The website maintenance blog at Watchful covers all things WordPress including hosting, software, updates, backups and agency life.
building block of any web agency is the trust bestowed upon it by the client. A client trusts your agency to deliver secure websites and online services, but it goes far beyond that: most clients automatically assume that your web agency security is also top-notch. After-all, the client is trusting Read more…
van Lent is one of the most interesting developers in Joomla. He’s not only a prolific developer, but also deep thinker about communities and leadership. I’m delighted to say that you can now update OnlineCommunityHub extensions using Watchful. About OnlineCommunityHub Ruud’s main Joomla site is OnlineCommunityHub where you can find Read more…
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…
constantly working on improvements at Watchful client. Usually these changes are related to improved performance, tighter security, or sometimes just a little tidying up like we did recently with the Watchful API. Watchful client version 2.0 is currently in the Beta phase. It’s not officially released yet, but it’s stable Read more…
Here at Watchful, our goal is to monitor your sites and save you time and money. One way Watchful does that is with useful notifications. We’ve been working hard on improvements to the Watchful notifications system. You can now manage Watchful notifications if your site doesn’t have recent backups, your Read more…
Have you ever found an extension or plugin that you want to install on all your sites? Maybe it was a security extension to block hackers. Perhaps it was a great SEO plugin. Or maybe it was a backup plugin to keep your sites safe. Whatever it was, you can Read more…
of the most important services Watchful can provide for you is reliable site backups. No matter what happens, if you have trustworthy site backups, you can recover. So it’s a big advantage if you can find affordable backup storage for your sites. We looked around at over a dozen of Read more…
2020. That’s all you need to say now. As you soon as you say “2020” people immediately start shaking their heads and sighing. 2020 means stress, uncertainty and a bumpy road ahead. We started the Watchful podcast in February, so we’ve been talking with agency owners throughout the pandemic. We’ve Read more…
ng scenario: It’s late on Friday night and your customer has to talk with you right now. They decided to make one last change for the week. One final update before going offline for the weekend. And it blew up the whole site. The customer calls you, begging for help Read more…
Update: Support for Joomla 4 is now officially available. At the end of May, the Joomla world enjoyed JandBeyond. Normally, this is the big annual Joomla event that’s held in Europe; this year, it became a huge, online conference that ran for 24 hours. All the presentations were streamed on Read more…