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Asked: 2026-05-16T15:50:48+00:00

I have a page that references a couple of externally hosted javascript files –

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I have a page that references a couple of externally hosted javascript files – namely, jQuery on Google and YUI using YUI Loader.

The trouble is when I access the page via HTTPS the browser complains of mixed insecure content, since the external javascript files are being accessed using http instead of https.

What’s a good way to deal with this, accessing the external jQuery and YUI Loader objects with HTTPS?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Assuming the CDN provider has an https version, you can use protocol-relative URLs.

    For example, instead of:

    http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.4/jquery.min.js

    …you can use:

    //ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.4/jquery.min.js

    The browser will use the page’s protocol to try to obtain the file. On non-secure pages, http. On secure pages, https.

    Google also makes YUI Loader available through its CDN. So for YUI this works fine:

    //ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/yui/2.8.0/build/yuiloader/yuiloader-min.js

    …in both http and https contexts.

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