| The Cobbler's Children Get New Shoes |
 Ozdachs' business web site just received a [much needed] 2008 make-over.
The most important change is the look which is modern and, well, 2008-ish.
We liked the previous site a lot when we made it five years ago. But, as computers screens got wider and standards changed... well, it was time for a new look.
Behind the drop-down menus and clean columns is XHTML transitional code which validates and ensures that pages will look good in different browsers.
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3 Changes in Site Development
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Revamping the five-year old Ozdachs site included a trip down Memory Lane. Here are 3 major changes that have occurred since our original site (see if they're still used in your web site!):
- Sites use Cascading Style Sheets (css) for laying out columns and positioning text. Our original sites made extensive use of tables.
 They were fine for the time, but they often don't display the same in different browsers (Firefox, Internet Explorer, Safari, etc.). Moreover, they add lots of code to your pages which makes it harder to search engines to index your site.
- Drop-down menus and other scripts are more compact and can be placed below the majority of your text. These help your important words get indexed by search engines like Google.
- Web pages are using smooth backgrounds. Earlier ones used wall-paper looking textured backgrounds. They looked comfortable in 2000, now they look old-fashioned!
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| Ozdachs Clients Deliver Their Books |
 Sinclair and His Excellent Plaid Paws left the publisher and hit booksellers in time for Christmas.
Congratulations to author Fred Shook for sharing this children's story with the world. We look forward to more tales from Teddy Bear Hamlet!
Hans Camenzind has released a free PDF version of his Much Ado About Almost Nothing: A History of Electricity and Electronics.
This is a great teaser for a fun book! You'll like the PDF, and will want to give the paperback edition to your science-oriented children and friends.
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Spend $20 and Look Like a Real Business
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 Do you send business email from your Hotmail.com, Yahoo.com, or gmail.com account?
When I get emails from business people using free mass email services -- and they're not writing asking me to help them set up their own web site! -- I always do a double take.
It just seems wrong that a professional business person is using a throw-away email account.
I was surprised when one of my bricks-and-mortar clients told me that those free email return addresses bother him, too.
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| Quick Notes |
 Ozdachs is planning an away-from-the-Internet vacation for 17 days starting April 25, 2008.
Please contact us before April 1st for any updates you may need during the period we will be away from high-speed connections |
