http://www.tomleadbetter.co.uk/index.php en leadbetter.tom@gmail.com Copyright 2010 2010-01-19T18:00:51+00:00 http://www.tomleadbetter.co.uk/blog/entry/a-quick-show-off/ http://www.tomleadbetter.co.uk/blog/entry/a-quick-show-off/#When:18:00:51Z A very quick update to show off having my name mentioned in a book. The HTML5 Doctors, got a mention in the HTML & XHTML Pocket Reference 4th Edition from O’Reilly. Shameless 2010-01-19T18:00:51+00:00 http://www.tomleadbetter.co.uk/blog/entry/html5-meter-tag/ http://www.tomleadbetter.co.uk/blog/entry/html5-meter-tag/#When:12:41:47Z Just a very quick blog post here (well, it’s barely a post I suppose). Last month I wrote an article for HTML5 Doctor - Measure up with the Meter tag. Coding 2009-11-15T12:41:47+00:00 http://www.tomleadbetter.co.uk/blog/entry/html5-runnin-wild/ http://www.tomleadbetter.co.uk/blog/entry/html5-runnin-wild/#When:12:57:17Z It has been far too long since my last post. Reasons for this? Well I bought a new house which is cool and I got a new job which is also cool. Mix that with a splash of laziness and you get three months without writing. So what’s been going on? Coding 2009-08-12T12:57:17+00:00 http://www.tomleadbetter.co.uk/blog/entry/html5/ http://www.tomleadbetter.co.uk/blog/entry/html5/#When:09:45:16Z I redesigned this site in November, which gave me the chance to use ExpressionEngine. I quickly grow bored of the things I do for myself so I fancied another redesign and this time around I wanted to use HTML5 and see what it was all the fuss was about. Coding 2009-04-29T09:45:16+00:00 http://www.tomleadbetter.co.uk/blog/entry/social-bookmarks-code-for-dotnet/ http://www.tomleadbetter.co.uk/blog/entry/social-bookmarks-code-for-dotnet/#When:09:34:38Z For a recent project, built with asp.net and Visual Studio 2008, I needed to create buttons for social bookmarks - Digg, Delicious, etc. It is pretty straightforward actually so I thought I’d share the code. Coding 2009-04-10T09:34:38+00:00 http://www.tomleadbetter.co.uk/blog/entry/march-wallpaper/ http://www.tomleadbetter.co.uk/blog/entry/march-wallpaper/#When:19:55:14Z After designing a wallpaper for February, I thought I would carry on the theme. Ok, I’m eleven days overdue with this one, but better late than never! Design 2009-03-11T19:55:14+00:00 http://www.tomleadbetter.co.uk/blog/entry/highlight-navigation-in-expressionengine/ http://www.tomleadbetter.co.uk/blog/entry/highlight-navigation-in-expressionengine/#When:19:34:41Z Just a quick one to show how I highlight the navigation so that the user knows what section they are in. I use the URL segment variables to highlight the navigation. Coding 2009-02-05T19:34:41+00:00 http://www.tomleadbetter.co.uk/blog/entry/a-february-wallpaper/ http://www.tomleadbetter.co.uk/blog/entry/a-february-wallpaper/#When:16:09:22Z Sitting inside yesterday evening, I felt the need to create a wallpaper. Outside it was dark, snowy and pretty miserable to be honest. So I opened up Photoshop and dug out some grunge brushes. Design 2009-02-03T16:09:22+00:00 http://www.tomleadbetter.co.uk/blog/entry/expressionengine-and-i-part-2/ http://www.tomleadbetter.co.uk/blog/entry/expressionengine-and-i-part-2/#When:16:55:57Z In Part 1, I talked about how I got started with ExpressionEngine and some of the problems and disappointments I faced. It probably came across as pretty negative. That was not my intention, because overall, I really do like ExpressionEngine. So, some of the things I like… Coding 2009-01-11T16:55:57+00:00 http://www.tomleadbetter.co.uk/blog/entry/expressionengine-and-i/ http://www.tomleadbetter.co.uk/blog/entry/expressionengine-and-i/#When:22:31:00Z I had needed to redesign my site and get a blog going for sometime. I have made several sites using Wordpress so this time I wanted to try another CMS. Textpattern was an option but in the end I went with ExpressionEngine which recently seemed to be getting a fair bit of exposure. Coding 2008-12-20T22:31:00+00:00