https .. :( ssl...simple tutorials?

Hi all,
well I've been playing around with winsock...and I've pretty much got the http protocol understood....but now...I've been trying to write a small https piece of code...just to get a secure web page

for example http://site.com/somepage.html

But because its using https, not http, I've been reading about it...its using port 443 instead of 80, and its encripting everythign :( There isn't any simple tutorials on it is there around? ...something really simple so I can have a play around with the code to see what is actually happening...what I'm sending and getting back etc?
I just can't find anything that explains how the data is sent..... just simpel stuff.... I think you still use standard http, but you encode it some how?

Thanx for any help on this.

Ben
:D