The Watchful dashboard stores specific information about a website in its humble little feature called website notes, which aren’t stored or logged elsewhere. Common examples include site-specific upgrade steps, client preferences, a record of site milestones or 1-off site maintenance tasks such as modifying the .htaccess file. When you open Read more
It’s a scary and all-too common story: a WordPress plugin update has taken your website offline and you don’t have a recent backup to revert the changes. Now you’ve got to spend a bunch of time troubleshooting and fixing the problem on the live site before your clients start calling. Read more
The primary purpose of Watchful is to save you time. Organization of your website plays a big part in achieving this goal. The ability to tag your websites provides a flexible way for Watchers to organize their mainteance workflows. And since Tags can be added and managed easily, we see a lot of Read more
As a Joomla agency with tens, hundreds or thousands of clients, you know how much work it takes to keep your websites secure and current with up-to-date software. From spreadsheets to custom scripts to SaaS services like Watchful, it’s likely that you have your own internal processes to help manage Read more
One of the core features of Watchful is the ability manage outdated versions of Joomla add-ons, even including Joomla 1.5. This includes identifying new add-on versions, notifying site owners, one-click updates, and personalized monitoring like the LESS app. The addition of remote extension updates to the Joomla core in version 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
This is the first in a 3-part series on the all-new Watchful. See also part 2 — security — and part 3 — usability. Since our launch in September, we’ve learned a lot about remote web site management both from working with the technology and listening to our customers. Today I am proud Read more
This is the third part in a 3-part series on the all-new Watchful. See also part 1 — Joomla upgrades — and part 2 — security. Watchful is an important maintenance tool for many Joomla users and web development firms. So, it’s not surprising that we’ve received a healthy portion of feedback focused on usability Read more
Today we are proud to announce the launch of Watchful, a backup, update and monitoring service for Joomla websites. Watchful gives you the power to remotely update all of your Joomla websites in one convenient location, saving you time and ensuring that you implement critical maintenance tasks consistently and thoroughly. Read more