How do i create Secure Pages?

[twister]

Ok so does anyone know the rules on secure pages on the net. I know I just need to put https:// and than that makes a page appear secure but what are the rules and is that really all i need to do as long as i'm on a sever that has secure abilities? Now i can take Credit Cards and it's all safe?

 

[Sogni]

You need a secure certificate (your host might provide it, check first).

Pages themselves are basically the same thing as regular pages, except you have to make sure everything withint points to other secure items on the same https URL (images, other pages), or your enduser will get a lot of errors, freak and run away.

 

[twister]

This is what my host said

SSL is enabled by default, you just need to place https:// prefix in front of your links which you want to get accessed thru 128-bit encryption.

But i need a certificate too? Ok are they hard to get? And once i get once can i store the CC# in a database or how should i deal with them?

I'm just curious I wanna know all the details before i look farther into this.

Thanks!!