Today we are excited to announce that we have officially begun to migrate our website update and monitoring service to the watchful.net domain. We will phase out our original domain name watchful.li. Since launching in 2012, Watchful has had a complicated relationship with its domain name watchful.li. As we have explained to many folks at conferences and Read more
Watchul is pleased to announce that Francesco Abeni will be joining the development team at Watchful as interim Chief Technology Officer. Francesco has been an invaluable member of the Watchful development team from its inception, contributing significantly to its success. He possesses a deep understanding of the platform and its Read more
Like many web services, Watchful has been busy making changes to address the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) set to go into effect in the European Union on May 25, 2018. We are working towards GDPR compliance in four main areas: Obtaining consent from users to collect and store personal Read more
We have recently released new versions of our Joomla Client (v1.12.2), WordPress Client (v1.0.2) & the SSO Plugin for Joomla (v1.3). New Joomla & WordPress Clients The updated Joomla and WordPress clients improve the way we authenticate calls from the Watchful server so as to avoid a theoretical timing attack: http://php.net/manual/en/function.hash-hmac.php#111435). Read more
Effective immediately, Watchful now officially supports backups, updates, monitoring, and maintenance for websites powered by WordPress. Support for WordPress has been a common request from existing Watchful users who primarily use Joomla as well as longtime WordPress users who are looking for a simpler and more affordable solution for website Read more
In the coming weeks, we plan to migrate our infrastructure from WiredTree to Amazon Web Services (AWS). The primary reasons for this change are to move to a scalable system that can be expanded as needed during high-volume events (such as the release of an important software update) and to Read more
The release of new features is a common event here at Watchful. This includes recent features like YubiKey support, the SEO audit, and the host of tools released over the summer. The Watchful Dashboard has received the makeover we previewed earlier this year, as some of you have noticed. This Read more
Earlier this year, we provided a sneak peek into a new tool called the SEO Audit. This tool helps website owners quickly identify common issues affecting indexing and search rankings. We’re excited to announce the public Beta launch of the SEO Audit tool, now available to all users. Now, you Read more
This week the Joomla project released an important update for its 3.6 series: Joomla 3.6.4. Since this version included a patch for an important security issue, Joomla published an announcement a few days prior stating the exact release date and time to help users prepare and plan for the update. Read more
Website developers and owners must remain vigilant to the emerging threats in Joomla and its ecosystem of extensions and templates. Use the Joomla security resources below to learn the best methods of building and maintaining safer websites. 1. Joomla security checklist The Joomla Security Checklist is the perfect place to start when Read more