How SSL and HTTPS work on MapleGather
This page explains what MapleGather does and doesn’t tell you about the HTTPS certificate for your site address.
The short version
Section titled “The short version”Your organization’s site address is the name you chose when you created your organization, on maplegather.org. There is no certificate setting for that address in MapleGather — nothing for you to buy, configure or renew. The Domains & SSL page doesn’t show the certificate’s status: it reads “Your site address is the one you chose when you created your organization.” and “This page doesn’t show that address or the status of its HTTPS certificate, because no source for either is available here. There are no certificate settings to change.”
How it works
Section titled “How it works”- No status is shown in MapleGather. No part of MapleGather that the Domains & SSL page can read reports the certificate status for your site address, so the page shows no badge, no “Valid through” date and no “Last renewed” date.
- No messages are sent. MapleGather doesn’t email you or send an admin notification about certificates. If automatic renewal ever fails, MapleGather’s platform team is alerted once certificate monitoring is switched on, and an admin notice will be added when custom domains for organizations go live.
- Your browser is where you can check. When you open your site address, the browser’s address bar shows whether the connection is secure — a padlock, or a “Not Secure” warning.
Why it works this way
Section titled “Why it works this way”The Domains & SSL page only shows what it can read. Showing a “Secured” badge or certificate dates without a real source for them would tell you something nobody checked, so the page doesn’t.
Edge cases & boundaries
Section titled “Edge cases & boundaries”- System subdomain only. This page covers your
maplegather.orgsite address. Custom domains (for example,riversidegarden.org) arrive with the website builder — see the Custom domain row on the Domains & SSL page. - No admin action exists for the system subdomain’s certificate. MapleGather has no setting for it, so a message asking you to renew or reconfigure it isn’t something you can act on in MapleGather.