One of the most popular features of Watchful is the ability to apply updates for both Joomla and Joomla add-ons with a single click from your dashboard. This is currently possible for websites running Joomla 2.5 and greater. Today we are proud to announce that Watchful now supports remote updates Read more…
Today CSV Improved Pro joins our growing list of commercial extensions that can be updated natively via the Watchful platform. CSV Improved is a popular and useful extension for importing data to or exporting data from your Joomla web site and has a perfect 5.0 rating on the Joomla extension directory. Like all free Joomla add-ons, CSV Improved 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 wether or not Joomla updates are pending for your websites. Red light. Green light. The system is very simple: a green light means that no updates 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: Caption Emotions File Manager IFrames Image Manager Extended Media Manager Template Manager Not only does this 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, this Read more…
We are excited to share that version 1.7 of the Watchful client has been released. This release has a number of important additions such as: Support for updating Joomla language packs Support for updating Packages such as Kunena and Gantry New Upload and Install feature Purge Update Cache button moved Language and package updates Like 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. In Joomla, these permissions are managed through access controls lists (i.e. ACL). While a much-anticipated and powerful feature, ACL can be complex — even on simple websites — due to inheritance between Read more…
Once we get back from J and Beyond — the annual Joomla developers conference in the Netherlands — we’ll be officially releasing version 1.5.6 of the Watchful client. One of the most exciting new features in this release is the ability to update Akeeba Backup and Admin Tools — both 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…