My website use an encrypted connection using HTTPS since 30 hours now. If you visit my forum, the HTTPS connection is enforced by the web server. Unsecured HTTP forum links will be redirected to the secured HTTPS forum. All links to my web site in existing forum posts was updated with the HTTPS link. This adds more security to your forum account, especially if you visit my website on a public network.
Since it is just a class 1 certificate, some browsers don't show a closed lock at the address bar. But if you click on the details of the web site connection in the browser, it should display a valid encrypted connection! Tested this with Chrome, Edge and Internet Explorer.
Links to the zip, image and readme files will work with both methods, HTTP and HTTPS.