XF 1.4 How to use XenForo proxy link system for links not in messages

[giorgino]

I've some links that aren't in messages that I need to "secure" with the XenForo proxy link system.
Is it possibile? How?

Thanks in avance

 

[Mike]

It's not really directly exposed. It would require custom development.

 

[giorgino]

Is it possible something like a BBcode tag or a <xen:someting> xenforo tag?

 

[Mike]

It is only available in BB code but that requires custom code to trigger.

 

[giorgino]

Ok
In general how to bypass the "unsecure" link issue? Do you have some suggestions or it is a common unsolved webmaster torture?

 

[Mike]

I'm not sure what problem you're trying to solve. The link proxy is mostly for logging purposes. What issue are you trying to resolve?

 

[melbo]

Probably trying to get rid of a mixed content warning by a non https link in the sidebar or something.

I had this happen with one of my direct advertisers and my workaround was to place a 301 redirect in my ssl.conf file:
kindof hackish but it suppressed the SSL warnings

 

[giorgino]

What issue are you trying to resolve?

Like @melbo said, I'm trying to resolve this issue

Probably trying to get rid of a mixed content warning by a non https link in the sidebar or something.

I've two sponsors widget that call http URLs and some browsers like Chrome don't display the ad because are "insecure content"

One is

<iframe src="http://www.idealista.it/static/it/partners/immobilio/buscador.html" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" width="100%" height="250"></iframe>

and another is

<!--Inizio script Imobilio -->
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript" >
var prmstr = window.location.search.substr(1);
var prmarr = prmstr.split ("&");
var str = '';

for ( var i = 0; i < prmarr.length; i++) {
    var tmparr = prmarr[i].split("=");
    if (tmparr[0]=='ip' || tmparr[0]=='pv') {
        str = tmparr[0]+'='+tmparr[1]+'&';
     }
   
}
var pathname = escape(window.location.pathname);
var d=window.location.hostname;
ord=Math.random();
ord=ord*10000000000000000000;
document.write('<SCR' + 'IPT id="bannerPlaceProfessionisti" LANGUAGE="JavaScript" SRC="http://st.teknoring.it/bannerLibri/ext/banner-250-immobilio.php?'+str+'ord='+ord+'&cu=%%CLICK_URL_ESC%%&filter='+pathname+'&d='+d+'"><\/SCR' + 'IPT>');
</SCRIPT>
<!--Fine script Imobilio -->

@Mike Can XenForo proxy link system contribute to solve this?
@melbo Can your workaround contribute to solve this?
@all Can someone help me?

 

[melbo]

I put this 301 redirect in my ssl.conf (or .htaccess) file for exactly the same reason. Had a sidebar advertisment to a non-ssl store.

# Adverts to SSL
redirect 301 /reosolar/ http://www.reosolar.com/

Then I changed the link on the banner to https://www.mydomain.com/reosolar/
Like I mentioned, it's ugly but it worked fine as a manual proxy

 

[giorgino]

I put this 301 redirect in my ssl.conf (or .htaccess) file for exactly the same reason. Had a sidebar advertisment to a non-ssl store.

# Adverts to SSL
redirect 301 /reosolar/ http://www.reosolar.com/

Thank you @melbo, in my case, can I use this?

# Adverts to SSL
redirect 301 /idealista/ http://www.idealista.it/

 

[melbo]

Yes, just change the link on the banner to https://www.yourdomain.com/idealista/ and after restarting apache, it will redirect and not give mixed content warnings

 

[giorgino]

Yes, just change the link on the banner to https://www.yourdomain.com/idealista/ and after restarting apache, it will redirect and not give mixed content warnings

don't work for me...

redirection work as expected, but Chrome don't display the widgets.
Here my steps:

in .htaccess

# Adverts to SSL
redirect 301 /idealista/ http://www.idealista.it/
redirect 301 /teknoring/ http://st.teknoring.it/

URLs modified as follow

http://www.idealista.it/static/it/partners/immobilio/buscador.html
transformed in
https://www.propit.it/idealista/static/it/partners/propit/buscador.html

and
http://st.teknoring.it/bannerLibri/ext/banner-250-propit.php?'+str+'ord='+ord+'&cu=%%CLICK_URL_ESC%%&filter='+pathname+'&d='+d+'
transformed in
https://www.propit.it/teknoring/bannerLibri/ext/banner-250-propit.php?'+str+'ord='+ord+'&cu=%%CLICK_URL_ESC%%&filter='+pathname+'&d='+d+'"><\/SCR' + 'IPT>');

Apache restarted.

In Safari I can see the ad without "padlock" and in Chrome no ad shown

 

[Mike]

The link proxy will not do anything to resolve these issues. A 301 redirect to an insecure resource won't prevent mixed content warnings. In general, the only way to sort it would be for your ad provider to support HTTPS themselves directly.

 

[giorgino]

In general, the only way to sort it would be for your ad provider to support HTTPS themselves directly.

Thank you Mike... it's a really nightmare for me...