Force https

[MUsername]

How to force all traffic to HTTPS

After you’ve enabled SSL for your website, you’ll probably want to redirect all traffic on your website to the https version of your site. There are multiple ways to do that. Let’s compare some commonly used ways. Using script configuration Some scripts (including Wordpress) have a setting which allows you to set your website URL. By changing this URL from http://example.com to https://example.com, the script will probably redirect visitors to the https version of your site. Even if your script…

The link above shows how to redirect all traffic to https but i don’t have the permission to modify the .htaccess file on the server. can anyone help?

[KangJL]

@MUsername

don’t have the permission to

Most likely you are editing the wrong file. Perhap a screenshot of directory will give a clearer picture

[jaikrishna.t]

You need to edit the .htaccess file in the /htdocs direcotry.

[GabrielJS]

You need to edit the .htaccess inside the htdocs folder, try editing via FTP, it should work.

I use this on mine to force https:

Header set Strict-Transport-Security "max-age=31536000" env=HTTPS

RewriteEngine On 
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off 
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]

[Admin]

@MUsername

modify the .htaccess file on the server

Is that the file that says DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE at the top? And did you read it and determine that that’s the file you should be editing?

[MUsername]

Sorry, I was trying to edit the file in the root directory.
It works now, thanks!!