So I kept noticing that forum was 'Not Secure' and didn't meets Google standards. After a little research I found a way to make it a little safer, here is a video demonstration it,
So when googled, the url to the forum is, http://redwallabbey.com/forum/index.php
The "http://" is the problem, http means HyperText Transfer Protocol (https://www.webopedia.com/TERM/H/HTTP.html), the fix is to add an 's' to the end of the 'http'. This will make the url http
s://redwallabbey.com/forum/index.php (https://redwallabbey.com/forum/index.php). The 's' stands for "secure"
Here is the safety warning, before and after:
Before
(https://i.imgur.com/eiQ0AdQ.png)
After
(https://i.imgur.com/YOYJMCz.png)
As you can see, it doesn't fix it completely, but it makes it a little safer that it was before. If you don't want to change it every time you visit, you can bookmark the 'https' version and when you visit other areas of the forum it will automatically apply.
(Note: This works with all websites)
I'm not a networking guy, so I don't know, but I think adding the 's' in there only tells the browser the website is secured. I don't think it does anything else....
By adding the 's', you are changing the address of the site and making the message formatting and transmitting more secure
But if you are really changing the address the browser would be looking for something different....
From what I'm reading, it seems the 's' should be added to the site's formal address if the site owners have a security certificate, which you can buy. :-\
here (https://www.howto-expert.com/how-to-get-https-setting-up-ssl-on-your-website/) is one of the places I looked up, as well as here (https://www.digicert.com/blog/buy-site-know-website-secure/), and here (https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/http-vs-https/).
I still might be wrong, so let me know what you think.
Regardless, I believe this is beyond the controls we have available as administrators and we might need to contact the website host to get this done. (Or if I am wrong it is at least above my own IT skills.) We will see what we can do.
I noticed this as well. Not sure how insecure it really is.
Yeah, I think this is webhost level. Regardless,we don't have a whole lot of traffic, so I think we aren't in a lot of danger.
DON'T JINX US!!!!
I am going to lock this topic. We will try get to the bottom of this but further discussion will not be fruitful.