HTTP and HTTPS both seem to be working now. Please confirm everyone. Regards Anurag
On Wed, 27 Oct, 2021, 9:50 AM Bermler, <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tuesday, October 26th, 2021 at 4:05 PM, Werner LEMBERG <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > is there is any way the http version of the site can be preserved > > > > > > > > > > in any way > > > > > > > > I think this is possible, however I don't know if we should be > > > > > > > > doing that, http is generally frowned upon nowadays. > > > > If this is easily doable, why not, as long as the default is HTTPS. I > > > It should be a simple switch in the Cloudflare settings. I understand > Anurag has been communicating privately with you about the exact details. > Anurag seems to be the cloudflare expert, right ?? > > > guess this would be automatic redirection from HTTP to HTTPS if the > > > > browser supports it, and falling back to HTTP otherwise? > > > Yes, Chrome, Safari, and Firefox already will redirect to HTTPS whenever > there is a HTTPS version enabled. And even then, most of the time people > will be coming on the site through a search engine or link somewhere else, > and those always tend to be HTTPS links anyway. > > HTTPS only sites are blocked in certain countries. I think people in those > countries should have the right to browse about Freetype too, don't you > think? > > > > > I don't know enough to decide if this claim is grounded in reality, > > > > > > > > but I have a feeling this shouldn't be a problem, old devices can > > > > > > > > use modern browsers, right? > > > > > > the browser is not the problem, more so the certificates. > > > > Exactly. > > > > > Yes, it should ultimately be up to Werner and Alexei. They will > > > > > > know best. > > > You know more then you let on > > Uh, oh, I certainly don't know best :-) As mentioned above, I > > > > > certainly don't oppose having both http and https if it can be easily > > > > done. > > > Yes, it should be a very simple change, but if Anurag finds it too > difficult to do, we can just forget about this. At the end of the day, its > not a real big deal compared to what else we have to do. The CI, hugo > conversion, and possible web design are whats really important here. Lets > not get distracted ;) > > > Werner >
