How to enable SSL connection on Joomla 1.5/2.5?

Proceed to your Joomla Administrator panel -> Site -> Global Configurations.

Click the Server tab and select to enable SSL connect for the Administrator panel only or for the Entire Site. 

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Hit Save and that is it!

*Note that you must have a Private SSL certificate to be able to use this functionality!