Change whole folder from http to https
Here is fragment of the .htaccess:
#
enable rewrites
Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} checkout\/onepage
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} checkout/
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://%{HTTP_HOST}/$1 [R=301,L]
RewriteRule ^checkout/$
#
Apache version: Apache/2.4.7 (Ubuntu)
operating system: Windows 8.1
indications in the log files; Main ErrorLog: "/var/log/apache2/error.log"