Blog RSS behind https

[OTSEO]

Hi,

I'm finding our blog's RSS feed won't be recognized by various websites. The feed is on a https url. Is this the most likely problem?

Thanks!

[Horizon]

Hi,

Yes, more than likely. Is there a need for your website to always have a secure connection (https)? Some clever websites can do a request to RSS feeds within https pages, but only those that know what they're doing.

Displaying http content (your RSS feed) in a https page might cause some browsers to mis-trust your site's content, and oftentimes displaying warnings to users. Does this happen to your site?

Basically, having any http content in a https site is not best practise.

Best

Matt

[OTSEO]

Hi Matt,

Thanks for your comments. Part of the site does needs to be SSL protected as we collect some sensitive information. Obviously the blog and RSS don't need to be protected in such a way, though.

There are no warnings that I'm aware of, but RSS feeds don't seem to recognize the xml url. Firefox has no problem recognizing it though...

I wonder how hard it will be to make the blog and RSS feed only on a http url?

Cheers!

[Horizon]

Well, in theory it's easier to create a http page then it is to create a https page (because of all of the added encryption when sending data via SSL). I would suggest that you discuss this with your designer. If you can get away with non-secure pages, especially if you've got RSS content you're looking to push out, then definitely do.

Best of luck,

Matt