diff --git a/codepot/etc/codepot.ini.in b/codepot/etc/codepot.ini.in
index 20e73551..3a2bc2c4 100644
--- a/codepot/etc/codepot.ini.in
+++ b/codepot/etc/codepot.ini.in
@@ -86,9 +86,16 @@ api_base_url = "http://127.0.0.1"
 ; https://${SERVER_NAME}/svn.
 ; You may specify multiple URLs separated with a comma as shown below:
 ;   "http://${SERVER_NAME}/svn, https://${SERVER_NAME}/svn"
-; REQUEST_PROTOCOL is resolved to either http or https.
+; All specified URLs are shown in the repository list of the project overview
+; page. 
+; You may use various items available in $_SERVER when composing the URL.
+; For example, ${HTTP_HOST} maps to  $_SERVER{'HTTP_HOST'}.
+; Additionally, $_SERVER{'REQUEST_PROTOCOL'} added by config/config.php
+; can be referenced with ${REQUEST_PROTOCOL} and it is resolved to either
+; http or https.
 ;------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-svn_base_url = "${REQUEST_PROTOCOL}://${SERVER_NAME}:${SERVER_PORT}/svn"
+;svn_base_url = "${REQUEST_PROTOCOL}://${SERVER_NAME}:${SERVER_PORT}/svn"
+svn_base_url = "${REQUEST_PROTOCOL}://${HTTP_HOST}/svn"
 
 ;------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ; Login model to use. 
diff --git a/codepot/src/codepot/config/config.php b/codepot/src/codepot/config/config.php
index d69f6b0c..dd4c70e8 100644
--- a/codepot/src/codepot/config/config.php
+++ b/codepot/src/codepot/config/config.php
@@ -17,17 +17,25 @@ if (isset($_SERVER['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_PROTO']))
 {
 	/* set to https if the first X-Forwarded-Proto is https */
 	if (array_search ("https", array_map ('strtolower', preg_split("/[\s,]+/", $_SERVER['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_PROTO']))) === 0)
+	{
 		$config['base_url'] = 'https';
+		$_SERVER['REQUEST_PROTOCOL'] = 'https';
+	}
 	else
+	{
 		$config['base_url'] = 'http';
+		$_SERVER['REQUEST_PROTOCOL'] = 'http';
+	}
 }
 else if (isset($_SERVER['HTTPS']) && $_SERVER['HTTPS'] == 'on')
 {
 	$config['base_url'] = 'https';
+	$_SERVER['REQUEST_PROTOCOL'] = 'https';
 }
 else
 {
 	$config['base_url'] = 'http';
+	$_SERVER['REQUEST_PROTOCOL'] = 'http';
 }
 
 $config['base_url'] .= "://{$_SERVER['HTTP_HOST']}";
diff --git a/codepot/src/codepot/views/project_home.php b/codepot/src/codepot/views/project_home.php
index a7be748b..08baf2a2 100644
--- a/codepot/src/codepot/views/project_home.php
+++ b/codepot/src/codepot/views/project_home.php
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ foreach ($urls as $url)
 	$url = trim($url);
 	if ($url == '') continue;
 	print '<li>';
-	print anchor ($this->converter->expand($url,$_SERVER) . "/{$project->id}");
+	print anchor ($this->converter->expand($url,$_SERVER) . "/{$project->id}/");
 	print '</li>';
 }
 ?>
diff --git a/codepot/src/index.php b/codepot/src/index.php
index 1a787f57..3aed01cc 100644
--- a/codepot/src/index.php
+++ b/codepot/src/index.php
@@ -46,6 +46,10 @@ define('APPPATH', $application_folder.'/');
 */
 if (CODEPOT_HTTPS_COMPULSORY)
 {
+	// this option is not affected by X-Forwared-Proto or other similar headers.
+	// this option mandates SSL over the direct connection to the origin server.
+	// it doesn't care if the client is using SSL when the connection is relayed
+	// by intermediate proxy servers.
 	if (!isset($_SERVER['HTTPS']) || $_SERVER['HTTPS'] != 'on') 
 	{
 		/* force https except api calls */
@@ -63,16 +67,6 @@ if (CODEPOT_HTTPS_COMPULSORY)
 	}
 }
 
-/*
-|---------------------------------------------------------------
-| EXTRA INFORMATION
-|---------------------------------------------------------------
-*/
-if (isset($_SERVER['HTTPS']) && $_SERVER['HTTPS'] == 'on')
-	$_SERVER['REQUEST_PROTOCOL'] = 'https';
-else
-	$_SERVER['REQUEST_PROTOCOL'] = 'http';
-
 /*
 |---------------------------------------------------------------
 | LOAD THE FRONT CONTROLLER