Why am I receiving an insecure content error message?

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Are you receiving an error about your page(s) having insecure content when visiting them securely (https)? The error means that you are visiting a page securely in your web browser but some content is not being referenced securely. For example, let's say you have the following code in one of your site's files:

<img src="http://www.example.com/store/images/item55.jpg>

You would receive an "insecure content" error message when visiting the file with the above mentioned code securely (https). The reason you would receive an "insecure content" error message is because the link being referenced is using http and not https. You would no longer receive the "insecure content" error message if you changed the code to the following:

<img src="https://www.example.com/store/images/item55.jpg>

Notice how "http" was replaced with "https". Better yet, you could change the code to use relative links instead of absolute:

<img src="/store/images/item55.jpg>

You will want to contact your webmaster and ensure everything is being referenced securely to resolve any "insecure content" error messages you're receiving. Once all content is referenced securely, the error will no longer be present.