Chrome shows my site as not secure

[garryjokeeffe]

I recently parked my site so that I can use my own domain name. This resulted in loosing the green Secure name in the browser bar and not having a https location.

I think that chrome has recently updated its policies because I now (sometimes) get a red screen saying my site is unsafe.

What do I need to do to make chrome happy and secure my site ?

Thanks

Garry

[Infinity]

What is your domain and 000webhostapp URL?

[teodor]

Hi @garryjokeeffe!

To secure your domain with SSL Cerificates, please follow this tutorial to link your domain using Cloudflare

How To Use Cloudflare For SSL

By default, 000webhost provides a secure connection for all 000webhostapp.com subdomains. However, for custom domains, this is not the case. But with this method, you can setup your custom domain with a secure HTTPS connection for free. First, sign up for an account at 000webhost.com if you don’t already have one. [1] Then, create a site, picking a name and a password. [2] Now, create a Cloudflare account at https://www.cloudflare.com/a/sign-up [3] Next, add your domain in the text box, a…

[garryjokeeffe]

I’m using :
www.kidsbooks.gq

the 000webhostapp is :

https://kids-books.000webhostapp.com

[Infinity]

If you park a domain you need to use http only.

If you want https with your parked domain you need to go through the process of setting up CloudFlare or purchasing SSL certificate etc.

https is free for the 000webhostapp URL only.

[garryjokeeffe]

Thanks, I’ll try the free CloudFlare process first.

I’m impressed with the quick responses. Thanks again.

[garryjokeeffe]

Thanks for the link.

Does this mean my web site will be on Cloudflare server and not on 000webhost ?

Thanks
Garry

[teodor]

No, your website https://kids-books.000webhostapp.com will still be hosted by us.

[garryjokeeffe]

Excellent, I’m now just waiting for the CloudFlare to activate my site.

Thanks for the help.

Garry

[teodor]

I have already pointed the domain for you.

Now please go to Cloudflare > DNS and activate the orange clouds from CNAME records .

[garryjokeeffe]

thanks for updating the domain.

If I use https://kidsbooks.gq I get the secure web site, excellent and what I wanted. But http://www.kidsbooks.gq or kidsbooks.gq still use unsecure http, what do I need to do to make these URL’s map to the https.

Once again thanks for all your help.

[ckhawand]

Works fine, can you try now?

[garryjokeeffe]

I’ve just tried again, if I use kidsbooks.gq I get the un-secure site, if I use https://kidsbooks.gq I get the secure logo in the URL bar.

I’ve tried Chrome and Safari.

[ckhawand]

Then follow this tutorial

How To Redirect HTTP to HTTPS Using Cloudflare

If you have a secure (SSL, HTTPS) connection available for your website, even on another web host, it’s not a bad idea to redirect all of your visitors to the secure version of your website. This method can be achieved with multiple methods (if you’re using .htaccess, there is another tutorial for that here), but this tutorial will show you how to redirect by adding code to your .htaccess. If you are using 000webhost, you will need to setup with Cloudflare to get SSL. ###How to redirect usin…

[garryjokeeffe]

Thanks for the link.

Safari now works perfectly but Chrome still shows the unsecure site, I think this may be some URL caching.

This has got me to where I needed, I just hope I can remember all of this when I make my site live and move to a premium account.

Thanks for all you help.