Since we first opened our doors, one of the characteristic features of our service has been the colorful icons on the Watchful Dashboard that indicates whether or not Joomla updates are pending for your websites. Every Joomla user’s goal is keeping their websites in the “green zone”. Red light. Green light. The Read more…
On Friday, the developer of the popular Breezing Forms add-on for Joomla announced a serious vulnerability affecting version 1.7.5 (build 762) and earlier. Based on our research, we expect that about 1 in every 20 Joomla websites is affected by this vulnerability. This is the second serious extension vulnerability reported for Joomla in Read more…
Yesterday we were informed of a very serious security vulnerability in eXtplorer — a popular file management utility for Joomla. Unlike the recent security issues in the Joomla core, this vulnerability is in an extension. After some research, we now know that on up to 1 in every 10 Joomla websites may be 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…
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…
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…
What Joomla upgrade is right for me? Last week saw a flurry of activity as the Joomla project released the much anticipated Joomla 3.1 with system-wide tags on Wednesday as well as security updates for both Joomla 3.0 and 2.5. Some technical complications saw two more releases late on Friday. Read more…
One of the pillars of the Watchful service is rolling out updates for Joomla and Joomla add-ons. Today we introduce a breakthrough in remote update technology that greatly expands our potential for keeping more of your Joomla add-ons up-to-date. For the first time, you can now remotely update commercial, third-party extensions Read more…
When Watchful first launched back in September, we limited Joomla updates to one site at a time. This was a deliberate step so that we could observe real-life usage of our service and determine the best way to allow users to update all their sites and extensions at once. With Read more…
Yesterday at Joomla Day Denmark 2012 we announced the first Watchful App. This is a customized plugin for monitoring the activity of a Joomla-based eCommerce site. Watchful Apps are add-ons that install on your Joomla site like any extension. Once installed and published, they connect to the Watchful monitoring system Read more…