If you’re looking for a quick and simple method to redirect your plain HTTP site visitors to the SSL edition without fancy server-side configuration (or asking your host for help), this can be easily done through the ubiquitous .htaccess file present and supported on most Apache-powered hosting services.
Proxy virtual hosts are very handy when you need to publicly access a tertiary system on your local network and you only have one IP address to use but there’s a master web server already configured.
If that server is running Apache, adding a proxy vhost to pass outside requests to the correct LAN system is as simple as adding a new virtual host to the configuration.
I’ve recently stumbled upon the weird issue of Wordpress loading its styles and scripts via HTTPS although it wasn’t configured to use SSL. The website did indeed have a SSL certificate installed and usable.
I eventually found some useful information about Wordpress’ is_ssl() function…
