How to Set Up Shared SSL at Bluehost

Here's an interesting post about setting up
shared SSL at Bluehost:

How to set up shared SSL at BlueHost

This is something I've never done before. I've
always used Paypal for my shopping cart so I've
never needed to worry about security certificates.

The post seems to make a few interesting
points:

1. Bluehost provides you a place where you
   can place your SSL pages if you do not have
   a security certificate
2. Since you are sharing Bluehosts security
   certificate and not using your own, these
   pages will have Bluehost's domain (bluehost.com)
   in the URL and not your URL (myname.com)
3. If you want to use your own domain name,
   you have to invest in your own security certificate
4. Mixing pages that are secure and unsecure
   can give you some problems

The last point is an interesting one. I have
no experience with any of this, but I understand
that references to an insecure page inside of a
secure one causes browser security warnings.
This is especially true of Internet Explorer.

I've seen this happen and I understand that
it can happen. I wonder. Does this mean
once your pages say HTTPS in the URL,
you have to go with HTTPS all the
way?

This would seem to be the case. I don't say
this authoritatively because I lack experience
in this area. However, this makes sense to
me.

Ed Abbott