Need some help with htaccess and SSL

[shamoon]

Hello all,

I'm having some troubles with the SSL on my site.  I want all URL's that have the word "account", "register" or "gift" to be https.  The rest should all be http.  So in my htaccess file, I have something like:

RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !^on [NC]
RewriteRule ^gift\.html$ https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L]
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} ^on [NC]
RewriteRule ^gift\.html$ index.php?page=gift [QSA]

 

The other half of the problem is in PHP, so I hope someone here can help with that.  All things on our site don't use relative paths.  They are absolutely defined using a global variable.  Now I'm sure this isn't the best way, but it's pretty deeply ingrained in the site now.  So if you go to www.bookswim.com and click on "Sign Up Now" up top, it correctly directs you to an HTTPS page.  However, from there, ALL links are now pointing to https pages, and we don't want that.

 

Sorry if I'm not more clear, but I'm a bit confused myself.  Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

Thanks.