You will find the channel here: http://vimeo.com/channels/hotgloo

Matt did it again. This week he has set up some brand new tutorials about “How to wireframe your own webshop” with HotGloo. Featruing this week: Part1: How to create a shopping cart and add items. Matt is doing an amazing job here, many thanks from our side. He would also love to get some feedback on his work from you and don’t forget to drop suggestions for future tutorials.

And here’s the next update! Loads of improvements – most of them will remain invisible: speed improvements, browser improvements and much more. Visible improvements were made on the table element. Plus now you can align the text within the circle and square element also. How’s that?

 
New Table Element with:
- Adjustable column size
- Content wraps if too long
- Adjustable column color
- Adjustable cell color
- Select/Delete Row
- Insert Row Above/Below
- Select/Delete Column
- Insert Column Left/Right

 


 
Wanna see a HotGloo feature or element covered in the future? Just use the comment box or tweet us @hotgloo.

 

Good news if you are on a Mac. Ever heard of Fluid? Fluid lets you create a Site Specific Browser (SSB) out of any website or web application, effectively turning your favorite web apps into desktop apps. So if it happens that you are on a Mac give Fluid a ride and put HotGloo in your dock. Cool thing is that you can launch your favorite wireframe tool right from your desktop or dock, with one click only.

 
1. Download the HotGloo Icon (drag and drop)

2. Download Fluid here and double klick the zip file. Drag Fluid into your Application folder. Open your Applications and drag Fluid in the dock.

 
3. Launch the Fluid icon in the dock.

 
4. Enter your Account info and choose the HotGloo icon from your Desktop.

 
5. Once you have Fluid set up, click launch now and change the settings in preferences according to this picture.

 
6. Done! You are now able to launch HotGloo right from your desktop. Enjoy.

You will find the channel here: http://vimeo.com/channels/hotgloo

If you’d like to see a particular feature, module, element, action … covered – please get in touch and comment here. Matt would love to get some feedback on his video work and suggestions for future tutorials.

Since we once were all students, we figured out a way how students and academics can get more out of HotGloo by saving money. So today we want to introduce educational discounts. Doesn’t matter if you are a student at a university or FH, a professor, a teacher or still in school – just email us a verification at sales@hotgloo.com. We will double check your info and send you a code, which must be applied in Step 3 of the Sign Up process.

 

 
Why? Because we want to support education and young ideas – it’s as simple as that!

 


 

For those of you who haven’t noticed already: HotGloo has a new logo. We got a couple of new logo proposals and settled on this one, because we wanted to save the magnificent, mighty mighty G. What do you think of it? We think it’s a great compound of an unique icon on the one hand and a clear and sharp typographic logo on the other hand. Plus by keeping our beloved G this logo represents not a complete redesign but more some sort of facelift.

This weeks tutorial video is on the 960 Grid System which is built in HotGloo.

 


 
If you like to see any HotGloo feature covered next week, any element you want to see in action or any idea for upcoming videos, just use the comment box or shoot us en email. We are happy about any contribution.

 
Further Reading:
Wireframes Magazine 960gs Article
960 Grid System Page
Prototyping with the Grid 960 CSS Framework

 

We have been busy lately improving HotGloo based on feedback we got from you and also have to keep an eye on our servers and the post launch activities. Some of you have asked us what features we will come up with in the near future. So we sat down and developed a HotGloo roadmap for the next three months. Don’t nail us on exact deadlines this should function as a rough overview of what is about to come.

Hey there,

It’s Wireframe Wednesday again and we did a little update on our tutorial videos. We’ve created a new “How To HotGloo” video dealing with Custom Elements. This tutorial will provide an overview on how you can create custom elements with HotGloo and how you can edit and add them to various pages.

Feel free to use the comment box and tell us which functions or elements you’d like to see covered in a a tutorial video during the next weeks!

 

Beta is over! You can’t login to a Beta Account – Need to sign up again!

We’ve sent out a couple of Newsletter regarding this topic, seems that some of you haven’t received one. Beta accounts are not accessible anymore, but you can transfer beta projects to a new HotGloo account! Sign up for a new account (you can use the same ID as in the Beta or a new one). After sign up, login and you’ll find the Transfer Beta Projects Box on the right side. Will get you to the Import site: fill out the data Beta HotGloo ID you want to import, Beta Username, Beta Password and hit import. May take a while, depending on the size of the imported project!