Redirect all HTTP requests to HTTPS on exist-db.org

[joewiz]

@lguariento said:

PS: when are we getting a Let's Encrypt certificate 🙂 ? It's free and it'd look nicer, I think.

I responded:

The exist-db.org server has an HTTPS cert, actually. It’s just that the server doesn’t redirect HTTP requests to the HTTPS variety, or pass an HSTS header, etc.

p.s. I know this is an exist-db.org server configuration issue, not an issue with this app - but the repo is called "website" and there's no dedicated repo for exist-db.org server issues.

[joewiz]

Among the various benefits would be that Google would take users to the HTTPS page by default, whereas now, even though HTTPS is supported, Google tends to take users to the HTTP page:

Search results on HTTPS-only sites are often promoted over HTTP results.

HSTS headers would make the preference even more explicit.