Internal link not working
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Receiving Privacy error page. “Your connection is not private. Attackers might be trying to steal your information. The server could not prove that it is mywebsitename.”
All other links work. This is only happening on this draft post; all other internal link on all other posts fine.
The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)
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There’s an extra charge if you make us guess the link you’re talking about. Paste it here.
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Try the same link without the “s”.
http://blackpantysalvation.com/2012/11/21/appreciation/ -
Hi there,
That is actually very standard behavior and is a bit misguided (sorry about the scare!). Please note that only you and other registered users of the blog will see it when logged in.
When you connect to your Dashboard over an HTTPS connection, we use an SSL certificate to encrypt your connection. SSL certificates need to be signed to a specific domain, and we can’t provide certificates for every mapped domain, so our certificate is signed for WordPress.com.
When you connect to your Dashboard via your own domain but your security software sees a certificate signed to http://wordpress.com/ it’s altering you that WordPress.com may be intercepting your connection, which of course is perfectly fine.
To prevent your readers running into this in their browsers, just make sure that whenever you provide a link to your blog or post it anywhere, that you post it as http:// and not https:// as @timethief suggested.
You can read more about this here.
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Well though I don’t completely understand it, I am relieved it will not push out to the public and am grateful for your reply. Also, http:// is the address linked, not https:// but still the error remains, just fyi.
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I’m not seeing a security warning when I go to:
http://blackpantysalvation.com/2012/11/21/appreciation/
That shouldn’t be happening. Can you please try clearing out your cache and cookies using the guide below?
Then restart your browser. Can you try going to that link again without the https, and take a screenshot if you see the security warning?
Please upload that to your Media > Library and I can take a look.
Cheers!
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@blackpantysalvation
@gracejiyoung,https://blackpantysalvation.com/2012/11/21/appreciation/ is screened by my security software as an “untrusted connection,” with the warning
This Connection is Untrusted
You have asked Firefox to connect securely to blackpantysalvation.com, but we can’t confirm that your connection is secure.
Normally, when you try to connect securely, sites will present trusted identification to prove that you are going to the right place. However, this site’s identity can’t be verified.This is hardly normal. Removing the “s” though, results in the link reaching the destination without the warning.
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Removing the “s” though, results in the link reaching the destination without the warning.
That is what should be happening. If you do to the https version and see the ‘s’, you may see a security warning. That is expected.
If you see that, click ‘I Understand the Risks’ and click Add Exception. Then, confirm the security exception and you will no longer see that warning.
Cheers!
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If you do to the https version and see the ‘s’, you may see a security warning. That is expected.
If you see that, click ‘I Understand the Risks’ and click Add Exception. Then, confirm the security exception and you will no longer see that warning.
But I don’t understand the risks. The warning includes a description of the issue which prompts the warning under “technical details” which I won’t get into here. I always have the same security software, with the same settings, when I’m visiting WordPress, and I’ve seldom seen this warning in the past 6 years, not on WP websites.
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It is not an actual risk as I mentioned here:
When you connect to your Dashboard over an HTTPS connection, we use an SSL certificate to encrypt your connection. SSL certificates need to be signed to a specific domain, and we can’t provide certificates for every mapped domain, so our certificate is signed for WordPress.com
These are only for mapped domains, not for domains with .wordpress.com at the end of it.
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