https in address

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  hiddenlens · Member · Nov 24, 2014 at 9:25 pm

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  I’ve noticed the https has begun to appear in some of the addresses of various WP-hosted blogs. It began to appear in my address today. Before this, only my administrator pages had begun with https. Is this a new change?

  I use IE 11 on Windows 7 SP 1 platform.

  Thanks for your help.

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  hiddenlens · Member · Nov 24, 2014 at 9:36 pm

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  I have a screen capture that can be found here:

  

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  timethief · Member · Nov 24, 2014 at 9:38 pm

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  hiddenlens · Member · Nov 24, 2014 at 9:46 pm

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  @timethief –

  Many thanks.

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  raincoaster · Member · Nov 24, 2014 at 9:54 pm

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  OH GOD CAN IT BE AT LAST!!!

  If it’s true, this is the best wp.com news I’ve heard in years.

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  jeremeylduvall · Member · Nov 26, 2014 at 12:03 am

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  We are in the process of testing out switching a group of WordPress.com URLs to HTTPS. Let us know if you run into any issues!

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  hiddenlens · Member · Nov 26, 2014 at 3:00 pm

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  Initially, I ran into a security certificate page then a “no such page exists” error on a couple of occasions. Since then, it is displaying without problem.

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  auxclass · Member · Nov 26, 2014 at 3:11 pm

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  @RC – now if they can figure out how to make https work for mapped domains

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  jeremeylduvall · Member · Nov 26, 2014 at 8:46 pm

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  @hiddenlens

  Since then, it is displaying without problem.

  Great!

  @auxclass

  now if they can figure out how to make https work for mapped domains

  The work we’re currently doing will only apply to WordPress.com URLs.

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  auxclass · Member · Nov 26, 2014 at 9:08 pm

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  @jeremeylduvall

  I figured that – I know that getting https to work with mapped domains is more difficult since the certificate you have is for WordPress.COM and the browsers check the certificate against the domain name – so the programming at the systems level would be significant – either some sort of certificate for the mapped domains, which would probably be an extra expense for the mapped domains, even given your buy in bulk