Migrating from non SSL to SSL SpellChecker
Revision 7-30-2002

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To migrate from non SSL SpellChecker to SSL supported SpellChecker on your website, please follow three steps:

  1. Modify the JavaScript file (spch.js)
  2. Modify the SPROXY.CGI script file
  3. Modify your web pages

Modify the JavaScript file (spch.js)

To support SSL you should update the file following way:
Find the string
http://www.spellchecker.net/spellcheck/
and replace it with the
https://www.spellchecker.net/spellcheck/

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Modify the SPROXY.CGI script file

The sproxy.cgi script file returns corrected data from the SpellChecker engine to the text-box on your web page.

The sproxy.ini file contains some variable parameters, wich must be customized. Find and change the following parameters in this file:

1. SPCH_JS_PATH should be replaced with the full URL where you placed the file spch.js. For example,
https://my_server.com/spch.js
Be sure that value starts with the https://

2. SPROXY_URL should be replaced with the full URL of the sproxy.cgi file. For example,
https://my_server.com/cgi-bin/sproxy.cgi
Be sure that value starts with the https://

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Modify your web pages

Update the code in the HEAD tag (<HEAD> </HEAD>) of your web page:

<script type="text/javascript" language="javascript" src=https://your_url/spch.js></script>

your_url should be replaced with the actual URL of the folder on your server where uou uploaded the spch.js file. Be sure that the value of src attribute starts with https://, in case when javascript will be loaded not from secured site the "Mixed Content Popup" will be shown in user browser.

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