[Discuss] Problem converting site from HTTP to HTTPS

[daniel at syntheticblue.com (Daniel M Gessel)]

On 2024-01-04 12:37, scottmarydavidsam at gmail.com wrote:
> In answer to your question, I don't believe you can do a global search and
> replace on a group of files in Windows (without a third party application)
> but I may be wrong.

Doesn't MS support Linux for Windows now? Do they have an official 
distro, or do you have to do a third party install (e.g. Ubuntu or 
"vanilla" Debian)?


On 2024-01-04 12:37, scottmarydavidsam at gmail.com wrote:
> When you use the search box in Windows Explorer (file manager), by default,
> it searches the contents of files that it can read, not just the file
> names and it does so recursively through the folder tree. It's usually a
> pain in the butt because it takes longer than a name search but in this
> case it helped find the issue.
>
> I went to the root web site folder, then entered "http:<url>" and the files
> popped up. I never would have expected a SQL query to have a static URL but
> there it was.
>
> I didn't really want to replace the entries on my Windows box, I just
> needed to find them. I then went onto my web server and updated them using
> vi.
>
> In answer to your question, I don't believe you can do a global search and
> replace on a group of files in Windows (without a third party application)
> but I may be wrong.
>
> On Thu, Jan 4, 2024 at 11:19?AM Sid Koul <skoul at nativeplanttrust.org> wrote:
>
>>> ...I'm mostly a Windows support guy...more easily search
>>> for the string http: without opening individual files.
>> For those of us not in the know, how did you do a search and replace on a
>> Windows box?
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Jan 4, 2024 at 10:27?AM scottmarydavidsam at gmail.com <
>> scottmarydavidsam at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I think I found the issue, there are a couple sql queries buried in the
>>> CMS
>>> folder tree (craft\storage\backups) that needed to be updated. The site
>>> seems to be displaying properly now. I'm going to go through the http -
>>> https process one more time to make sure I documented everything properly.
>>>
>>> As an aside, I'm mostly a Windows support guy so I find it easier to work
>>> within that environment. I mention that because to find the problem, I
>>> copied the entire web site folder tree to a different PC where I was able
>>> to more easily search for the string http: without opening individual
>>> files. I suspect there are Linux option for that but I had a gun against
>>> my
>>> head to get this fixed so I had to use what I know and others in my
>>> situation may want an option that's easier for them.
>>>
>>> One last question, I don't see my original messages, does the system send
>>> to everyone except the sender?
>>>
>>> Thanks to everyone who chipped in, you all pointed me in the right
>>> direction, that's what makes groups like this work.
>>> Scott
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jan 3, 2024 at 8:53?AM Rich Pieri <richard.pieri at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Tue, 2 Jan 2024 19:43:04 -0500
>>>> Dan Ritter <dsr at randomstring.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> - a reference to a CSS file on another machine was changed from
>>>>> http to https without checking that it's actually available that
>>>>> way
>>>> Or that the CSS files are on the same machine but in a different
>>>> location that is not being SSL-wrapped.
>>>>
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