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Hi there, I can't find anything on the site but maybe I am asking the question incorrectly. My site is http and does not contain an SSL certificate. For some reason when I try to use the .htaccess maker at the moment it redirects to https: and fails with a 404 error. Kind of annoying as I suspect it's not a 404. I tried adding a .htaccess rule forcing http but it doesn't seem to work.

RewriteCond %{HTTPS} on
RewriteRule (.*) http://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [R=301,L]

The rest of the site works as expected. I tried adding in the live value in configuration but that didn't work either. Deleting the .htaccess file doesn't resolve it so I assume that is not the issue (and in any case I have added the above rule to the bottom of the file).

Do you have any idea what could be causing this? I think it is a server issue (names.co using cPanel). I've found their service particularly difficult so far but it is a client choice. This has possibly happened to me previously but that time I solved it with the above rule I believe. I wonder could this be caching somehow, or overly onerous security.

The usual way to change your site to https is in the Joomla! Global Configuration screen, on the Sever tab, the Force HTTPS field.

In .htaccess Maker, there are two fields involving https, both towards the bottom of the screen. The first is "HSTS Header (for HTTPS-only sites)" that should be No or "---" for http sites. The second is just below that, "Host name for HTTPS requests (without https://)" which should be set to the http URL if you're not using https.

My global config says no SSL, I've checked with FTP too. The only page on the site that is redirecting to SSL is the .htaccess maker.

So I assume the .htaccess maker rules are no the issue or else other pages would be https too.

I've renamed the .htaccess and .htaccess.admintools files as well and that hasn't changed it so I'm pretty sure both of your ideas are wrong on this occasion.

Ok, so I removed .htaccess and .htaccess.admin tools cleared browser cache and that did it.

Then I could change my .htaccess file. Browser was stuck for some reason.

I'll close this ticket hope that knowledge helps someone in the future.

also... my tickets go from oldest to newest. It would be preferable to go the other way round.

I'm glad you got it working!