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Watchful’s 8th Birthday

This website went live on September 3, 2012. Eight years later it feels like we’re still just getting started! Last year, on our birthday, we published a nostalgic overview with lots of photos and stories. This year’s birthday post is a very different kind of overview. Because Watchful really is Read more…

By Steve Burge, 5 yearsSeptember 3, 2020 ago
How to

Send Monthly Website Reports to Your Clients

Here at Watchful we help you manage and understand what’s going on with your customers’ sites. We collect key information, including Google Analytics, uptime data, and logs of the important events on your site. Then you can gather that info in reports and pass them on to your clients. So Read more…

By Steve Burge, 5 yearsAugust 23, 2020 ago
News

Quickly Enable Auto-Updates for All Your Favorite Software

We’ll look back on 2020 as the year that auto-updates really became mainstream for open source CMSs. This change has been coming for some time. WordPress has provided auto-updating for minor versions since 2013. However, the pace of change has really accelerated in recent months: Here at Watchful, we’ve come Read more…

By Steve Burge, 5 yearsAugust 23, 2020 ago
News

More Uptime Notifications Are Now in Your Watchful Logs

Here at Watchful, most of our customers are web agencies. If you’re reading this, there’s a good chance that you work with an agency and manage multiple sites. So we listen really carefully to your requests and then build the features you need. One of your most frequent requests has Read more…

By Steve Burge, 5 yearsAugust 14, 2020 ago
Rotterdam
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Watchful Supports Updates for RolandD Extensions

Roland Dalmulder is one of the most helpful and involved people in the Joomla world. Roland has helped Joomla in the Bug Squad, the Production Leadership team, the Google Summer of Code and many other roles. He lives in the Netherlands and previously organized the Joomla User Group in Rotterdam. Read more…

By Steve Burge, 5 yearsAugust 14, 2020 ago
Photo Editing
How to

You Can Now Edit and Crop WordPress Images as You’re Writing

WordPress 5.5 is now available. One very cool feature for Watchful users is auto-updates for plugins and themes. These will will help people stay on top of their site security. Another feature that you’ll love is the ability to edit images directly from the post editing screen. Right now, editing Read more…

By Steve Burge, 5 yearsAugust 11, 2020 ago
Blog

Automatic Plugin Updates in WordPress 5.5

WordPress 5.5 is now available. One major new feature in this version is image editing inside blocks. Another feature we want to highlight for Watchful users is auto-updates for plugins and themes. These new auto-updates will help people stay on top of their site security. This will make for a Read more…

By Steve Burge, 5 yearsAugust 11, 2020 ago
Orbey
News

Watchful Supports Updates for JoomlaCK Extensions

Cédric Keiflin is one the more creative and prolific developers in Joomla. He provides over 20 different extensions at Joomlack.fr and many of them have hundreds of 5-star reviews on the Joomla Extensions Directory. I’m delighted to say that you can use Watchful to implement updates for JoomlaCK extensions. This Read more…

By Steve Burge, 5 yearsAugust 5, 2020 ago
Relax Weekends
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Take Evenings and Weekends Off and Skip Auto-Updates

2020 is already stressful enough for all of us. So as we build new Watchful features, we’re looking for ways to make your agency life calmer. The new “Update Scheduler” allows you to choose when site auto-updates will NOT occur. This lets you relax on weekends or vacations, without having Read more…

By Steve Burge, 5 yearsJuly 26, 2020 ago
Victor Drover Season 001 Bonus Episode
The Hot Air Podcast

Season #1, Bonus Episode – Vic Drover

On the Hot Air podcast, we talk with people involved with digital agencies. We discuss business models, strategies, and tools for making your agency successful. And along the way, we hope to have a little fun and make some friends. Season 1 of the Watchful podcast ended last week with Read more…

By Steve Burge, 5 yearsJuly 17, 2020 ago

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