishfoundation.com, but we can't confirm that your connection is secure.



Normally, when you try to connect securely,
sites will present trusted identification to prove that you are
going to the right place. However, this site's identity can't be verified.

Technical Details

beta.plainenglishfoundation.com uses an invalid security certificate.

The certificate is only valid for cp05.digitalpacific.com.au.

(Error code: ssl_error_bad_cert_domain)

How do I fix this?

*also, what do I do with these certificates?

For SSL certificate, you need to ask your hosting provider to install + setting it for you . I don't have experience with that !

Regards,

Tuan

The error you are getting usually means the ssl certificate isn't set up correctly. Whomever you purchased it from should be notified of this (most likely your hosting) and tell them the error you receive. The person should still be able to "Make an exception" for your site when that error comes up, but I can see how that error might scare people off. It is either configured wrong or it has expired. If it expired that should be somewhere in the technical details of the error.

plainenglish1 wrote: Yeah, thanks for your help

So, I've installed that plugin and enabled HTTPS and now I get this (from my browser) when I register for an event:

You have asked Firefox to connect
securely to beta.plainenglishfoundation.com, but we can't confirm that your connection is secure.



Normally, when you try to connect securely,
sites will present trusted identification to prove that you are
going to the right place. However, this site's identity can't be verified.

Technical Details

beta.plainenglishfoundation.com uses an invalid security certificate.

The certificate is only valid for cp05.digitalpacific.com.au.

(Error code: ssl_error_bad_cert_domain)

How do I fix this?

You can retrieve the certificate and check details like who issued certificates and expiration dates of certificates.

Click the link at the bottom of the error page: "I Understand the Risks"
Let Firefox retrieve the certificate: "Add Exception" -> "Get Certificate".

Click the "View..." button and inspect the certificate and check who is the issuer.

You can see more Details like intermediate certificate that are used in the Details pane.

To explain the error message that you posted in "plain English", the SSL certificate you are using is valid for your webhosting company's server cp05.digitalpacific.com.au but you are trying to use it on beta.plainenglishfoundation.com.

You need a certificate that is valid for beta.plainenglishfoundation.com in order to not see the message, but if you are paying for certificates you might be better off getting one that is valid for plainenglishfoundation.com/www.plainenglishfoundation.com so that it works when you go live (no longer on the beta subdomain). Basic certs are valid for one subdomain only (with the exception that no subdomain & the www subdomain are allowed to be considered the same). A "wildcard" certificate that is valid for *.plainenglishfoundation.com would work for both your beta subdomain now and your root/www subdomain after, but wildcard certs usually cost more.

Talk to your hosting company to find out how they can help you. They might provide support for the new OpenSSL project, which will allow to you generate free SSL certs for whatever domain & subdomain(s) you need.