apache-ssl and virtual hosts

[Harland Christofferson <debian-user@zerocrossings.com>]

i'd like to have apache-ssl listen on a non-standard port 8080 as 
well as port 443. in the apache-ssl/httpd.conf i've included:

Port 8080
Listen 8080

<VirtualHost *:8080>
   SSLEnable
   DocumentRoot /var/www/alt_dir
</VirtualHost>



the problem I am having is that, if i use url:

http://mydomain.com:8080/

the server responds "document contains no data"

if i use the url:

https://mydomain.com:8080/

i am directed to the correct page. i wish to use ssl on the non standard 
port 8080 not 443 for this case. 

suggestions?