# If I force Discourse to use HTTPS without checking every resource, what happens?

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**Created:** [February 20, 2018, 3:29am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/if-i-force-discourse-to-use-https-without-checking-every-resource-what-happens/80995 "2018-02-20T03:29:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![supermathie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/supermathie/32/507518_2.png) [@supermathie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/supermathie)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2018, 3:51am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/if-i-force-discourse-to-use-https-without-checking-every-resource-what-happens/80995/6 "2018-02-20T03:51:39Z")

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You’re pretty much on.

The behaviour depends on the browser in question, but in general I think you’re safe assuming:

- images will load (with a warning)
- other resources such as `.js` or `.css` will refuse to load

If you want to be extra careful before forcing SSL, visiting Chrome’s net-internals page: chrome://net-internals/#hsts and adding your domain to the STS set will let your “preview” how your browser will behave with “Force SSL” enabled:

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/5/6/5624412d204030f5f9083cb9ef7d5f1f0d7743ca.png)

_(presumably you can do this in other browsers, I just know off hand how to do it for Chrome)_

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