IE8 loading js on SSL pages

Question

I am having an issue where all my js files that are loaded on a ssl page break in IE 8.

Is there a technique to load them to work in all browsers and whether the page is secure or not?

Answer 1

This may not be what you're looking for, but you can reference links depending on the protocol by..

src="//domain.com/foo/bar.js"

To workaround any possible security warnings.

Answer 2

If you're directly referencing scripts on third-party sites, create local copies of the scripts on your server instead. Then in your <script> tags, use relative URLs. For example:

<script type="text/javascript" src="/scripts/some-library.js"></script>

That way the browser will load them over regular HTTP if the user browses to http://yourdomain.com/, or over HTTPS if the user browses to https://yourdomain.com/.