Can I get rid of the "This page contains both secure and nonsecure items" warning?

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In the "Select a zone..." window select Internet and Trusted (Local if you wish). If you only select Internet, then sites you add to your Trusted list will still warn you that it is a security risk.

Me: Internet Explorer, I trust website [whatever].

Internet Explorer: OK. Hey this "trusted" site has mixed content, are you sure you want to display it?

Me: ...

Why not just select Disable? This is the setting I use and I have not noticed any problems. You can always change it back to enable if content is not displayed.

How can I know which elements causes such warning. I have analyzed all elements in my page, and all elements in the page are access over https but still I get secured and nonsecure warning in IE6. I would appreciate if you can tell me some tool to analyze pages.

Hi,

I have experienced a security pop up on my website, each time I open a new page. Our site is over 1300 pages in size, this has caused some active members to vanish. What could I do to get rid of the SSL security error altogether, without having to ask each member to reconfigure their browser settings?

I read somewhere about the https:// verses using http:// I am very new to this sort of thing. I would like a very secure website, although can there be such a thing as too secure?

Thanks
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Jane's comment (probably above mine), caught my eye because the same thing's been happening when I go to login at yahoo.

It's really annoying, and I thought it was just me. Apparently not!
Nice to know why it's happening now, though.

What I do not understand is how a site like Amazon.com can have both http:// and https:// links on a https:// page.
When you go to their Sign In page you are brought to a secure page but the links surrounding the sign-in form are http:// can someone explain how this is done without that secure/unsecure items popup appearing? Thx.

I get this (I think) because of a Flash element that I have placed on the page. The codebase URLs are http; not sure yet if there is a secure site to DL these codebases.

Hi,

SOLVED?!?!

Long story short, to eliminate, as a user, that annoying 'secure or non-secured' popup make sure to ENABLE ALL four occurences of Display Mixed Content, i.e.: Internet, Local Intranet, Trusted Sites, Restricted Sites.

Worked like a charm.

Good luck.

JHH

I'm not an expert on this, but basically, if you pages pull non http content such as an image or a script, that error message will pop up.

Basically, just ensure images don't have full paths such as (img src="http://somepath.gif"> and scripts aren't included such as .

Instead, replace all paths with relatives ones. This means they will adopt whichever http protocol currently in use. If, you have to specify a full path, try using https. However, keep in mind there will be advanced reason you will have to learn about why this may or may not work.

There may also be other nonsecure elements I'm not thinking on your pages that might cause the popup.

Best of luck.

"This page contains both secure and nonsecure items" THANK you! This worked EXACTLY as the article described. And it was immediate. I opened a tab and surfed to a site I use MANY times daily where I got that inane prompt. I did not get it after following the aritcle simple steps. ALL "fixes" should be this easy and this effective!

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