UBB.Developers Forums Community Development Programming Web Hosting .htaccess question

We have two sections of our website. The public side and the members side. The public side is all in http:// The private side is all in https:// This is where our board is. We have this side password protected. This was how we needed to do it with our old host using plesk. Our new host uses c-panel. They installed the SSL certificate for me. Now any part of the site can be access using http:// or https:// The password box comes up for any area that requires it but when using http:// the lock indicating a secure site doesn't appear. My host said that I could configure .htaccess to keep people from accessing the secure area via http:// I haven't been able to find anything documenting how to utilize this functionality. Or that it even exists.

I hope this is clear. Thanks for any info.

Jeff