Google does not penalize for using SSL on your site. So you should have no problems. If you want to be positive phone google and ask.

301 redirects are your friend - once you do that you'll have very little issues.

Htaccess all your http: traffic to https: as well.

Hey Scott, as others have pointed out, Google will not penalize you.

Links will NOT automatically redirect to your https address unless you make some changes to your .htaccess file (mod rewrite)...

Adding the following to your .htaccess file should revert all incoming requests to the https URL of whatever page visitors are trying to view.

Now, if you wish to redirect only files in a specific folder, you could use the following:

let me know if you need further assistance. glad i could help.