Until now, Watchful did not use a smart WordPress updater. Specifically I am referring to the auto-updater. Yes, Watchful could update your sites automatically. However, Watchful wasn’t smart because it still needed your input to run safely. Our auto-updater would run even if you didn’t have a recent backup. True, 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
A few weeks ago, we were talking with a Watchful customer about some potential new features. I clicked to visit their website and saw two amazing words: “since 1966”! I was fascinated by a company that was still strong and forward-thinking after 55 years old. In fact, our discussion was Read more
Last week, I interviewed Vic Drover, Watchful’s co-founder. This introduction to Watchful was part of an online Joomla user group, hosted by Joomlashack. Vic talked about the background of Watchful and went over many of the key features. If you’re new to Watchful, or curious about how it can benefit Read more
We’re happy to say that you can now use Watchful to download updates for Joomshaper, including their incredibly popular SP Page Builder. This is the fourth new extension provider we’ve added in recent weeks, following on from Weeblr, Tassos and Simplify Your Web. Here at Watchful, we help Joomla users Read more
We’re happy to say that you can now use Watchful to update Joomla extensions from SimplifyYourWeb.com. This is the third new extension provider we’ve added in recent weeks, following on from Weeblr and Tassos. If you’d like to see us support a particular developer, please let us know. You can Read more
We’re happy to say that you can now use Watchful to update Joomla extensions from Tassos.gr. These extensions are developed by Tassos Marinos, and they are some of the most popular choices in Joomla. You may have heard of EngageBox, Convert Forms, or some of his exciting work with Joomla Read more
On today’s Watchful podcast we’re speaking with SD Williams from Danico Enterprises. SD runs her Joomla agency from Chicago where she also teaches content strategy at DePaul University. SD uses Joomla for most of her client work, and organizes both Joomla Day Chicago and Joomla User Group Chicago North. We Read more
Many of you use sh404SEF for your Joomla sites. sh404SEF is one of the most popular SEO extensions in Joomla. We’re happy to say that you can now use Watchful to update sh404SEF on all your sites. Yannick Gaultier and his team at Weeblr developed sh404SEF. They also develop wbAMP Read more
Here at Watchful, our goal is to save you time and money (as much as $650 per year on every site). One key way we do that is by automating tasks: So we’re delighted to launch another automation feature: plugin auto-updates! This feature allows Watchful to automatically update software you Read more