redirecting to insecure content(http) from secure(https)

Question

I have some self-signed certificate installed for my application and so it runs on https.

https://xyz/redmine

And i want to call some insecure rather not-signed url from my application.

say,

http:9292//something/faye

The browser gives an error running insecure content

if i make other server to run on secure mode, lets say that it runs on

https:9292//something/faye

then unless user adds an exception in browser the url wont be accessible(because i am using self signed certificate)

How can i re-direct or call http from https or Can I add an exception in browser programatically, so that user needs not to add it.

Pointers?

Answer 1

If linking to content on an external site that would be served over http, you can use a protocol neutral URL.

Instead of linking to http://mysite.com/file.html, you can link to //mysite.com/file.html