SSL Certificate Issue - Please Help

Why doesn't the "lock" icon show up?

[HyperGeek]

We just pruchased a SSL cert for our site wonderfulwidgets.com.

When I visit [wonderfulwidgets.com...] the lock icon doesn't show up in the status bar area at the bottom of the browser.

However, if I click the area it should be at, I get the verification box showing all of the cert's info.

The CSR, the domain, and all of the information in the cert matches up.

Any suggestions?

[john_k]

If you have mixed content (some https and some http resources) then the lock isn't displayed. In IE (for instance) there is a setting labeled "Show mixed content" in the "Miscellaneous" section under Tools/Internet Options/Security/Custom. If you have that set to enable, you would not get any warning about the mixed content.

Also, if you are using IE: There was one update to IE that had the lock not showing up. There have been subsequent updates and the functionality is restored, so make sure you have the latest update.

[HyperGeek]

Thanks for your reply.

The solution was so simple, I was overlooking it for about an hour.

Moral Of The Story:
REMEMBER TO EDIT YOUR CODE SO THAT THE <BASE> TAG DOESN'T REFLECT A NON-SECURE BASE URL.

Sigh... ;)