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Enable SSL on webflow.io staging domains

Now you can turn on SSL for your staging sites in your project settings.

Enable SSL on webflow.io staging domains

<p>Want to know about a quick, free-for-everyone win from our work on Webflow Ecommerce? Now you can enable SSL on unhosted projects to publish your in-progress work, prototypes, and staging sites to an <https://_______.webflow.io> subdomain.<br></p><figure class="w-richtext-figure-type-image w-richtext-align-center" data-rt-type="image" data-rt-align="center" data-rt-max-width="800px" style="max-width:800px"><div><img src="<https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/64f9399ca7d13575ff21a675/64f9399ca7d13575ff21c6c4_ycAfB0trSQVgo_EAUlkL_pRgmB2j4LFRfp74-cN2UUrGk9VnPtrpZTWrdKYFgLfmCisnWo_ycnzNpgJrQNMwMy_jsKnpizXNRZoBTV1-XYoLjrOxrrZjEGLTerC1ZlnkDcxkxJzR.jpeg>" alt="Staging sites, SSL edition."></div><figcaption>Staging sites, SSL edition.<br></figcaption></figure><p>In fact, this is now the default for all new projects in Webflow. Because <em>secure</em> hypertext transfer protocols are the <em>best</em> kind of hypertext transfer protocols.<br></p><figure class="w-richtext-figure-type-image w-richtext-align-center" data-rt-type="image" data-rt-align="center" data-rt-max-width="528px" style="max-width:528px"><div><img src="<https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/64f9399ca7d13575ff21a675/64f9399ca7d13575ff21c6f8_BWpWtwkR7uS4_e8OSyM3yW9RPBcVjgT9iorHWzag9uMF7JaAzA603xVk0QiGWRicKxwFAcUgeVJpAWkfrvw9_YO34rj5cKE1DspSzgarowqO4JQxBSPcd3Fd1fstX94XjzGZKSlQ.gif>" alt="Project settings > Hosting tab > Enable SSL"></div><figcaption>Project settings &gt; Hosting tab &gt; Enable SSL</figcaption></figure><p>‍<br>To turn this on for existing projects, simply head to the hosting tab of your project settings, flip the “Enable SSL” toggle, and republish.<br></p><p>And boom! Security, peace of mind, and a nifty little lock icon in your browser’s URL field. What a time to be alive.<br></p>


Launched on
November 27, 2018
Category
Hosting

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