Using .htaccess to redirect is one possible solution and these 3 Google searches may help you to sort a suitable redirect out:
htaccess redirect
htaccess redirect https and http
redirect http and https httpd.conf
You also may be able to find other search keywords to better refine the results as my links above are only a guide.
http to https seems to be the normal responses but those links above might seed some ideas for you to experiment with from https to http or look deeper in the search results for a possible solution.
BTW if you use mod_rewrite then you have to uncomment it in the httpd.conf file like so:
#LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so
to this:
LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so
Some Apache Docs for reference:
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/config ... l#htaccess
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/howto/htaccess.html
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_rewrite.html
http://wiki.apache.org/httpd/Rewrite
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/rewrite/
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/rewrit ... guide.html
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/rewrit ... anced.html
This is an interesting subject and some research in to it's capabilities can only be helpful for you now and for the future.
One simple solution to get rid of the SSL components but requires you ad
:443 to every browser request is to open the
.\xampp\apache\conf\httpd.conf file in your text editor and comment out this line near the bottom of the file like so:
# Secure (SSL/TLS) connections
Include conf/extra/httpd-ssl.conf
to this:
# Secure (SSL/TLS) connections
# Include conf/extra/httpd-ssl.conf
Then up near the top of the file:
Listen 80
to this:
Listen 443
and this:
ServerName localhost:80
to this:
ServerName localhost:443
Save the httpd.conf file after making any edits then restarts Apache to have your edits recognized - and always make a backup of any conf or ini file before editing.
Now you would type this in your browser to get to localhost:
http://localhost:443
and to your web site:
http://mywebsite.com:443
I recommend you test some of the ideas in the Google searches as the above can be confusing for some of your site visitors.
Also look for the latest
ridgewood posts as there is a DTX Control Panel that may also help you find a suitable solution.