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…
The entire Watchful team has been quietly working on a secret project for months. Today, we are thrilled to announce the release of the third iteration of the dashboard with AngularJS. As seen in the screenshot above, the new dashboard has been redesigned for maximum efficiency and rapid decision making. 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One of the core features of Watchful is the ability manage outdated versions of Joomla add-ons, even including Joomla 1.5.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…
After months of internal development and weeks of beta testing, the new Watchful Dashboard, complete with Improved UI with Universal Analytics and Gravatar integration, is now available for all users. The new Dashboard was developed to address feedback from a number of Watchers who wanted more of the interface dedicated Read more…
Here at Watchful, our Chief technology Officer and co-founder Pierre-André Vullioud always has something cooking in the laboratory. New developments undergo rigorous research, development, and internal testing on our staging server after initial work on the dev server. Once we have a stable feature, we transfer updates to the production 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…