Secure URL and Content

[silas3]

I'm really mystified that when I change to using https the getSkinUrl() seems to call into a procedure updateParamDefaults there is no param for secure (i.e. my content is getting blocked)?

I notice this post from Marius https://magento.stackexchange.com/questions/16001/geturl-getskinurl-displaying-insecure-content-on-h... where he says use 

this->getSkinUrl('images/Home.gif', array('_secure'=>true));

Whilst that doesn't work for me I notice that none on the base theme phtml use this so how is  https getting to skin (etc) files?

[LuigiMdg]

You have activated the SSL in the configuration?

You have changed the secure_base_url to https?

[silas3]

Yes, the main request is getting https but its the skin files which aren't.

I'm fascinated as to why Marius would say add the array(_secure) param to the getSkinUrl call when that's nowhere in the base phtmls.

[silas3 · Accepted solution]

Thanks for taking an interest. Actually there is a procedure isCurrentlySecure in store.php which looks up the server variable for https, but my problem was actually a typo in local.xml, that's fixed it.