Many of you work for web agencies. You want to do the best for your customers, so you have test and/or staging environments. This helps ensure that you catch any potential problems before they go into production. Generally, the bigger and more complex your site is, the more test and Read more…
While there are many levels of sophistication when it comes to developing websites, most web developers are familiar with the use of production sites and staging sites. Production sites are the public-facing versions of your website that site visitors use every day. Staging sites are private clones of your production sites. They are used primarily Read more…
On Watchful‘s very first Hot Air pod, we speak with Eoin Oliver from Square Balloon. Eoin is deeply involved with the Joomla community in the UK. He gave an excellent presentation at the Joomlashack Conference at the end of 2019, and we’ve been talking a lot since then. Eoin runs Read more…
A love letter to the global Joomla community. This weekend I attended Joomla’s Forum for the Future (FFTF) in Malaga, Spain. FFTF was a 3-day event that followed an unconference-style format where attendees brainstormed and networked on the future of Joomla. The conference was organized by the Joomla project leadership Read more…
Are you ready for a new Watchful feature?! We’re 7 years old now and moving faster than ever. In the last month, we’ve launched support for commercial WordPress plugins and also enabled support for WordPress backup plugins. We’re already rolling with the next new Watchful feature: auto-updates! This feature will Read more…
Version 1.0.4 of the WordPress client has been released along with an update to the Watchful Dashboard. The updates include: Users can update their sites to the latest WordPress client directly from the Watchful dashboard.
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…
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…
NOTE: Please read the Joomla 3.6.1 release announcement before updating your sites Today, we released of Watchful Client version 1.10.10, a crucial update for all Joomla website owners. This latest version is specifically designed to effectively implement the recently-released Joomla 3.6.1 update. To ensure a smooth update process, we offer several convenient Read more…