plain http image on https/ssl page = warning

Question

I've found the page that plain http images with a https/ssl page can't be displayed without warnings. Are there any way to display a picture from another http:// web-site on your https://web-site without warnings? (suppose you have a permission to display that picture on you web-site).

Chrome put a yellow triangle on SSL locker: "...However, this page includes other resources, that are not secure..." IE displays a warning when a page loads: "Do you want to view only the webpage content that was delivered securely?"

So, how to display a picture on https:// page if it is on another web-server?

Answer 1

You can use the information on this article on Encosia. Basically you have to use a // syntax for your urls in order to use the same protocol in all cases. For example, if you have a https request, the following

//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.4.4/jquery.min.js

will hit google's CDN using the https protocol. However, if you don't have control over the other server, i think you're out of luck. If you do have control over the other server i'd recommend using the method described in the article above by allowing your content server to serve both protocols.