In SharePoint 2003 or 2007: If you've ever seen the "This page contains both secure and nonsecure items" error message, this post is for you. It pops up when you add an RSS reader web part to a page on a site that was in my Trusted Sites or Intranet Sites zone. This has annoyed me for a while, and after a little playing around in IE 7’s settings, I figured out how to get rid of it.
From IE 7 (pretty sure this is the same with IE 6) access the Tools menu, then Internet Options. Click on the Security tab, then select the zone your SharePoint site is in (for example the Internet Zone), the click the Custom Level button. Then scroll down to the Miscellaneous header and look for “Display mixed content” and set it to Enable. Click OK and exit IE, then open it up again and see if the message goes away. Verify the zone that IE has this site listed in by looking at the bottom toolbar of the IE window.
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IS there any other way to stop these pop ups? What about non-IE users? II have 25,000 users--trying to get all of them to add the SP site to trusted sites is near impossible.
Thanks for nay help!
I am not sure if there is
I am not sure if there is another way to stop the pop-ups other than the changes mentioned above. This is the only one I've come across.
I'd have to experiment with other browsers, which ones in particular are you interested in?
For large installations assuming you have Active Directory, a group policy might be able to force these changes on the users' PCs. Take a look at the IE Admin Kit (IEAK) which may be able to make these changes.
If you have SMS or another management tool, you could deploy a script to the computer that would make the changes.
Thanks,
Colin
Adding RSS source to zone
I followed these instructions to the letter and was still receiving the yes/no popup, so I tried adding the source site of the RSS feed (i.e., http://forums.microsoft.com or similar) to the appropriate zone instead. Problem solved!
Then again, this may have been your intent and I simply didn't read the instructions correctly. ;)