One of the most popular features of Watchful enables one-click updates for Joomla and its add-ons directly from your dashboard. This is currently possible for websites running Joomla 2.5 and greater. Today, we proudly announce that Watchful now enables remote updates for the millions of Joomla websites that cannot or Read more…
Today, we are excited to announce that we are adding CSV Improved Pro to our expanding range of commercial extensions. Consequently, you can update CSV Improved Pro directly through the Watchful platform. CSV Improved is a highly regarded and valuable extension designed for importing and exporting data on your Joomla Read more…
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…
Today marks a very exciting achievement for the crew here at Watchful as we announce the immediate availability of remote, 1-click updates for the following commercial plugins for the wildly popular JCE content editor for Joomla: Not only does this feature address the most common feature request at Watchful, it marks a Read more…
Currently, there are many ways to remotely update your Joomla web sites from the Watchful dashboard. For example, we recently introduced the remote installer that allows you to install updates for practically any Joomla add-on using either a URL, a Dropbox account or simply uploading a file from your computer. However, you Read more…
Today we are excited to announce the release of version 1.7 of the Watchful client. This release has a number of important additions such as: Language and package updates Watchful now supports updating languages and free packages like Kunena and Gantry directly from your dashboard, similar to other updates. Upload 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…
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…
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…