New Website for Honey Hill Inn & Cabins

May 16th, 2013 by

Honey Hill Inn & Cabins sits on 12 acres in the mountains of Chandler, just 15 minutes from Asheville, North Carolina. They offer a Bed & Breakfast style Inn as well as six cozy cabins, each with a view of the breathtaking Smoky Mountains.

You’ll never be bored during your stay at Honey Hill; it’s located just a short drive away from a wide variety of fun activities, such as plentiful hiking trails, whitewater rafting, shopping, sightseeing, zip-lining, and microbreweries, just to name a few! Even if you never leave the property, you can enjoy a stroll through their Butterfly Garden, relax atop Honey Hill in an Adirondack chair, or explore the 12 acres of grounds available.

Steeped in history, construction on the Inn was completed in 1895 by Captain John Hoyt, a Civil War soldier. Through the years it has retained is historic charm, but has been been maintained with modern amenities. It has also been listed ion the National Register of Historic Places. The cabins were constructed later, in the 1990′s and early 2000′s.

Honey Hill Inn & Cabins landed on our Level 2 Advantage plan for their site. A Level 2 plan includes a concept site, up to 10 pages, a mobile site, 3 years of hosting and domain registration, site analytics, training and support from our staff, and much more!

Are you looking to provide your future customers with a fresh web experience? Contact us for a free quote!

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New Website Design for 63 Ranch

May 13th, 2013 by

New Website Design for this Montana Dude Ranch

New Website Design for this Montana Dude Ranch

63 Ranch was originally founded in 1863, and has been a family owned and operated dude ranch since 1929.  It was the first dude ranch in Montana to be declared a national historic site, and it’s one you won’t want to miss!  The Ranch adjoins Gallatin National Forest, is just 50 miles from Yellowstone National Park, and inhabits some of the most beautiful scenery in the West.  With activities from whitewater rafting to world famous fishing, and horseback riding adventures for all skill levels, this is the perfect family vacation!

Looking to take the next step with their marketing, 63 Ranch signed up for one of InsideOut’s Advantage Plans.  Their Level 3 plan gave them this beautiful custom website design, and will continue to support them with business & rack cards, free text & photo changes, quarterly analytics reporting, training and support from our staff, Facebook services, and much more.

Are you interested in finding out what an InsideOut Advantage Plan can do for you?  Contact us for a free quote!

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New Website for Brayton B&B in Oshkosh, WI

May 10th, 2013 by

Brayton Bed and Breakfast, located in Oshkosh, Wisconson, offers their guests wonderfully inviting rooms and delicious food. The Braytons give that personal touch and happily serve as concierge during your stay in Oshkosh. Proudly displaying its original architecture inside and out, Brayton B&B boasts an authenticity that cannot be matched by any hotel. Each of their five guest rooms is uniquely decorated. Besides their private baths, every room has all the modern amenities: central air, flat screen TVs, WiFi, Micro Fiber Blended sheets, luxury bath products, and fluffy robes. Breakfast is served fresh every morning, a wine and cheese social is held in late afternoon, and homemade desserts are served in the evening.

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A New Site for Brayton B&B

Their beautiful site was made possible with our InsideOut Advantage Plan. Brayton B&B selected our Level 3 plan, which boasts a 20 page custom design, business & rack cards, quarterly analytics reporting, and much more!

Want to take your web presence to the next level?  Contact us for a free quote!

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Phase 2 of InsideOut Solutions Service Upgrade: Email Migration

May 9th, 2013 by

Recently, InsideOut Solutions conducted a DNS migration as phase 1 of a service upgrade for its Clients.

Now, phase 2 is beginning, and it involves the migration of email from the current system to a new one.

Why are we doing this?

This service upgrade will provide more security and better individual management of email accounts.

Why are we doing it now?

We and our clients will have a better experience by completing the service upgrade as soon as possible.

Will my email be shut down during the process?

No, you will have a place to check your email throughout the entire process.

What does it involve?

It is a 2-day process.  On day 1, Josh will be doing administrative work to migrate the email.  Expect to hear from him at least once as he’ll be pointing you to a new website where you can check your email until he contacts you on day 2.

On day 2, Josh or Brad will contact you to help you set up your computer, smartphone, and/or tablet so that you can receive mail through the new system.  Day 1 won’t involve much participation.  Day 2 will require more time.  It’s important that when scheduling the migration with Josh and Brad, that you consider what works best as day 2, which will then help them schedule the day 1 portion.

Will my password change?

Yes, it will.  The new system works with high-security passwords to protect your email account.  If, after the process has ended, you still want to change back to your old password, Josh or Brad will explain how to do this.

Will how I check my email change?

In some cases, you might experience small changes in how you check your email (specifically for Outlook users).  We work to try to ensure that your experience in checking email is as familiar to you as possible.

What about spam?

The new email system will combine what was previously two separate systems (email and Postini).  After the migration is complete, there will be a two-week period when you will continue to receive Postini (TESTUDODATA) emails regarding spam.  However, the Postini accounts will be going away.  In Postini’s place, you will be able to manage spam directly from your inbox.  Initially, this will require some work on your part to filter spam to the spam folder and then check the spam folder to be sure good messages are routed to your inbox.  After a few weeks, this work should diminish substantially, and the new email system will be learning which emails are safe (for inbox) and which emails are not (spam).

What do I need to do now?

Contact Josh Wise (josh@insideout.com) to schedule day 2 of the migration (enabling him to schedule both days 1 and 2). Josh will need a few more details before the migration can start; he’ll indicate these needs in an email response. Also, please let him know what devices (computer, smartphone, tablet) you use to check your email, and also what programs you use (Outlook, Windows Mail, Mac Mail, Gmail, etc.).

Thank you for your patience and your help in this service upgrade.  As always, InsideOut solutions is striving to offer you the best experience.

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New Dude Ranch Website for Eatons’ Ranch in Wyoming

May 8th, 2013 by

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New Wyoming Dude Ranch Website for Eatons’ Ranch

Eatons’ Ranch is a Wyoming dude ranch and working cattle ranch, consisting of 7,000 acres of rolling hills, meadows, and valleys. Steeped in 125 years of history, they offer their guests a true western experience. They offer 47 different cabins to choose from, as well as 3 suites in the Main Ranch House.

Eatons’ Ranch chose our “Advantage Pro” plan, which includes a custom designed website of up to 20 pages, a blog, business & rack cards, custom quarterly analytics reporting, social media integration and branding, SEO Rep support, and much more!

Are you interested in taking your web presence to the next level?  Contact us for a free quote!

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New Website Design for Elk Mountain Ranch in the Colorado Rockies

May 2nd, 2013 by

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New Dude Ranch Website for Elk Mountain Ranch

High in the Colorado Rockies sits Elk Mountain Ranch, an all-inclusive dude ranch featuring picturesque views, horseback riding, and a wealth of outdoor activities. Elk Mountain Ranch came to us for a design to capture the essence of their ranch – full of life and activities, private cabins, professional and well-established, and of course the gorgeous scenery. Guests come to Elk Mountain Ranch from all over the world, so we also needed to highlight tips for traveling to Colorado for international guests.

All of this was done through our InsideOut Advantage Plan. Elk Mountain Ranch chose our Level 3 plan, which includes a 20 page custom design, business & rack cards, quarterly analytics reporting, and much more to help “elevate” their marketing!

Are you interested in taking your web presence to the next level?  Contact us for a free quote!

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Don’t let your email become the weakest link

March 20th, 2013 by

In recent months, some big sites like LinkedIn and Evernote have had password leaks. Twitter hasn’t been immune to hacks, and even Sony a few years ago had credit card data stolen. There is, unfortunately, no perfect system – there are only the sites that haven’t been hacked yet.

PadLock-iconIn some cases, if a site that you have an account with is hacked, you might think, “I never really used such-and-such, it doesn’t really matter if hackers get into that account.”

That may be true to a degree. It may not really matter if that account is exploited. However, many people reuse passwords. So if your password for this unused account is the same as your email password, now your email is vulnerable.

That’s scary in itself. But it gets worse.

If you email account is vulnerable, then nearly every account you have with that email address becomes vulnerable. How?

If you’ve ever lost a password, you’ve probably used a “Lost your password?” link of some sort, in which case you know that if you don’t know a password, all you usually need is your email address and you can reset that password.

Here’s how it breaks down:

  1. You sign up for a new service using your email address and go-to password
  2. You forget about the service and never close your account
  3. The service is hacked and account information is leaked
  4. Hackers (and bad-bots) use this information to do 2 things
    1. get into your account on that service
    2. use your account information to get into other services (such as email or social networks)
  5. If the hacker can get into your email, other passwords become irrelevant
  6. The hacker can use the forgotten-/lost-password links on any site, and since they can get into your email, they can reset your password.

You might be tempted to think, “I’m not famous enough for anyone to bother hacking my account.” Although celebrities may at times be special targets, often the goal is to simply be destructive, not to target any individual.

With all that in mind, I hope you see the main point: Protect your email account above all else.

Here are a few general tips:

  • If your password is found in a dictionary – don’t use it, change your password now
  • If your password is a dictionary word, but you’ve done something like replaced “e” with “3″ – don’t use it, change your password now
  • If you use the same password on multiple sites – change your passwords now
  • If your password is your username, real name, pet’s name, anniversary date, email address, etc – change it now

Consider a passphrase. What’s that? It’s several real words joined together, such as page massage volume chicken (this was randomly generated by passphra.se). The advantage with passphrases is that they are easier to remember than passwords like WdVL6hKAhVG17 and they’re more secure! They are also handy if you’re entering a password on to your mobile device.

If you’re a Gmail user, I highly recommend enabling 2-step verification as an added layer of security.

There are even more tips, such as how to keep track of all your unique passwords, on this Inndx.com post, How to change your password, as well as a video that shows you how to change your password on a WordPress site.

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Internet Explorer 10 arrives, now what?

March 8th, 2013 by

Internet Explorer 10 was released on February 26, 2013. If you are using Windows 7 or above, InsideOut strongly encourages you to upgrade to this version. If you are using an older operating system, we recommend you choose Google Chrome or Mozilla FireFox as your web browser instead of the older versions of Internet Explorer
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Features

  • Better support for CSS3
  • Faster browsing
  • Tablet support
  • A do-not-track option to give you better surfing privacy

Why do modern web browsers matter?

Security

Most older browsers no longer receive security updates. If you are using an older browser, it means you probably aren’t keeping your browser updated. This can cause any number of security threats to you while browsing seemingly “safe” websites.

Speed

Older web browsers are slow..very slow. With modern website techniques wide-spread across the internet, you could be slowing your browsing experience down significantly by not upgrading.

Features

Most browsers older than IE9 do not support HTML5 and CSS3. This means that a website might look beautiful to most people, but if you are using an older browser, you might be seeing an ugly, apparently out-dated or even broken website. Some features might not even work for you.

How does InsideOut Solutions support older browsers?

InsideOut Solutions adheres to strict web standards. We stick with Google’s official standpoint in regards to supporting Internet Explorer. This stance is to support the last two versions. Now that IE10 is out, this means we (along with Google) only support IE9 and 10. Officially we will stop support for IE8 on any new websites on March 1st, 2013. While we only support these browsers, we do realize your clients might not all be up-to-date on their computers and strive to allow our custom websites to work on older browsers. The websites might not look as pretty as with a modern browser, but they will still function correctly.

Do I need to update my website to work in IE10?

If your website was built in the last 2 years, probably not.  Most sites made since then have been optimized for IE9, which is very similar in the way it renders websites to IE10.  If it is older than that, you will want to test your website in IE10 if you have the option to do so.  Borrow a friends computer if you don’t have IE10 installed, or use an online service like browserstack.com.  If you’d like us to take a look at your website, give us a call or send us an email.  If you are a current InsideOut Solutions client and would like to audit your website or fix issues that aren’t working in IE10, contact us.

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New Site Design for North Lodge on Oakland in Asheville, NC

February 21st, 2013 by

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New website for North Lodge

North Lodge on Oakland is a bed and breakfast inn located in Asheville, North Carolina. Conveniently close to everything, North Lodge on Oakland provides a secluded oasis where you can simply relax or explore all that Asheville has to offer.
Built in WordPress, North Lodge on Oakland now has complete control over the content of their website and blog.  They can easily change out photos, edit text, blog about area events, or add new specials for guests.
In addition, North Lodge on Oakland clients have signed up for our top level Advantage plan!  This gives them a comprehensive online marketing package, including monthly SEO updates and custom reporting, our premium blog writing services, and rack and business cards specially designed to match their new website and a fully loaded social media share bar.
Are you interested in what an InsideOut Advantage Plan can do for your business?  Contact us for a free quote!

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An Old West, Dude Ranch Experience at Covered Wagon Ranch

February 21st, 2013 by

coveredwagonStep back in time at this authentic Montana dude ranch, first opened in 1925!  This family-friendly dude ranch retains all of its historic charm and provides comfortable cabins, hearty meals, and warm smiles to all guests.  Enjoy a wide range of activities including pack trips, fishing, Yellowstone National Park adventures, and CWR’s famous “butt sliding“.
Having chosen to go with our Advantage Plan, Covered Wagon Ranch now has the ability to easily update their site or add new material to their blog, all using the power of WordPress.  With their hosting, they also get free email support, training, access to our webinars, print materials, and substantial search engine marketing services.
Interested in finding out what our Advantage Plans can do for your inn, bed and breakfast, dude ranch, association, winery or other category? Contact us for a free quote!

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