Migrating 1 page to https

[unirmk]

Hi there,

Although we do plan to migrate our entire site to https, we currently have only one page on our site which we want to migrate to https, as it has passwords and wotnot on it.

Lets say it is httpS://www.example.com/login/

I am not really sure how to go about migrating just one page though.
I am guessing that we need to:

• make sure that httpS://www.example.com/login/ is the only page that exists on httpS://
• replace any link to the httpS://www.example.com/login/ version on the http:// version
• remove httpS://www.example.com/login/ from the http://www.example.com/sitemap.xml
• create a httpS://www.example.com/sitemap.xml on httpS:// which only references the one page (httpS://www.example.com/login/)
• 301 http://www.example.com/login/ to https://www.example.com/login/
• submit both sitemaps to Google so they know whats up.
• fetch http://www.example.com/login/ so that google finds the redirect.

Anything else?? :S

Not too sure about this one.

Many thanks for your help.

[unirmk]

Hi Anthony,

Thanks very much for your help. What you suggest sounds reasonable. Many thanks for the help!

Best

[anthonydnelson]

You do not need to make sure the login page is the only page that exists on https. Just make that page automatically redirect to the https version. Other pages can render in both http and https versions, just be sure to link internally to the one you want and make sure you have proper canonicals set.

This is just a login page with no SEO value/competition for this branded, specific page. Do not worry about sitemaps, and all the extra details. Just 301 the page to https and keep an eye on the rest of your pages to make sure they remain as is.