TL;DR - We've teamed up with Nick Janetakis, to bring you HTTPS with Let's Encrypt. The course covers everything you need to know to be extremely confident securing sites with Let's Encrypt. SitePoint fans get it for 40% off for the next 48 hours.

Hey there,

Nowadays, hosting an insecure site isn't good enough...

• Google ranks insecure pages (HTTP) worse than secure pages (HTTPS)
   
• Your visitor's browsing activity and data isn't encrypted - that means any data your visitors send and receive via your site is not protected
   
• Chrome and Firefox are adding visual cues that make even non-technical folks well aware that your site is dangerous to view...

All that is to say, we're on a rapid march towards a "secure by default" web when it comes to protecting traffic.

And if you don't get on top of this now, you're behind the game.

Good news is I've invited back instructor, Nick Janetakis, to present his new course, HTTPS with Let's Encrypt.

Nick is the real deal. Here's why he ticks all the boxes.

• He's been using Let's Encrypt since it first went live in early 2016.
• He knows how to make learning FUN
• 20,000 people have taken at least one of Nick's courses
• He works around the clock answering questions - so you never get stuck

Here's the passage from our first Skype call that really sold me on him...

Best of all, in this brand new course, you walk away with years of knowledge and best practices that he's built through accumulating feedback from hundreds of hours of consulting. 

Reminder: SitePoint fans get the course for 40% off for the next 48 hours.

So why Let's Encrypt?

Free, automated and open certificate authority.

• SSL certificates can be issued for free via Let's Encrypt. Compare that to $10/year per certificate from other providers - don't get ripped off!
   
• It's open source. very transparent and has a huge community 
   
• 100% hands free SSL certificate automation once you set it up. Other providers require you to manually renew certs yearly or your site stops working
   
• Over 40 million+ certs issued and growing at remarkable speeds

One thing I can guarantee you.. this is something every web dev should know. 

And this course offers a real-world take on how to secure your site with HTTPS.

It includes lifetime access to 8 sections.

• 35 video lectures (3 hours of content)
• $10 in DigitalOcean hosting credits to help follow along
• Production ready configs and scripts that you can use however you like (read: use them in your own client projects and profit)

Plus you'll get unlimited free updates to the course. 

What you'll learn

• Crash Course on SSL Certificates
• Create a server on DigitalOcean
• Securely host a website with nginx and Apache
• Hook up a custom domain name* to your server
• Integrate and automate Let's Encrypt for A+ rated SSL certificates

3 hours is all you need to understand how to secure your site with HTTPS using Let's Encrypt. 

You don't need to be a programming wizard to follow along, but you will want a bit more experience than just creating a few HTML sites.

Grab the course now.

Don't spend hours searching through hundreds of blog posts to find the information handed to you on a silver platter, in this course.

Plus, there's the time and money you'll save by not having to buy and renew SSL certificates every year or having your site break out of the blue because you accidentally forgot to renew an SSL certificate.

What students think of the course

It doesn't matter where you're at in your learning - you'll still get something out of this course...

Whether you're a software developer, web developer, sysadmin or a jack-of-all-trades freelancer, this will dramatically increase your value in the market and keep you ahead of the game.

Get the course now.

Complete with a 100% risk free, 365 day money back guarantee.

Plus SitePoint fans get the course for 40% off for the next 48 hours!

​Any questions, just hit reply. I’ll be in touch asap.

Best,
Dan Graziano
Team SitePoint