bypass SSL login/myaccount/create account

[thesauce98]

Hello everyone. I just had a question, and was wondering if it was at all possible.

I have shared SSL but its on a completely different server. This causes me to have duplicate product images on each server.
The problem lies within the fact that when adding new products through the admin interface, images are only uploaded to the regular site, and not the secure one (duh).
I'm trying to find an easy alternative to show images on the SSL server without having to FTP them over seperately (as it would be a pain for the site owner).
I've thought of an option, does anyone now if its possible and how to do it?

Can I bypass logging in, creating account, and going to my account from going through the SSL site, and only make checking out use SSL?
If so, I'll take out the specials and whats new boxes in the column left and rights, and I won't have to worry about product images on the SSL pages.
Or, it would work if I could just set it so that once you login, instead of being redirected to index.php on the SSL site, your redirected to index.php on the regular site. This way I can show the "whats new" and "specials" section of the index page.

Thanks for any replies.

[michael_s]

thesauce98, the easiest way would be to get a host that symlinks the SSL on the same server. Then you do not need duplicate directories. Other than that, the easiest way is to FTP, or you will have to code a solution.

If you are going to spend all those hours re-coding, why not just switch hosts? There are dozens of good hosts that already are setup this way, it will save you time, money, and aggravation...

[thesauce98]

i asked my host about sym linking the pages, but they said they can't do it. I think because the secure server is on a totally different machine ... if you know how they could possibly do it, so i could explain it in an e-mail, let me know. and i can't switch hosts because i paid for a year upfront and they don't give refunds. they're not that bad though, as this is the only quarrel i have with them

[jpf]

SYMLINKS (from command line/prompt):

ln -s /your_target_directory/images /your_ssl_directory/images
(your non-SSL server have to be mounted in as a local directory in the secure server)

or youmay try:


Forward Proxy (done in httpd.conf? in your secure server):

ProxyPass /your_ssl_directory/images/ http://your_normal_site.com/catalog/images/

for just the images.....
or even:

ProxyPass /your_ssl_directory/ http://your_normal_site.com/catalog/

for the WHOLE site.

-Maps remote servers into the local server URL-space.

This directive allows remote servers to be mapped into the space of the local server; the local server does not act as a proxy in the conventional sense, but appears to be a mirror of the remote server. path is the name of a local virtual path; url is a partial URL for the remote server and cannot include a query string.

Note:The ProxyRequests directive should usually be set off when using ProxyPass.

[thesauce98]

thanks for the reply, i'll see if they can do that for me