Redirect from https to http problems

.htaccess , hope this is what you are looking for , and that it also works

Code:

Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} ^443$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.yourdomain.com/$1 [R=301,L]

 

That could be related to a bad SSL Certificate installment. I still don't understand why do you try to redirect a secure connection to a non-secure while you could simple uninstall the certificate , in that case there will be no binding on ssl port 443 on your domain.

 

Unfortunately with the way that HTTPS works, you can't redirect HTTPS->HTTP without some sort of issue in this case. The SSL negotiation and connection is established first before any htaccess or even vhost redirects can happen. In the case that there is no SSL vhost on that IP (not listening on 443), an error will be seen like the one Frankc posted. If one is using a server-wide or self-generated cert, the usual "Certificate cannot be trusted" warning screen will be seen. In this latter case, once the certificate is accepted and the HTTPS connection fully established, then any vhost- or htaccess-level redirects will happen.

Realistically the only way to work around this problem is to purchase a (cheap) signed SSL cert for the domain so the redirection can happen without any interaction from the end-user.

 

The problem is that other sites link to his HTTPS URLs so a search and replace on his own site isn't going to help that.

Just buy a cheap SSL cert and job done.