Help with https// redirects

[Jay328]

Hey there
I have a client who just moved from a self hosted CMS to Adobe Catalyst (don't ask!)
The problem: Their url indexed with google is https://domain.com,  Adobe Catalyst does not support third party SSL certificates or https domains.  Now when people google them https://domain.com shows up in search, HOWEVER it does not have a trusted certificate and a pop up window blocks the site.

They are a mortgage company so SSL is really not needed.  What can I do to get google to recognize the site at http: vs. https?  Would this be something in GWMT?

Thanks!

[TheeDigital]

Go ahead and do redirects from https to http, make sure canonicals are redone to http as well, make sure the sitemap is using http, and create a new profile in webmaster tools with the http version and submit the sitemap, go ahead and force crawl the main pages as well.

[Jay328]

Thanks for the reply.  The first thing i did was submit a new site map etc.  Thing about Adobe catalyst is that there is no cpanel, ht access, etc.. I'm not finding anything really assuring in Adobe's forums. In fact Adobe's own url has the security certificate problem try  it- https://businesscatalyst.com/    Their dashboard offers the option to change from www to non but not https to http.. Adobe has said to use the redirect from https://domainname.com to https://domainname.worldsecuresystems.com. which is their version of a SSL certificate.   Guess all i can do is wait for google to update?

[AlanMosley]

What sort of web server are they using?

[ForForce]

The only way to make the redirects happen, is to renable SSL.  Because you can't do that with adobe catalyst, you have no option but to put a proxy in front of the requests to catalyst.

The easiest solution you will find is a CloudFlare Pro account: https://www.cloudflare.com/plans

You can set that up with your own custom SSL.  Your client will continue to use Catalyst exactly as they do today, and get all the other benefits of cloud flare.

CloudFlare of course isn't your only option for a proxy, but your not going to beat it when it comes to both Price ($20 / month), and Ease of Use.