MNHQ here - we're moving to HTTPs tomorrow morning

[KatherineMumsnet]

Hi everyone,

Tomorrow morning, Mumsnet will be moving from HTTP to HTTPS across the entire site. For those who are interested, HTTPS is the secure version of HTTP, the protocol over which data is sent between your browser and the website that you are connected to. The 'S' at the end of HTTPS stands for 'secure' - it means that all communications between your browser and the website are completely encrypted.

When the move happens the site may be down for a short time, but this is absolutely nothing to worry about; no-one's individual security will be affected in any way. Once we're back up, you shouldn't notice anything different at all, but if you do experience any issues with the site we'd really appreciate it if you could feedback on this thread.

Thanks for your help.

I thought it was a stripping out of slow to load advertising.

Johnson Press is infested with it.

Thank you foldedtshirt you're a

Good luck tech, delighted to hear it

And it's faster!

Love a change that sneaks in quietly with no shouting. Good job tech :)

We aim to please

Ah, in mine it shows https but crossed out and Not Secure.

I'm sending KatherineMumsnet a PM

It's still awfully slow on the mobile site. Content loads fine but the last 15% of the page including the shortcut bar takes several minutes.

Hadn't even noticed! Well done Tech!

Very glad it's happened. Thank you Tech

It's ok at home, actually.

Its so much better now, thank you!

Why wasn't this done a long time ago? Having done this process myself on various websites, its very simple.
MNHQ holds a lot of personal data and with the amount of hacks and attacks increasing over last few years I am really surprised its taken this long!

This is good news indeed! Free speech at last.

Ooh. It's loading the frills at a decent speed now :)

Gosh the normal site is ugly AF, i just had to switch back to mobile and its all good. Well done all

Works fine on iPad, padlock in place and much faster to load too! Good job.

Hiya, although it says www bla bla bla it also appears to be showing an open padlock. I'm sure this has been shut recently - should I be concerned or is this just showing my techy ignorance?

And now it's showing as locked again. How strange...