SSL for the entire site?

[bastelele]

Hej,

I wonder if anyone can recommend to make the entire site using SSL? Are there any negative aspects to make a whole site SSL encrypted? 
I'm using the Wordpress CMS and for the moment I've limited the SSL for the contact forms.

Thanks in advance
Bastian

[kwoolf]

Check out my Moz comments here for this question: http://moz.com/community/q/http-vs-https-which-is-better-for-seo-usability

[JaneCopland]

Hi Bastian,

Did the answer provided in the linked-to thread help here? Anything more you need help with?

Best,

Jane

[bastelele]

Hi Kevin and Jane,

thanks for your answers. Any tips from a Wordpress Guru how to solve that?

Best,

Bastian

[kwoolf]

You'll need to be running Apache with mod_ssl or Nginx with http_ssl_module enabled (And SPDY if you want), and you'll need to have 443 port enabled. Of course, you'll need to properly configure your VirtualHost(s) with a valid SSL certificate installed. Then you can simply change your "Wordpress Address" and "Site Address" in your Wordpress "Settings"-->"General" from http:// to https://.

http://make.wordpress.org/support/user-manual/web-publishing/https-for-wordpress/

Hope that helps!