Was searching for more SSL info today and came across
https://www.whynopadlock.com//. Just for grins, I plugged in my Wx site and up came a report saying it was 'secured' with a valid certificate! Further sleuthing revealed that Hosgator had "completed installing certificates for all domains" back in the Summer of last year. It's a LetsEncrypt cert but it doesn't expire until the end of July this year.
Went to HG and saw that my primary domain was show as having a cert, but not the Wx site. Chatted with Support and the fixed that.
I still need to confirm that it is automatically renewed by HG or if it was a one-time, one year deal. I didn't think about that while chatting.
I have not modified any links on this or the other site they host, but I think all my on-site links are relative. Hope this is not the beginning of a royal mess!
My updated report from Why No Padlock has this note:
You currently have TLSv1 enabled.
This version of TLS is being phased out. This warning won't break your padlock, however if you run an eCommerce site, PCI requirements state that TLSv1 must be disabled by June 30, 2018.
That may be a function of the 'free' cert.
Bottom line, you might want to check your hosting service and discover that they may have 'given' you something useful and potentially free. Or empty your browser caches and type in "https" in front of your domain name.
...Perhaps that's why my Banner has disappeared?
Yep, I've stepped into a pile of it!!!!