The news area at Watchful focuses on updates to the platform, new features, and company announcements.
Today we are proud to announce the immediate availability of version 1.5.7 of the Watchful client. This release comes quickly on the heels of last week’s new notification customization feature. Today’s release includes a number of changes, but two stand out as they are designed to save you time when Read more
Today we are thrilled to officially announce the ability to control email notifications in your Watchful Dashboard. First, in your dashboard you’ll now find the ability to choose additional email(s) to receive email notifications from Watchful. See also our step-by-step instructions for further details. This lets you enable team-wide alerts Read more
We are thrilled to announce an incredibly exciting development for our esteemed customers and the vibrant Joomla community today! After dedicated efforts, negotiations, and preparation, we are thrilled to announce the acquisition of Admincredible, a Joomla remote update tool. This alliance promises immense benefits for both parties involved, as well Read more
Here at Watchful, we work hard everyday to make a great service that allows Joomla web site owners to easily manage and maintain their web sites. The first few years of any startup are challenging, but we’ve persevered and today we are thrilled to announce that we’ve reached our first Read more
Fine-grained control over user permissions was a long-anticipated feature for the Joomla CMS until it’s introduction in Joomla 1.6. Joomla manages these permissions through access control lists (i.e. ACL). While a much-anticipated and powerful feature, ACL can be complex — even on simple websites. Inheritance between user groups and the numerous Read more
The Joomla project has announced fixes for an urgent Joomla security issue affecting version 1.5 and greater. These updates follow on from a similar security announcement in the Spring. So, if you have maintained a Joomla site built within the last six or seven years, you likely have an urgent security issue to fix. Read on Read more
We are excited to announce that Watchful now officially supports remote updates for two of the most popular Joomla add-ons: Akeeba Backup and Admin Tools. Most Joomla users are aware that site builders interested in Joomla backup and Joomla security solutions use these popular products as mainstays. Joomla backups Performing Read more
Recently, many of our team attended J and Beyond (JAB), the international Joomla! developers conference held in The Netherlands from May 31 to June 2, 2013. JAB gathers leading Joomla developers worldwide for a weekend of learning and networking at an excellent conference. In addition, it is an exciting event as Joomla Read more
After returning from J and Beyond, the annual Joomla conference, we’ll officially release Watchful client version 1.5.6. One of the most exciting new features in this release is the ability to update Akeeba Backup and Admin Tools — both the Free and Pro versions — right from the Watchful dashboard. If Read more
Yesterday at the CMS Spotlight Awards, the judges selected Watchful as the Best Joomla App for 2012-2013. @watchfulli Congratulations on the win for THE outstanding #Joomla#CMS App for 2012-2013. Well-deserved! Watchful— CMS Expo (@CMSExpo) May 17, 2013 CMS Expo’s highlight, the Spotlight Awards, celebrate content management systems at the annual event in Evanston, Illinois, USA. Read more