SSL certificate on a shared host

[AnotherAndrew]

I am developing (using MAMP) a new site that will have a dedicated IP. I want just one page to be using SSL. I have set up a template file for that one page.

However, if I choose I SSL in the template page options, I can't view that page.

How do I choose what the shared SSL server would be?

[AnotherAndrew]

I just read that a shared SSL will often open a pop up window to warn users. So now I am thinking about using a standard SSL certificate.

I don't think it is possible to use a shared certificate and maybe others would probably agree that from a user's standpoint, it is also a bad idea.

[ryan]

I don't think ProcessWire will care whether you are using a shared cert or your own. But if you are linking to/from an http vs https page, PW does assume they are running at the same hostname. So you'll have to adjust any links in your site to be consistent with the shared https hostname provided by your hosting service.

[AnotherAndrew]

I've purchased a SSL certificate. How would I go about testing it in a development mode? I'm using MAMP. Does anyone have any experience with using MAMP and SSL? Or do I just need to go to make the site live and hope everything works?

[ryan]

I don't know how you would go about testing SSL in MAMP. But if you can access any URL on your server from either http:// or https:// then you should be set. The next thing to do is just edit your PW templates and configure which ones should only allow https access.